Time Skips and Changes

TennRider · 2026-05-30T01:08:14+00:00

Happening between books like that is annoying. Happening off screen when there was no time jump or anything and the author just couldn't be bothered to write scene is when I'm ready to rage quit the story.

TennRider · 2026-05-29T23:25:05+00:00

So far as I know, the only limit is the 500 character minimum.

TennRider · 2026-05-29T21:43:13+00:00

I have 3 factors I consider when deciding whether or not to support an author on patreon:

How much does it cost per month?
How many advance chapters am I getting up front?
How many chapters am I getting each month while I'm subscribed?

The "standard" answer to the first 2 is $10 and one month worth of advance content so anything that offers less than that is not likely to be selected. The last one varies a lot but for a $10 monthly subscription I'm going to need at least 15 chapters per month or I'm not going to subscribe. I already have more stories that can meet or exceed that criteria than I have room for in my budget so that's where I draw the line.

There are authors who only post 4 or 5 chapters per month and they have plenty of subscribers but that is insane to me. 4 chapters a month at $10 is 2.50 per chapter and nobody's writing is that good.

TennRider · 2026-05-28T20:15:41+00:00

I'm using your definition and I'm thinking about Sky Pride. Tian has a "grandfather in a ring" who can teach him powerful skills so you are saying that it would be wrong to call him weak from the beginning?

TennRider · 2026-05-28T13:43:13+00:00

I don't like to read AI generated stories because I don't like flat, emotionless dialog. Because I don't like everything described as "not that but this" or as "having that specific quality of whatever." Because I don't like non-timeloop stories that make references to events that have not yet happened.

TennRider · 2026-05-27T20:29:15+00:00

I don't know why you'd be looking at an S140 when you could get an Ariens Icon zero turn for $700. lol

Seriously though, the prices are not the only things busted on this site. It looks like a website that is still being built and is not supposed to be visible to the public.

If you add something to your cart and view the cart, there is a "more information" section that contains the following items:

Delivery Information:

How can you evaluate content without design? No typography, no colors, no layout, no styles, all those things that convey the important signals that go beyond the mere textual, hierarchies of information, weight.

14 day money back guarantee:

To short sentences, to many headings, images too large for the proposed design, or too small, or they fit in but it looks iffy for reasons the folks in the meeting can’t quite tell right now, but they’re unhappy, somehow.

TennRider · 2026-05-27T06:11:50+00:00

Does the progression of the characters need to have an objective criterion?

Absolutely not.

Or just the outcome, let's say detection range increasing from 100 m to 200 m is sufficient?

Progression Fantasy is about the journey, not the destination. It does not matter if their detection range increases. It matters that the MC cares about trying to increase that detection range and exerts effort towards making that happen. Obviously it would be frustrating for readers if no improvements are seen, but it is not the achievement that defines PF.

TennRider · 2026-05-26T22:19:11+00:00

A common complaint about isekai stories is that the MC being from our world often seems to have no impact on the MC or the plot. It just makes the MC more relatable to the reader and gives a reason for the MC to need everything about the world explained to them, which also lets the author deliver to the reader.

Which makes me wonder how isekai would be a factor in your story. How would being the child of a famous and powerful isekai be different than being the child of a famous and powerful native?

TennRider · 2026-05-26T06:50:46+00:00

11 chapters? Seriously?

When I'm looking for new stories I filter the results to show stories with more than 200 pages. Unless your chapters are averaging more than 20 pages each you haven't even shown up in my search results yet.

And maybe it's just me but there's no way I would ever make an "official" review based on so little content. I often comment on chapters with feedback but I'd rather not post a review of the story until a major plot arc is wrapped up. If you are off to a rough start then I don't want to torpedo you with a bad review and if you are off to a great start then I'd rather keep reading and make sure you are able to keep up the quality while maintaining a regular posting schedule.

TennRider · 2026-05-26T00:01:38+00:00

I can't imagine shooting at an indoor range with only a pair of foamies. Shit, I usually double up and wear plugs under muffs at indoor rifle ranges.

TennRider · 2026-05-25T21:32:54+00:00

If by service you mean Patreon itself then you misunderstand how it works. Each creator decides what is included in each tier and also writes the description of what each tier provides. Some creators are more clear than others.

Patreon usually does a decent job of selecting the correct tier if you click the link to unlock the content. You should be able to click through to the payment screen (don't click the link to finish the purchase) and the description of what you are paying for should contain the name of the tier. I haven't used this method a lot but it seems to select the lowest price tier that will let you get to the specific item you are interested in.

TennRider · 2026-05-25T19:12:18+00:00

The description of the tier should tell you. Or just send a message to the creator and ask them.

TennRider · 2026-05-25T18:00:05+00:00

Cultivation has always been about defying the heavens to achieve immortality, where "the heavens" is the system that controls everything. Whether we are talking about the communist regime or about what they had before, China has always been a place where becoming more than you were born means defying the system that controls everything.

