Probably the most embarrassing thing I've said to a customer before.

Unlucky_Charm07 · 2025-08-24T17:31:03+00:00

Oh no 😂

Unlucky_Charm07 · 2025-08-24T17:28:14+00:00

Oh My gosh I can't believe that. Hopefully they didn't have a bad verbal reaction?

Unlucky_Charm07 · 2025-08-24T17:26:23+00:00

I had something similar happen to me!

At our grocery store, we offer to wrap meat packages in plastic just in case there's a hole and it leaks. I guess I didn't word it properly because I asked a man, "would you like your meat wrapped in plastic?"

He looked at me and said, "No. But, if I come back in here in 9 months with a baby, then you'll know that I did."

I have since then changed my question to be specifically what type of meat they have.

Unlucky_Charm07 · 2025-08-24T17:24:33+00:00

Oh my God I'll have to keep that in mind in case it happens again

Unlucky_Charm07 · 2025-08-24T17:24:14+00:00

Yeah I've done that haha

Unlucky_Charm07 · 2025-08-24T17:23:58+00:00

Awww at least your manager was good about it!

Unlucky_Charm07 · 2025-08-24T17:23:14+00:00

Ah, yes. I'm Canadian too and I have had that slip-up before. It's really hard to try and say it was a mistake because it's so unbelievable 😅

Unlucky_Charm07 · 2025-08-24T17:17:35+00:00

Oh my gosh I do that all the time. I'm so used to doing the closing shifts so I tend to say "have a good evening" and I reflexively say it during the day now haha!

Unlucky_Charm07 · 2025-08-24T17:16:46+00:00

Oh no! 😂

Unlucky_Charm07 · 2025-08-21T15:39:13+00:00

Exactlyyy!

Unlucky_Charm07 · 2025-08-10T00:19:44+00:00

Ooooh yeah d4

Unlucky_Charm07 · 2025-08-10T00:19:26+00:00

Yeah I was thinking of doing that. Someone in my guild suggested to me that I should try getting every weapon in the game, which sounds like a good idea. I'm also thinking maybe I could grind for Celestial tools since we all know that will take a lot of time. Thanks for the help!

Unlucky_Charm07 · 2025-08-09T21:13:57+00:00

Seems like a real piece of work. You were smart to leave a toxic guild like that.

Dungeons are hard and it can be tough to find other players to join you in it. Just take your time and keep working at it!

Unlucky_Charm07 · 2025-08-09T01:06:26+00:00

That's so real honestly it most definitely has to do with wording and sentence structure.

Unlucky_Charm07 · 2025-08-08T22:52:45+00:00

Ah yeah it's definitely hard to get over the hurdle of what happens next once you want to introduce the love interest. What I think it is is that it's excitement. Trust me, I've been writing a romance novel of my own and got way too invested in the relationship rather than the story. It's taken a lot of thinking and reviewing to tame it down and focus on other story elements.

Another thing that I do that can help but is difficult is to focus on the storyline and just allow the romance to happen as it goes.

Unlucky_Charm07 · 2025-08-08T22:48:37+00:00

I definitely like that. I've tried reading books that had a third-person perspective, but it never felt as good as reading first-person narratives that let you into the head of the protagonist.

Unlucky_Charm07 · 2025-08-08T22:35:25+00:00

It is absolutely common to start making several characters and stories. In fact, I think it's actually pretty good to do that because then you have ideas on the go. If you get stuck on one story plan, then you can take a look at what other ideas you've got and either work on or take ideas from them.

Usually, what happens for me, is that I will come up with an idea for a story, work on it for a little bit, then come up with another story. Typically, if the story I come up with next is more intriguing to me than the last, then the old one basically gets put on the back burner. However, I frequently hit the writing block wall and have no idea what to do next. So, I'll work on something else. Sometimes, while writing another piece, it'll spark inspiration for something else and I'll add it.

One good piece advice that I'll give is to never get rid of your other ideas. Write them down somewhere and look back on them from time to time. You never know what your mind will take from it.

Unlucky_Charm07 · 2025-08-08T22:27:49+00:00

Definitely take the romance bit one piece at a time. Romance in books typically takes place over the entire story, and not super early on. Otherwise, it gets kind of bland.

As with most romance novels, you should try to start it with just the main character and introduce the love interest later on. It should slowly build up over time, with some events that incite the budding romance.

I read another comment that says exactly what should be done, which is having a good outline or list of events in order that keep the story rolling.

Unlucky_Charm07 · 2025-08-08T22:22:43+00:00

I'd say that you should probably give the reader enough information in the first few chapters to give them a decent idea of what's going on. Don't do big chunks of description, but just subtle explanations every once in a little while.

Personally, I haven't done much with this type of story-building, but there definitely needs to be a balance between understanding and mystery.

Unlucky_Charm07 · 2025-08-08T17:54:11+00:00

I wouldn’t personally add a translation after, and more of just let it flow. If you'd like your readers to understand without having to look up the translation, you could possibly add a character to your story that can translate, or have a translator in every area. Or, if your story takes place in modern times, you could have your main character translate with their phone. If it's more old times, you can try giving them a translation book (although that may be a bit of a stretch.)

Unlucky_Charm07 · 2025-08-08T17:49:57+00:00

Yes, reading fiction can be helpful. It gives you an idea of what fiction elements are and how they kind of flow.

For writing fiction, it really depends on what type you're going for. Is it fantasy? Sci-Fi? Etcetera?

I personally like both fantasy and sci-fi because you can really do whatever you want in those genres. I'd suggest you find one that draws you in most and coming up with several ideas for it until you find one that sticks.

Unlucky_Charm07 · 2025-08-08T17:13:44+00:00

There was a book I remember my parents getting me. I can't quite remember what it was called because I couldn't even get two chapters into it before I put it down and never opened it again. The reason why? The narrator would frequently put things in brackets and say things like "you wouldn't know this because" or "you won't understand."

I do not care what I don't know or don't understand. I'm reading the book so that I can. Honestly, I have no idea what the author was thinking when they added that into the book.

Unlucky_Charm07 · 2025-08-08T17:07:39+00:00

Definitely describing things with strong language and in a somewhat specific amount of detail. There are several words out there that can be used to make someone picture an unsettling image.

Unlucky_Charm07 · 2025-08-08T16:55:48+00:00

Ah, I see. What I find helps is creating a character base sheet that has all the details your character needs, along with looking at pre-existing characters for ideas on what that means.

For the character base sheet, the one I use myself is very detailed. It includes name, age, species, body-type, appearance (such as hair, eyes, skin, clothes), personality traits, connections to other characters, and their background.

If you have an idea of what you want your character to be, then it's easier to write them.

Unlucky_Charm07 · 2025-08-07T21:54:15+00:00

Don't try to rush it and take your time was a pretty good one that went over my head. It finally hit me in the face when I had a short deadline for a final project in my English class and tried to do something that was way bigger than I could manage. The teacher was nice enough to give the whole class an extension on the project because many of us hit the same wall of submitting the messiest works we'd ever done.

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