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Many do, but if you look at what's going on by the political elite controlling the narrative, it's more insidious. The US political right (and as a reminder, the US Overton Window is center-right, and so the DNC is center-right despite often being called left-wing) has been actively engaging in...

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I'm looking for the minimum so I don't need to spend as much time making the scene breaks

So um exactly how many short dashes (-) do we need to create the long lines which I refer to as scene breaks? I'm probably using between ten and twenty right now, and it's starting to bother me that I don't know the exact amount. ---------------- Example of what I'm talking about above.

For sake of spreading definition, the right of habeas corpus is the right to have your prosecution be before a court of law or judge (in case of a simple written request) rather than before the executive or his subordinates. This ensures that the executive can't act unchecked.

I think a lot more people are keenly aware of what habeas corpus is, and why it's the foundational right of due process, than you would think right now considering it's topicality to US politics (also it's really sad that it's become so critically relevant but I digress)...

Nor is overwriting that necessarily desirable, which can become challenging when writing a fantasy story with multiple characters which have storylines with partial shared chapters. I present to you: the height chart of DnD races. It's not the easiest to write a chapter with these in mind and...

Ah in that case, it's going to be anything we don't guard against and place intentionally when it is there. Our writing is by default an expression of ourselves, and will inevitably take on part of our personalities and ideals. The only question becomes how much and to what extent.

But but but Give me one person who strongly believes in something considered political where it doesn't come across in their work. Heck, I'm not even an exception

I present to you: the beauty of Private stories. You start out as the sole approved authors, and can add others for other character lines. Great example is my story (serious WIP, probably should advance the version number slightly though). I'm the head author, and so write the shared chapters...

Personally I avoid outright non-con despite interest in consensual non-con simply because my audience leans female. Myself and many women have been subject to genuine non con, so I do try to maintain a rigid line for the sake of my audience.

If you're a UK resident, should they remove the ID check, should they keep it in place, or and i'm unsure whether this last one is a sarcastic option or a legit option - should it stay in place to protect children (interpreter's note: they never have and never will - they're at best a...

The main problem with AI, ethical issues aside, is that studies have shown that frequent AI usage is linked to low capacity for critical thinking and creative writing. Now, correlation does not equal causation, but the relationship should still give room for pause.

Even if it wasn't, the fact that it's age-gated would heavily discourage people from publishing non-erotic content here Political reasons, believe it or not