I like the first option. If you show the link too strongly, it may feel awkward if you don't read the other stories that are related. Besides,...
Personally, I like that kind of stories the most. It gives me a sense of understanding that other stories don't give you. Characters of which you...
If you want the readers to see the foreign language, to feel in their minds its sound or complexity or whatever, you should write it. If the...
What if it actually were eternal life, but not eternal youth? I don't think it would be so nice to age really slowly and be old and weak and...
For some reason, I usually skip the chapters' titles, or I barely notice them, and in the middle of the chapter I suddenly go back and find the...
Usually the MC should have a name that is easy to remember, and not too hard to "spell" in your mind. It often brings a lot of meaning (it could...
I agree. In my case, it's quite hard to understand written accents in English, but that's because I'm not a native, so I don't know how it is with...
Something else to take in account: Immortals don't master one skill, but lots of them: even dedicating a century for each is a lot for us, and...
According to Answers.com, it looks like brackets are certain parts of the braces/retainers. Thanks again for the corrections, I'm not familiar...
Thank you all! Anyways, do you know of anyone else enduring that treatment for so long? Because as I'm living it, it seems to get more and more...
I hate when there is a pure white side and a pure dark one, leading to extreme characters. In any case, the very development of the story will...
So do I. You can love your character as much as you want, but if it's useless for that story, don't use it. Go on with that story, and leave that...
I have this terrible feeling inside called wrath because I was doomed to wear (is that the word?) brackets for four years (not finished yet). It...
I don't know if this will be of any use, but once I wrote a story about a boy going to some sort of magical world. It was an abandoned section of...
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