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I was sitting at a resturant reading a book, and it occured to me... What makes a story scary... i mean you can't really pull of things like one would in a movie, with the jump scar or whatever... and I don't think i've ever read a story that scares me...although one about a serial kill probably would, and it is also something I'd never EVER read So i was wondering what people think makes a story scary, and if it depends on the individual?
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😅 I'm totally lost. After having to loose my cool with new MS 10 updates or lack of, I've been trying to get a hold of what exactly it is I want. I love this site so far however, I never have the time to add anything because of time constraints. I have over 30 comp. Books with material to upload, I'm an old soul that perfers to write my thoughts down, and I apologize for lurking. I've also discovered other websites for example : Medium, which is a beautiful site : WordPress which is where I am trying to create my website and: a UK site that allows fans to subscribe to the blog /stories which in turn helps to publish your works in different formats to be purchased at stores similar to Barnes and Noble. I am confused as to what I can write according to my interests and how to tag, what words are allowed, categories etc. GA, I understand doesn't want certain "restricted" descriptive words so it makes me a bit hesitant to upload anything for fear of subjecting you all to any consequences. Medium allows you to create a "UNIQUE, POSITIVE" site which is protected for all artists, but I still need to research their respective site. I am not in any way suggesting, coercing or trying to persuade any one individual by mentioning the above sites and I'm just looking for your information for this respective site, Gay Author's. I didn't have the time to edit this, again time constraint, so if I seem confusing and scattered brained, then I've succeeded in at least nothing. I have read guidelines but still can't grasp the do's and don'ts. Maybe I'm just overthinking this, or I'm just a little bit technology challenged. I can clarify my confusion as you hopefully comment. Lost "in a galaxy far, far away," but always knaughty af, Woof🐾
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Recently, there has been a heated debate in the other writing community I participate in about what should and should not constitute a happily ever after in a romance novel, and whether a novel should NEED a happily ever after to be considered a romance at all. The response has been overwhelmingly "Yes, a HEA is needed for a novel to be considered a romance", but that response has largely come from an overall homogeneous audience with a very small handful of writers/readers disagreeing for varying reasons. For full disclosure, I will say the overwhelming response of "yes" has come from readers/writers who identify as females and the few responses that have said "no" have come from readers/writers who identify as queer males. I don't want to bring the women vs men argument into this particular topic because it got very unfriendly on the other board (and in social media), and I do feel like it's irrelevant in the long run because different people have different perspectives regardless of their gender. However, I bring it up because GA is MUCH more diverse as far as gender and orientation, so I'm curious as to what the results of this question would be here. Please satisfy my curiosity by answering the poll? Pretty please? What do you consider a romance when you are writing? Do romance novels need a happily ever after ending to be a true romance? 1) Yes. At the end of a romance novel, I need to know that the main characters will be together indefinitely. 2) Yes, but I am also fine with a "happy for now". No need for a life-long promise of commitment officially stated in the text. 3) No. I think a novel should still be classified as a romance as long as it contains a strong love story and romantic arc, even if the MCs have to part ways or if one of them dies.