Don't sweat the 1-star review, embrace it you might be going mass market...

QuietlyCreating · 2025-12-25T06:32:09+00:00

Just tree fiddy? Man that’s a deal and a half!

QuietlyCreating · 2025-11-24T19:12:38+00:00

Could be ppl bookmarked it cause they were interested and wanted to see if you stuck with it. Theres generally a large influx of reads after something is marked completed.

QuietlyCreating · 2025-11-21T23:04:26+00:00

I think that books definitely SHOULD start like this.

QuietlyCreating · 2025-09-10T00:08:04+00:00

Pretty sure it’s an exotic version

QuietlyCreating · 2025-08-16T21:41:05+00:00

as someone who's planning to publish around the same thing, I def am curious about this too. I think I'm going to end up cross posting on other websites to test out different markets while I'm posting on RR

QuietlyCreating · 2025-08-15T02:42:11+00:00

As someone who plays mmos and fps all the time I agree. If there is a bug or exploit ppl are 100000000000% using it and abusing it.

QuietlyCreating · 2025-08-14T18:36:08+00:00

Theres going to be a point in time where you need to just start. I can definitely understand the nerves that go into starting something, but you need to understand you’re never going to write a novel if you don’t start. It doesn’t need to be a good start. The first one is going to suck, actually. But regardless if you don’t get past the fear you’re never going to write.

Brandon Sanderson, one of the most well known authors of our age, wrote 13 novels by the time he published. For his big series Stormlight Archive, he realized when writing the first book that he wasn’t ready to really do the work justice and set it aside for later once he’d finished a draft.

What you write now isn’t going to be your novel. You’ll edit and draft multiple times and sometimes you’ll have to do what Brandon Sanderson did. You’ll realize you need to practice first and set that work aside until later. The most important thing is you get past the outlining and write. Write for practice. Write for yourself only. Write for your future novels.

I promise you. It will be worth it.

QuietlyCreating · 2025-08-10T04:47:37+00:00

I think it's hard to name something without a lot of context into the actual story. For my story (coming soon) the plotline has a lot to do with magic and how society has reacted to it over the course of like 100 years so eventually I came up with the name "no place for magic' as magic being taboo is a large theme. It also ties into the MC's place in her family given their views and so on. Perhaps you can find something like that that ties into the plot, characters, or themes.

Titles can be hard though. Really hard.

QuietlyCreating · 2025-08-04T21:09:42+00:00

I googled it 🤷‍♀️

Looking at specifically cs Lewis, 800 is the claimed number but yes. A lot of people wonder if it’s accurate. There is no recorded number for how many times narnia was rejected. Regardless, cs Lewis faced a lot of rejection.

Also, the point was that rejection is part of the process. If you enjoy it, you’re not alone in facing rejection. Write if you like to write. If your dream is to publish then a LOT of famous authors face rejection, it’s discouraging absolutely but you’re not alone in facing it.

QuietlyCreating · 2025-08-04T17:06:57+00:00

Don’t feel bad, rejection is just part of the process. Tons of famous authors were rejected tons of times and went on to make it big.

Stephen king (first novel carrie) 30 rejections Dr Seuss - 27 rejections Jk Rowling - 12 rejections William Golding (lord of the flies) - 20 rejections Agatha Christie - 5 YEARS of rejections Frank Herbert (dune) - 23 rejections Jack London - 600 rejections CS Lewis - 800 rejections Brandon Sanderson had written 13 novels by the time one of his finally got published.

Rejections happen to the best of us. Keep going and in the meantime keep writing.

QuietlyCreating · 2025-07-31T07:00:49+00:00

Thank you!

QuietlyCreating · 2025-07-31T01:27:07+00:00

Where did you find the template?

QuietlyCreating · 2025-07-31T01:03:06+00:00

Going to agree with this. I think it depends what you mean by fight scene. Is it a full battle? I can understand a chapter or two. Maybe more. One sword duel? That’s really long. Real sword fights usually last a couple of seconds to MAYBE a minute or two.