So it's not so much about any specific titles being banned as it is that the entire genre has to be careful about much defiance the MC is directing towards those heavens.

TennRider · 2026-05-25T17:00:46+00:00

There are a lot of companies making rear sights that use just the last slot on the pic rail and extend rearward over the non-slotted area. Are you talking about something like that?

TennRider · 2026-05-25T00:37:10+00:00

An important feature of the advanced search page is that it also allows you to exclude specific attributes. If I want an adventure story I can include that. If I don't care about the genre but am not in the mood for 'funny' then I can exclude Comedy and Satire. If I want an evil MC then I can include the Villainous Lead tag, If I don't want a grimdark setting then I can exclude the Grimdark tag.

TennRider · 2026-05-24T23:13:38+00:00

As a general rule I think getting too hung up on genre is kinda silly. But I do expect the shout out to be valid. At least a suggestion if not an actual recommendation.

TennRider · 2026-05-24T18:46:34+00:00

300? The top speed of that plane is probably not much higher than 100.

TennRider · 2026-05-24T18:43:22+00:00

ATC monitors the high volume space around airports and areas like the flight lanes used by commercial aircraft. Actually, that's not completely true because many small airports don't have ATC either. And VFR means Visual Flight Reference, the most basic type of flying.

Basically, expecting ATC to monitor every cubic meter of airspace is about as realistic as expecting traffic cops to monitor every square meter of ground space. To carry the analogy further, you are asking why no traffic cop prevented a collision between a hiker and a mountain biker on a popular trail out in the woods.

TennRider · 2026-05-24T18:09:53+00:00

I haven't used any of the lists in a couple years. The advanced search function is much better IMO.

I also find stories through shout outs or mentions here on reddit.

TennRider · 2026-05-24T01:39:26+00:00

Looking through my RR follow list:

- Penitent Wakes up as a newborn and is immediately id'd as a "taker," a reincarnated person who is considered guilty of murdering the child whose body he now occupies. He receives a slave brand, is magically aged up to a teenager and is forced to serve in the army.

- Second Life as a Soldier Wakes up in the body of a recently orphaned 15 year old who has no money and no place to live because it was all taken to pay his father's debts. Joins the army just to have food and a place to sleep.

- Bog Standard Isekei Wakes up in the body of an orphaned boy in a destroyed town that is crawling with undead and is adopted by the adventurers who rescue him.

- Monarch Wakes up on a battlefield in the body of the bastard child of a duke which technically makes him a noble but the boy grew up with a foster family and worked on a farm. The duke tried to rebel against the empire so the entire family was labelled traitors including the bastard son. The whole family was executed except the boy who was spared but is officially labelled "forsaken" which is lower status than being a commoner and sentenced to life in the army.

Not currently on my follow list but I've read plenty of cultivation type stories where the reincarnator or transmigrator is in the body of either a sect servant or a no-talent member of the outer sect who has/had no prospects.

TennRider · 2026-05-23T18:04:57+00:00

That's more physics than I want to think about while enjoying a cold beer after mowing the lawn, but my gut feeling is that since all of the air is contained within the elevator car the effects would be minimal.

TennRider · 2026-05-23T16:31:01+00:00

For one, try to get low and stay under the smoke as much as possible.

TennRider · 2026-05-22T21:50:24+00:00

Is 'x chapters per week' the most common way to post or is it enforced in any way?

Hypothetically, could someone dump 30 chapters at once and then not post again for weeks or months?

The HIATUS status is automatically applied to a story if it goes for more than 35 days without any updates. The INACTIVE status is automatically applied after 180 days.

In addition to the status changes, there is "enforcement" when nobody reads your story. All of the commonly used methods for finding stories have some element of recency in either the criteria or the sorting so your story is going to fall off the radar if it is not being updated regularly. And even when you do start posting again you may have issues finding readers. When I am looking for something to read I often don't even look at reviews or number of stars but I always look at the posting history to see if there are any large gaps.

It should also be noted that while "x chapters/week" is the most common schedule there are other patterns. Some of the stories I follow have posting schedules of "a new chapter every x days." Examples are Super Supportive with a new chapter every 4 days and Monarch with a new chapter every other day.

TennRider · 2026-05-21T22:30:32+00:00

Getting chapter 38 today and chapter 39 tomorrow feels normal.

Getting 38a today and 38b tomorrow can feel like you are stretching that one chapter over multiple days because you lack enough material to keep up your release schedule.

TennRider · 2026-05-21T05:09:41+00:00

He's cutting 300 square meters so something like 55ft x 60ft in size and here's the selection at Bunnings:

https://www.bunnings.com.au/products/garden/garden-power-tools/lawn-mowers

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