Recent content by Naomasa298

It's not, for me, but I can make it happen. @JT Woody , click on the 3 dots on the left of the preview button, and see if the [] "Toggle BB code" button is available. If it is, try clicking it, see if that restores the other buttons.

They sure tried. Macbeth was mostly written to make James VI/I feel good, and curry favour. Just in theatre, not photographic. Napoleon as a Caesar.

I think I saw that. Does "mean girl" ring a bell?

That LoveOfWriting guy? Oh, dear god. Honestly, I was only posting there out of curiosity. I wasn't expecting much, given the way they've gone for quite some time. Didn't get much, either.

It did... Maybe my fault, but it does show a difference in quality of critique this forum usually gives.

Keep in mind, my reference point is mostly genre fiction, so we may be talking about different things.

Luxuria didn't say it was for that. I was talking in general.

I agree. The things you mention, usually don't serve anything at all, so aren't really worth writing about UNLESS they serve a purpose. And by a purpose, I do not mean "something happens". A purpose can be a narrative purpose that includes character building, scene grounding, breaking...

In, out, shake it all about. I reckon the writer has to ask themselves, other than erotica, what does the sex part itself serve? Personally, if I were doing it, I would focus on what happens post-coitus, but I don't know what your scene involves. It might be completely legitimate if something...

Is it important? Do people stop to think "Why doesn't Deadpool bleed out?" Again, why is it necessary? Is that important to the narrative how the magic came about? Do we worry that much about how Merlin, Gandalf or Harry Potter got their magic, or why Luke has the Force (in the original...

A couple of times, yes, but it was a long time ago. In both cases, the title stated the premise out load, though, so it wasn't as much a title as a statement of intent.

Not so much unhappy as rolling on the floor laughing. So I posted a story, I shall not say where, to see what critique it would receive. It was the opening of a psychopomp story, about a guy who tries to commit suicide, arrives at the gates to the afterlife and the psychopomp helping him to...

I disagree with this. Now, this is a philosophical stance, but these things are not separate aspects, because they all form part of the story. You can't have a complete story without all of them. My tip is - start with the beginning and the end. Then work out how you are going to get from A to B.

Imma going to switch to Claude. Been using it and I like it. It has style, it has panache, and doesn't bullet point like ChatGPT does.

As a replacement, no, but as an aide, yes.