lawfulneutralmage

Exactly!

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There are YT guides?!?

I am not quite sure I follow. I think I get that the relationship between. Author and reader could be full of torture and trust, but I am not sure that I get all. Why the reference to Inglorious bastards? I am not getting that, sorry. Can you elaborate?

Yes, there is not enough time...

That was my thought, too

DRE = Digital Rectal Exam What are you guys discussing?!? 😀

BIL?

Please, please, please do! This is how democracies die!

One of the reasons why I do not read In Progress stories...

But Sir! What would my husband think?

4:39 ... I hope that this is due to your time zone and not lack of sleep...

So, BDSM is Badly Designed Social Media?

I feel so with both of them. Well done!

Tim, this is fantastic. I am speechless. I am very sad about the situation yet very happy about their love. They are so real, as if we were present. I started reading this story as an example in 1st person pov technique, however, this is so much more. I find myself humbled that you take the time to look at my stuff. So far, I have been reading mostly scifi and fantasy stories. I feel now that was limiting, because I would have never found this on my own.

I love that channel!

This is an excellent discussion, people! This is indeed a good community. As the first time author in question, please let me say that, first, the story was published as part of the Secret Author contest, so no reviewer could have known it was my first one, and also, I was cheeky there, because till the author reveal, I did not have the "Author" attribute either, so people could not even have guessed that I even might have participated. Going into a challenge, I was ready for feedback, also given the, let's say not uncontroversial, content. I am actually very pleased that it did so well! I was prepared for outrage. The issue that threw me was that there was no further detail on feedback. I asked for details, and @Hero provided something I can work with. Thanks again! Some time ago, I asked on the writer's blog what would make a good review. I think we should have this discussion. I must admit that Hero's observation of the "All or no stars" reviews is more or less correct. I am "guilty" of that as well. I rather do not give a "bad" review i.e. low stars, mostly because I read this site on the phone, and the commenting mechanism on the phone seems broken for me. Maybe I need to put some time aside for that like I do right now. Time, precious time... to where do you run off? On the other hand, there is the aspect of the community. This is a great place, because one is not "ripped apart" for a first time effort by people who have authored successfully for umteen years. As stated by others before, not everyone wants to be come a professional author. I have no such plans, but I have (hopefully) indicated that I am interested in constructive feedback. Also, feedback should distinguish between story content and crafting skill. Good stories can be badly written and vice versa.

Yes, I have already 86 pages for a story which friends described as very Games-of-Thrones-y. However, I do not want to publish unfinished stuff. The last three months, I have not had much time to write. If it was published, I would feel pressure to finish and that I get enough at work.

I thank you all for reading and commenting. Please feel free to drop me a PM if you want to discuss this non-publicly or have other feedback.

Thank you! High praise indeed.

Thank you! I annoyed a lot of people to proof-read it.

Thank you!

Yep, what more can I say?

Thank you!

Thank you! Yes, I would like to stir the discussion about whether that was right or wrong. How much does one have to take before striking back? Shall one strike back? etc.