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This is beside the point, but my least favorite trope about fictional writers is when they become famous for writing a fictionalized account of their "real life" and everybody else talks to them about how creative they are for writing a beat for beat autobiography and asks them questions like, "Where do you get your ideas from" and they say things like "I've always just loved inventing worlds to play around in." 🙄
You're entire eavesdropping segment is one of the creepiest, most un-self-aware things I've come across in a while. People watching is fine, but you a) only talk about women and b) go so far as to FOLLOW THEM AROUND, TRYING TO SMELL THEM? I wonder how many women have been terrified for their safety because they couldn't shake some weirdo who was eyeballing them in the store. Seek help.
Maybe I'm part of the problem, but the last one doesn't need to be a bad thing. Mushoku Tensei feels a bit like that but it's still pretty great. It's definitely way better than something like Wheel of Time where the first book (it's the only one I read and only half way through) constantly feels like the real story will start over there, but right now we need to edge the reader for like another 400 pages. Then again, I would never recommend Mushoku Tensei to a normal person, they'd probably never talk to me again if I did..
A lot of this advice is unironically good. Seriously though, breaking into traditional publishing is just a long series of begging. And begging is a terrible business model.
The counts of the indictment are luxury, bad manners, contempt for authority, disrespect to elders, and a love for chatter in place of exercise. Children began to be the tyrants, not the slaves, of their households. They no longer rose from their seats when an elder entered the room; they chattered before company, offered up fripperies, contradicted their parents and committed various chicaneries, such as luring wise elder poets to watch RU-vid videos. They tyrannised over the paidagogoi and schoolmasters.
The joke that the writer is inventing questions to answer because he's so self-absorbed is such a weird one. Then again every FAQ is just this, but without the fake names and places attached.
@@futurestoryteller The quote is coming up for me now. I think he might have moved the video thumbnails so they didn't cover it. I'm pretty sure I've heard of the Epic of Gilgamesh as bring an influence to some of the Bible stories? That is all I know about it.
Sending out ARC to reviewers doesn't work so well when you write action/adventure/(very explicit) s&m erotic novels. Even reviewers of erotica tend to turn pale and shudder at the sight of my work. Fortunately my indie publisher does do a bit of marketing on my behalf.
Nonononono. You write a new story and leave that to the villain. You do not have to be a clone of your villain. You can for example base the protagonist on your character and write a protagonist who hates all these offenders.
Bible-shaming is dumb. Make an argument. The Bible isn't even a book, which you would know if you read it. It's seventy-three books, some of them anthologies themselves, and many of them are narrative. Maybe you could dunk on 1st Chronicles for its almost nine chapters of "begats"-but the most famous begats are in the Gospels, which most Christians HAVE read. Furthermore, the genealogies of Jesus are kind of important to establishing that he is who he says he is. If the point of these biographies is "you should listen to this guy," wouldn't you as an author want to establish his credibility? That it doesn't work for you 2000 years down the line is no knock against the evangelists' style. P.S.-what DO Christians believe? Serious question.
I live in a third world country and cocaine is very scarce and expensive here.... Any alternatives that can help me get my writing together would be appreciated... Lol
I mean, with showing only, arnt you basically writing a film in novel form? The reason why books, for the most part, R superior to the film version is because of the more in-depth character development thats not possible without interiority. It all comes down to definitions doesn’t it? Your examples R exposition/interiority, -telling , not showing …. as defined by some writing channels.😊
I'm too stressed and nervous about working towards publishing my first book to be entertained by satire. I don't need subtle humour. I need direct, no-nonsense, straightforward, practical, useful, valuable, *_free_* advice. I don't know how to invoke the "Don't recommend channel" because, unfortunately, my screen has already refreshed. However, I have taken the time and trouble to note this channel's name, and I still hope to never again have it sully my recommended videos. I'm going to mute all responses to this comment. I so don't care, and I've said all that I want to say.
"I need direct, no-nonsense, straightforward, practical, useful, valuable, free advice." So instead of the dozens of normal KDP advice videos on RU-vid, I clicked on the one with a fucking noose in the thumbnail.
I'm starting to think the author is out here murdering-- oh, hold on, I just got a knock at my door. I'll certainly be right back here to finish my comment after I see who that is.
I quit after the first few remarks of the video. I've been in plenty of fist-fights, thanks, and don't need some presumptive stranger insulting the audience while pretending to give advice.
I think the CTE from all those fist fights has ruined your ability to read the video description or the tags or have basic media literacy. And if the video or this comment really makes you mad, maybe you should try punching your screen to teach me a lesson.
