what do you think of writing a story like Second life ranker and tower of God?

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  1. mhirra23

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    I love Tower of God, solo leveling and second life ranker.
    And recently I feel like I want to write a similar story.
    Please help me brainstorm ideas. What can make a tower climbing story unique?
     
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    Amaruna Myu ugly squid dokja (●´∀`●)

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    just focus on climbing.
    no romance, no harem, just mc doing his best to climb.
    then add some unique characters and plot.
    and you get ToG
     
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    Thanks! I do hate harems. What do you think about a gay MC, will it be weird?
     
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    Any good story needs a mystery. For example, tower of God we have the mystery of black turtle's parents and heritage. Why was he born outside the tower and what exactly does Rachel have to do with it.
    So one possibly when your writing your story, whatever powers you choose to give your MC should give hints to their origin. Like super strength should be from a lost Titan heritage and to grow stronger the MC has to commune with ancestral spirits. How does MC commune? By completing tasks and objectives for them (a quest system with XP reward essentially).
     
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    Make a character exactly like Rachel, then kill her off in an incredible way. Like being eaten alive by rats. Bam you've now got some solid fans.
     
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    Well, not weird but you are targeting a specific type of readers as such it would be limiting as you don't even know if people interested in tower climbing novels would like a gay MC because readers of that genre are usually used to a certain kind of plot, introducing a gay MC and a setting of tower climbing might or might not make those readers attracted to the novel, thus the risk is greater :hmm:
     
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    I'll keep this in mind. Thank you very much!
     
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    hahahaha. That's easy! I've imagine killing Rachel a hundred of times.
     
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    Oh i see. You have a point. I should just evade romance.
     
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    I like to think of what I’d like my character to learn. Then I set up situations that help them reach that change. It helps me give characters more depth. That’s something often missing in the standard ‘beat them up and move to the next’ novel.
     
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    I'll add this to my list of things to remember. thank you!
     
  12. Shizun

    Shizun 《Jack of all trades》《Artist/Author》《Dao of BLedia》

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    unless its a tower of bl. Devil's origin bl novel + tower = new novel lol. Smut is also a plot
     
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    Read my edit, it is not a matter of romance (even thought I am not exactly a fan of romance based novels :blobsweat:)
     
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    Okay! I understand. A question, I am female and considering to write about a male MC, do you think that will work?
     
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    UnknownSaint171 To Something Sounds Cooler

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    I believe The Novel Extra Tower Arc would be helpful to you
     
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    anyways.... unique is already a high difficult matter, cuz nowadays theres almost everything, therefore theres only an option to add a difference.

    For eg. Why not go down the tower? Or sth on the top is a rumour that it will a grant a 2nd time, but in truth it erases memories. so sorta is a 2nd time and mc actually goes down meeting ppl he met before
     
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    Long story short, MC climbs tower, gets items, stats and perhaps some companions (nah) along the way. Rinse wash repeat for each floor and you will end up running off track like Reincarnator.

    Give MC purpose to climb, for love, for revenge, for material things or for power. Then halfway along you start to run out of things to write and quickly you veer off course again.

    Give MC development.From a naive boy to a mature lad. From a selfish prick to a subjectively-generous prick. Make it positive, because most people dig positivity. Then halfway found yourself writing Grid.
     
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    Thats a unique idea I'd love to think more of this.
     
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    I don't see the problem, what does you being a female have to do with you writing a novel about a male MC?
    The problem here is, are you sure you want to write that kind of plot?
     
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    Character development is really a must! Thank you
     
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