Common misconception - medieval peasants in that area bathed in basins of heated water, would wash their faces every morning, their hands before...
Oh, yeah, sorry, that's exactly what I meant. Especially this: Which has already been discussed in another thread, so I'll instead point to...
I once read a piece that listed some goals a scene (in any story) might acheive, e.g. "Moves the main plot forward;" "Shows character...
Unfortunately I think the main issue lies in the fact that men write things that attract men, which draws men to the site, who write things that...
My sincere apologies. I have no idea how that fact eluded me. While I agree that the contest idea is a bit much, it is not a particularly...
Do you often stumble upon stories from years ago that aren't unfinished? It would also be rather rude to target private stories. The author has...
Sure. They are still a minority. 5000 is nothing. Let there be a 40% chance that a given active member is also an active author. Let there be a...
You are correct, but firstly - and at the risk of being fallacious - it is quite obvious that this is a male-dominated site. Just scroll through...
At the risk of being rude, I don't really see how "takes place on college campus" is an idea; it's more of a trope, really, and one that plenty of...
I agree. Consider Chekhov's Gun - if you place a rifle on the wall in the first act, only you know why you put the rifle there. Your readers may...
I would suggest that, in order to write a three-dimensional character, one must make them less relatable to certain groups. For instance, if you...
I won't even consider publishing any part of a story until I have a complete, start-to-finish plan laid out; otherwise, I can't trust that the...
Usually I want a character (or characters) as the cover pic, so I just Google the keywords I need and scroll until I see what I want (and is...
The theory you describe is called solipsism. I will consider evidence that contradicts the idea that erotica is primarily dominated by women. The...
In what way are statistics not a form of observed reality? And whose observations are we measuring the correlation against? In my case, at least,...
From a purely scientific perspective, 30 trials is nowhere near enough evidence to draw any conclusions. 150 might be better, not that anyone has...
Same. I am as cruel to my players as I am to my characters.
Yes, that's why I said The issue with mind-control stems from the assumption that the protagonist is omnipotent and incapable of failure. This...
I've said it before and I'll say it again - do you want to write a good, sexy story? Or do you want to write porn? They are often mutually...
^ This. Unfortunately, you can only have one Game Mode 'save' at a time.
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