The carefully folded white uniform and sword add mood and context to the naked central figure, who has put them aside for whoever she is...
When I first introduce a character I might dwell on their clothes, particularly if I am describing them as seen by a point of view character who...
The original Joy of Sex (Alex Comfort, editor) makes much of long, dangling earrings as an all-day sensual experience for the wearer, caressing...
Wedding rings when they're not with the person who has the matching ring. Or when they are, but they didn't introduce themselves as an...
The link resolves to someone else's story. I think this is the right one for yours? https://chyoa.com/story/The-Greatest-Stories-on-CHYOA.53110 I...
I have to say that I actually like @pwizdelf 's story organizer a good deal, and with someone with as many chapters as I've written, and with what...
OMG, that essay. The first time I read it, I was nodding along, with a tiny cringe here and there. The second time I read it, after a lapse of...
Well, THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR is: epistolary novel enemies to lovers tricky twists flirting with paradox of cause and effect grandly...
haha, not me (not a name I have ever used, or else I haven't seen that movie / series / graphic novel where Preston would answer to my bit of...
Oh wow your convention stories and your previously published work. <3 </3 Conventions were mostly a life un-lived ("choose your own adventure")...
Another commenter already called out the title of the book which I recalled as Banks doing a fanfic on himself: Inversions. The doctor and the...
I think you have it exactly. If you are sole author you have a great deal of freedom for how to organize and link sections of your story. I...
Your RPG notes and thoughts about Posley's backstory put me in mind of my favorite player character setup phase. The RPG is "Diaspora", a...
I really enjoyed the character setup for The Quiet Ones so that story has my attention. (I cast a vote for Posley's story, but Fauzia is already...
This has been a fun discussion. Mostly I land on the "don't bother to end", and also "branches don't need to be consistent with each other, but...
I was lying in bed last night musing about starting up a different sort of academy for Lusty Magical Academy, but it's possible I might end up...
House on fire / home invasion while she's in the shower or sleeping naked. "[person] coming home, can't find you here!"
Gardener.
The "Tangled Blessings" journaling game by Cassi Mothwin captures much of the feeling of Boarbristle Academy, though leaning into the dark and...
Showing a comparison, perhaps with a formal entry of a regular vassal and then the Destyn, could work in multiple ways -- how does holding Court...
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