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[aphiwegambu9]

This is where discussions about comics should go. Whether you're writing them, reading them, or have a comic -related question, this is the place to put it. I would love to k ow yall and potentially collab with yall

[Chibicat16]

this sounds interesting I always wanted to know where people have written there things down at. I can't seem to find any places where the community is alive. You know like updating with live feeds and stuff.

[eunwei]

Hello! I'm currently writing a BL based on historical romance and fantasy. It's east asian themed so you will see a lot of sword fights, magic, and yearning that will...well, I'm not sure, make you cry?
Because there is a tragedy arc that's gonna be sad but also worth it!

Recently, I came up with an idea to suggest OSTs that suit my chapters, especially those that got some action or fight scenes - like adding some epic music to enhance the reader experience as they imagine.

I'm going to update a chapter soon with this idea. Let me know what you think!

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[aphiwegambu9]

Welcome to the novel community

[aphiwegambu9]

Will subscribe to that and you should check out my series Ghetto kid

[racheldenucci]

I mean, I've found the most actively chatty part of the Tapas community to mostly be on the official discord server... There have been some conversations where I step away from the novels chat for less than 10 minutes only to come back to over 50 new messages. Especially during the inksgivings I've been around for. Everything seems to explode with activity leading up to and during the event, even more than when tapas only had these forums (I've been around since before the tragic crash of the forums which led so many of our huddled masses to use discord to stay connected as we didn't know if they'd get the forum running again)

[tiff524]

Hi ya. Would love to talk about anything related to novels. Novel writing. Things to support your mental state so you can write.

[aphiwegambu9]

Let talk about anything you like to talk about

[aphiwegambu9]

You know I got you my guy

[JessDullahan]

You know what? Sure, I've got a question I'd love to see discussed...
I recently started posting a novel in the slice of life genre and decided to check out what other stories would be next to mine when people looked at the genre. Now I'm actually questioning what qualifies as "slice of life" because some of it wasn't what I expected to find (including a how to book on writing with the gimmick being it's written like you're in a class being taught by an elf).
So what do you expect when reading a slice of life story? What makes it slice of life instead of a different genre?

[Dashio_Sumeragi]

@JessDullahan In that case - first I would like to ask - what is your story about?

And I think is important to differentiate if the story is pure "slice of life" - as the main genre or has "slice of life" elements in it.

And then ofc there is the question "slice of what kind of life" it is. I think this genre applies differently when the main character is someone who goes to school, or is an adult with a job or (like in my case) is a pro assassin. Don´t get me wrong, my story has slice of life elements, but by no means I would tag it like one.

[GiveMeThatBread]

To me, when I come across slice of life BL, there's hardly any drama except basic situations we all experience. Not many or hardly any moments that are very dramatic for the purpose of entertainment. Literally, a story that could be anyone's life in words. It focuses on the mundane things specifically.

[JessDullahan]

Oh, my story is just about someone who is convinced that there is nothing interesting going on in their life. The first episode is just going shopping. the second was going to work, and the latest was having dinner... Very boring stuff

[JessDullahan]

I guess it just feels like some of the authors marking their novels as slice of life are picking the genre because the story didn't fit anywhere else or they didn't want to have it compete with others in a genre that fits better. And the genre is hard to define compared to others so who's to say it isn't?

I mean, Mystery- you expect a mystery to be involved, Romance- there's a romantic relationship, BL- that relationship is between guys, Horror- it's scary, Fantasy- there's probably some sort of magic
Slice of life? It's a slice of someone's life, whatever that means....

Like, is the premise "I woke up in another world to find myself married to multiple guys" really slice of life or did they just not want to be buried in all the other fantasy or romance stories? Or there wasn't a better genre for a story revolving around time travel? What about the rollercoaster of "character is worthless nobody, family comes forward to reveal the whole family are super important, oh but years later character finds out they're not actually related, but the rest of the family doesn't believe being blood related defines a family"....?
It's like the category is being used for just whatever the author wants to loosely define as "slice of life" and I wouldn't be surprised if that plays a part in why the genre doesn't have enough popularity to have its own section on premium novels.

[Dashio_Sumeragi]

I grew up on anime, so I will take it from that point of view. I don´t really know if I have encountered any title that was pure slice of life and was interesting. It was always combined with another genre. If you don´t want to go fantasy, isekai or mystery style, I think the most natural additional genre is either school life, comedy or work. It´s a tough genre and on its own can be really boring.
Some examples: Nagatoro-san - slice of life combined with school and comedy - works fine. Another - there was an anime about working in an anime studio or another one about creating a game. I think New Game and Shirobako. Slice of life in an work environment. It had it´s gentle style, gentle humor, tension, shows how the studios work from the inside... It wasn´t boring.

[JessDullahan]

I understand that no story is completely only one genre. It's the marking a novel's main genre as slice of life that makes me feel like the story should actually feel like a slice of life story. Which is somehow harder to define what makes a story slice of life, but I can't see how some of the novels in the Tapas "Slice of Life" category could be considered such without including every story on the site... Every story is a slice of the life of the main character(s) in some way.

[Dashio_Sumeragi]

You are absolutly right. That said the real question is not if a story is a slice of life, because in a way all are, but how dominant the slice of life element is over the other genre elements.

My story for example... (sorry, don´t wanna make it sound like a promo) Main genre is action and drama with a touch of an ongoing sci-fi element. It starts as a simple school life genre, what technically speaking is a slice of life subgenre. After a few episodes the tone switches heavily and except for a few chill out episodes, the main slice of life element is pushed into the background and replaced with acton, drama and investigative genre.
So... is the SoL genre present? Yes. Would I tag it as one? No. But that´s just me...

[tiff524]

The slice of life question is an interesting one to ask since it can be in so many stories. I have a kpop romance that has the "slice of life" of being an assistant to a Kpop Idol. It's an unusual day to day routine and ins and out of a career which of course, develops into a romance as the "slice of life" plays out. So, I have always understood it to mean a daily routine, which can be unusual. I do like the "How to Write a Book" steps taught by an elf. That's an unusual take on the daily life of teaching. I'm a retired teacher. So, I think that is pretty funny, especially since I taught writing on a daily basis.

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[VesselOfLiterature]

New to tapas and not really sure how all this works. I've written to about twenty-five chapters in my novel Fractured Sky. My only critics are my friends who I sometimes force to read and support my stuff. If anyone wants to give my first chapter a read and tell me how it is, if it sounds good, or if there are any changes I could make, I would greatly appreciate it.

[JessDullahan]

My first advice on this would be to post a link to said story when asking for feedback. People are more likely to give it a read if they don't have to search the story up themselves