BS. I'm an author with a couple million words under my belt.
Allow me to absolve you of your misconceptions. INTJs will be polite/kind to almost anyone who shows us friendship, but we don't waste our time with people we don't respect.
We're big on planning so maybe tell him you'd like to do something with him (movie, shopping, kayaking, whatever your mutual interest.) Solicit his input and his reaction should tell you where this is heading.
Or, if you want to move it along, bacon.
I'm a sucker for an anti-hero and reformed villains.
I'm reading subtext here that you're romantically interested in him? Apologies if I'm wrong, but his behavior seems pretty friendship normal to me.
Does your hero have any self-agency? For me this would be an immediate DNF, someone who's too stupid to realize that they're powerful.
I've three children, two of whom are in their 20s. I've got a solid relationship with all of them.
I'd go full blob. Slime becomes voracious, eating everything in sight. Start small with missing village pets or chickens. Then have a child go missing.
Professional cover and don't wait until your cover designer is asking for the blurb to start writing it.
There are programs that read text aloud.
All I can do is tell the best story I'm able. There's absolutely no guarantee that anyone will like and/or read it. I do have an Alpha reader whose opinions I trust. Her feedback is invaluable.
Getting hung up on sentences is a pitfall of perfectionism. An author can spend hours to weeks messing around with the first line/page/chapter. If you want to be prolific, it's all about getting the words on the page. Anything and everything gets fixed in editing. I've axed entire chapters and even manuscripts that weren't up to snuff. So that old business about killing your darlings is valid.
I do write with ProWritingAid but grammar software should never replace professional editors. I prefer to use at least three different editors--one DE, one copy/line, and a minimum of one proofreader.
I have no idea what Ni versus Te is, sorry.
I don't hate sharing a negative experience. Everyone makes mistakes, which are an opportunity for learning and improvement. That said, readers WILL judge you and indie authors as a whole have a shoddy reputation because of the amount of sloppy self-published books that are out there.
Hook: Dead to Rights was my first attempt at first-person. I wrote it as an experiment and it was never supposed to be published except a professional author encouraged me. It's weird because it's some of my worst writing and yet it's my most popular book.
I'm a plotter. My go-tos are Save the Cat!, Write Your Novel From the Middle, or anything by James Scott Bell. However I started out pantsing it and I didn't become focused on craft until after my first book was accepted for publication by a small press.
Is any of this useful?
Thanks. My cover designer deserves all the credit.
I've written about twenty published works in total, mostly novels, but a few shorter works. I've been writing since at least third grade. First published in 2010.
This is just my opinion but I doubt you'll find many INTJs with shoddy published work. My unrefined work will NEVER see the light of day.
Her Vampire Files books are excellent btw. She's not the nicest person I've ever met, but her writing is top notch.
This one is good. I can't speak to the rest. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Strahd:_The_Memoirs_of_a_Vampire
Humans as the only abundant food source is pretty far-fetched.
My work is polished but okay. https://melissasnark.com/
I'm married, but when I was dating, no, I didn't find it difficult.
Have you read any of the Ravenloft novels?
I can relate. My family was also abusive.
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