Eleven_MA
Eleven
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An amateur writer and an art appreciator. I'm pathologically shy about sharing my work, so don't worry about me posting anything. I'm here to read, socialise and enjoy the positive community 
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I don't know about who I want to be, but I can show you who I am: [image]
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You didn't waste any time getting the heck out of there, Abi. So, is this the new Homeless Writers? So, here I am. What should I know about Tapas before I start posting my story? Two things. First: There's a 15k characters chapter limit. Second: This is primarily a webcomic site, so you're comp…
How many pages were those preludes? Also how did you get the idea of doing them? Depends. For things like establishing narration and voice I went with some 10.000 words, more minor things would wrap down in 1000, 2000 words. Before I went on with the full novel, I did a novella of about 20.000 wor…
I try to write 'preludes' before I go for the main story: Short forms that help me establish the style, narration, flow, etc. They're not really proper pieces, but rather testing grounds that let me shape my writing to the needs of the story. They're great for getting a better feel of the characters…
Around 120k words, in two parts, a finished novel. It took about 8 months on-and-off, but most of it was written in short, intense marathons separated by weeks (or months) of inactivity. I think the actual writing time would amount to two - three weeks total. I'm not very fond of using pages as t…
TBH, I always listen to music when I read. Music is a great mood setter, so I use it to 'interpret' books and comics in a way. When I read something that leaves a strong impression on me, I try to find songs that'll help me reinforce that impression. When the author accompanies a story or a comic…
I wasn't ever a part of a creative team, but as a fiction writer I feel really inadequate compared to the artists. 'A picture is worth a thousand words' is painfully accurate when you measure your progress with a word count. The impression that a single artwork delivers much more than two pages of m…
I don't post here (or anywhere), so I don't know if it counts ^^' Maybe it's for the better? Genres and me have a complicated relationship. I mostly write psychological, framing it in other genres to make it easier to digest. I usually use mystery and / or some degree of sci-fi or fantasy to wrap …
People around you. The first and only character writing resource you'll ever need. If you can learn from them, you'll never need any book. If you can't, no book will ever help you.
Well-developed and rounded up. As long as they feel like a person they're a joy to write. Granted, there are some characters that I'm scared to delve into, especially far in the villain corner. Still, I mostly write character-driven stories, so my plots live and die by the force of personalities a…
I mostly use 3d modelling software myself. DesignDoll is a personal favourite of mine, but it was already mentioned. It's limited in two ways, however: The anatomy is very much cartoon / manga style, and the free version does not allow you to save your models (so once you customize a doll, you need …
The website rating guidelines are your friend in cases like this one, but in case of Tapas... ^__^; Vague guidelines are vague? Out of sheer curiousity, does the Mature Content tag affect your exposition in any way? If it doesn't, I'd make a policy of using it whenever I'm in doubt. If it does, I…
I see, thank you. I'm going to check it out. Best of luck out there!
Slowly. Painfully. Patiently. Most of the time, badly. :'D In general, I'm trying to look for something relevant to the story itself, a word or phrase that sums it up or shows the core theme behind it. Whether it's the title of the whole thing or particular parts, I'd like my readers to get an ide…
Out of sheer curiousity, what website was it? 
Sooooo... We only use black fonts on a white background? 
Or writing textwalls in the forums 
This so much. Coming from East Europe, I think I know exactly what you're talking about. All that's missing is parents and grandparents asking 'why don't you have a (stable) job?' as though it was something you simply pick in a store. Like it was back in their days. Anyway, it also brings someth…
This is actually an interesting question in my case. I always admired people who shared their work with others free of charge: Artists, webcomic authors, fanart and fanfiction creators, modders, patchers, small-time freeware programmers, free-to-play game developers, content translators for free …