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Third question first, no. Not unless I completely rewrote it, because it was plainly bad - and this answers the 1st and 2nd question as well.

Good prose is gramatically correct prose. Past that, it's all extremely subjective and case-dependent, so it's not really possible to answer this straight.

People's diets were way different a century ago, not to mention millenia ago. Most importantly, products were heavily limited by their origin, as there was no way to transport any perishables over long distances. I'm nowhere near an expert on this, but narrow diets could have easily caused a...

I played the demo, and I didn't like it because the gameplay lacked direction and goal. They may have improved since then so I'm not sure how relevant this is.

The way I see it, more than complaining about changing Ciri (though there are definitely important issues with that), the Witcher is now getting much more suspicion just as collateral damage from all the conflict with woke, since there's a lot of similarities between the trailer and a number of...

I'm hoping it'll be a great continuation to the 3rd, but the trailer doesn't give me much hope. Even if I try to ignore the red flags with how Ciri looks and what the trailer focuses on (I don't want to touch those topics though I really don't like her appearance there), the whole thing felt...

@I_am_a_bot Oh yes, this is absolutely understandable. The Pale Garden is the least friendly biome they've ever added to the Overworld. Not sure if you know the context, but for those that don't, the only inhabitants of this biome are creepy tree monsters which only move and attack when you're...

A system is a good tool, but it's just a tool. If the author is bad, their system won't be better than the rest of the story.

I've given a similar answer to a question about world-hopping stories, and I'll reiterate it now. It doesn't matter how long it takes, what matters is to adjust the length according to importance, keeping style in mind. If a city is not important to character development or plot, you can briefly...

From a psychological perspective, the second one is way better, though it feels a bit overcomplicated; depending on the setting, there may be a big risk it will be unrealistc. The first is kind of cliché, but it's much simpler and more straightforward, which makes it believable and easy to...

What does it mean the mc hasn't left the first city? There are stories that start and end in a city without ever leaving the area, so this doesn't really mean much. A much more accurate estimate of pace is the number of events. Depending on pace, there's typically one distinct event every few...

You have tags though? From what I've seen, the vast majority of stories featuring transgender characters uses the transgender tag.

For me right now, the worst by far is an old, conceited antagonist. There can be a number different spins on that general idea. I particularly never like it when old, powerful characters are shown as stupid and arrogant to a ridiculous degree, repeatedly underestimating the main character and...

Infrasound Berserker is good.

It's fairly common for kobolds, wyverns, and other draconian creatures to evolve into dragons (the western type) in various settings. Not sure if that's based on any specific story.

For me, by far the worst thing an author can do in a synopsis is judge their own story. Many people add what to expect in their story at the end of the blurb, and I don't really like it but it's nothing bad. Sometimes, it's subtle judgement like "[...] in this funny romantic comedy." - that's...