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nuclearshill gau/cho  1yr ago (image post) Edited 1yr ago 1,566 thread views #174358

On Self inserts

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From Dante to Tolstoy to Dan Brown, it seems like self inserts are and old technique with very different results depending of the author.

What are your favorite and most hated self inserts books or characters?

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Member that /r/writing or whatever drama when a guy did a self-insert and got upset when everyone who read the story told him that it sucked because the protagonist had boring personality.

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How much drama is there on /r/writing? Sounds like an interesting place to mine

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I check the sub for drama pretty often. Here's a list of my posts including the one they mentioned:

https://rdrama.net/post/165477/marseylongpost-rwriting-says-no-to-second/4037776#context

This one is my favorite, where top rated comments dismiss the idea of characters needing distinct voices:

https://rdrama.net/post/165749/marseylongpost-rwriting-actually-characters-dont-need

Also did this one the other day if you missed it:

https://rdrama.net/post/175234/marseylongpost-writoids-talk-about-le-sexytimes

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Lmao, the last one. I always thought unless you’re writing erotica, s*x scenes are just pointless, but the way redditors write about it is worse than 50 Shades of Grey descriptions. Can you assign your future posts to /h/lit? Easier for us bookcels to get notifications.

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