Recent content by radraccoon

No. He just wants to help.

I was thinking of having my characters engage in a little bit of detour where one of the heroines, who has been kind and loving until that point, meets a man from her past. He has a family and seems like a nice person but beforehand he'd done some nasty things (ran a cult, brainwashed children...

I recently received the criticism that my writing doesn't read like I'm someone who enjoys writing. When I asked the person to explain further, they hemmed and hawed about they were just offering constructive criticism and that I shouldn't be so argumentative. (I took this to mean they were...

What makes a prologue a prologue as opposed to just chapter 1?

Thoughts on the first chapter: 1. First few paragraphs are pure exposition dump. Not the best way to start. Also the perspective seems inconsistent, e.g. "Merchants occasionally came to our island ..." when much of the rest is third person. In revision, I would advise starting closer to when...

The world my story takes place in is divided in two parts: one that gets a lot of sun and one that doesn't (there's a whole thing about how this occurs, none of which is explained in the book as it ties to that world's creation myth, which isn't explained until well into the second book). I've...

You're not the boss of me! I'll let people make decisions for me if I want! But first they gotta' tell me I want.

Now what should I do? What did you other writers do when you finished?

Haha! This was actually my primary location, with the Royal Road one lagging a few weeks behind in terms of chapter postings.

Comments? What comments?

I gained a gain of gains.

But wait, my current book is titled A Hero Among Monsters ...

I've seen multiple people criticize the The Rings of Power series for having characters say "okay." They argue that it's a very modern vernacular (it dates back to the Victorian Era) that destroys any audience immersion. (I suppose they'd feel it more authentic if there were lots of "thees"...

Unless the character's gender is some major, utterly mind-blowing reveal it's going to be more effort than it's worth to hide it from the reader. There's probably going to be a point where you've used so many linguistic and narrative tricks (e.g., awkward phrasing to avoid a gendered pronoun...

I immediately recognized a serious structural flaw upon beginning to read the first draft, so I corrected it. It's easy when you have the first draft as a guide.