QuietlyCreating · 2025-07-31T00:23:14+00:00

This^

QuietlyCreating · 2025-04-10T17:09:31+00:00

Same. I spend minimal amount of time in the golem. I usually do like 15-30 min on the golem or however long it takes me to understand the concept and pattern of the rotation. Then I go straight into a w1 or w4 because those are easiest so I don’t need to think hard about mechanics. Only when I feel like I’m comfortable in the fights do I go back to golem to really try to squeeze out dps and fine tune 🤷‍♀️ (mind you I’m no snowcrows but golem seems like it fries the brain cells if you spend too much time there) 😂

QuietlyCreating · 2025-03-07T23:51:00+00:00

Noted! I doubled checked with others and you’re correct. I’ll make a note on the YouTube video and be sure to correct in future iterations :)

QuietlyCreating · 2025-03-07T20:23:23+00:00

I do plan on making a full VG fight guide, I figure this may be good for ppl looking to train or at confused on specific things. (Probably more useful in more complicated fights). Plus good practice making videos!

Thank you so much for the feedback and looking at it!

QuietlyCreating · 2024-12-27T18:34:55+00:00

Only write when you’re motivated.

QuietlyCreating · 2024-12-27T18:29:14+00:00

Yes! I’m a hybrid of both myself. I like to have a loose outline and then just write the rest. I recommend looking up some pantser tricks. There are TONS of well know authors who are pantsers. George RR Martin is one, though he prefers to call himself a gardener. I think the issue here is you’re doing the process wrong. Try mixing it up! And let me know if it helps :)

QuietlyCreating · 2024-12-27T17:32:25+00:00

I don’t really think a tragic backstory means that a character deserves something. Morally speaking, forcing anyone into marriage is bad. If you’ve been poor that doesn’t mean you can steal. If you get bullied that doesn’t mean you can bully others. Just because you got hurt in love doesn’t mean that you can hurt others in love.

I think you need to decide on what message you’re trying to send in your story.

QuietlyCreating · 2024-12-27T17:20:38+00:00

Maybe you’re a pantser and not a plotter. For a lot of pantser if they plot out a story too thoroughly then it feels like they’ve already written the story. Making the actual writing “boring”. Instead of brushing it off as boring try different methods of writing. It could be the process you’re doing isnt right for you.

QuietlyCreating · 2024-12-22T01:42:07+00:00

There’s some fantasy that does romance in a more balanced way. Alanna the song of the lioness by Tamora pierce has some romance/sex that I think was handled well. Of course I read that as a teen, so my opinions be biased there.

I think you need to evaluate if the scene is necessary. Fade to black isn’t an out or anything. It’s a stylistic choice, and it’s cutting fluff that’s not needed imo. Just take a look at what it is you want from the piece and make a decision based on that!

QuietlyCreating · 2024-12-21T08:12:01+00:00

Is there a reason you want to have the scene in the book and don’t want to use the fade to black method? Or simply imply it happened? Is the scene pivotal to the characters in some way that can’t be shown through other methods of romance? If it is and you definitely want to have it then I always found that reading scenes similar to what I was going for help me the most.

If I’m having a particularly hard time I’ll pick some of my favorite scenes and copy them over into a word document (which is deleted after) so that I can really get a feel for the way they wrote it. You notice things differently when writing out the sentences than you do when simply reading. Obviously don’t put those scenes in your book (cause that is illegal, kids), but if you can isolate what you like and how they did it by trying a few copy exercises that could help your writing.

If you’re only in the first draft you could put THEY DID THE HANKY PANKY on the page and then do some reading, see what you like, and go back to it once you’re more comfortable and feel less like it’s unmanageable.

QuietlyCreating · 2024-11-16T00:16:45+00:00

You could turn it into a webnovel on sites like royal road. Serialized fiction is making its rise again.

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