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Well, there are many things I want to convey, but I only choose to focus on one thing, "narrative technique." Consider the following excerpt: What's wrong? In your perception as the author... you can imagine the scene of this monster's appearance. But for me, a "causal reader" with a short...

It's great that you want to learn; I appreciate your sincerity. I'm being honest because I don't want you making the same mistakes other authors, including myself, have made. Imagine writing 10 million words, but readers give up after reading chapter 1. Isn't that even more painful? Knowing...

You're still stuck in the traditional novel mindset. Here, I'm deliberately positioning myself as a "causal reader." Causal readers don't care about the author's framework... they only care about an entertaining, relatable story that makes them care about your characters. If you don't provide...

Well, I only read 1 chapter of the prologue as a casual reader who happened to pass by. My general impression regarding the prologue... the story is flat and boring. A good prologue should provide a hook for the reader to press the "next" button but what I found was just a cliche school routine...

Dude... sorry, I don't want to get out of my comfort zone. I'm not your subject. Lol :meowsip:

Honestly... fiction writing competitions are a great way to boost your work's popularity and build brand awareness as an author. However, I'm not interested. Why? It's too complicated. Competition rules often force you to write stories outside your artistic vision. Writing fiction is also a...

I agree with other respondents that a good synopsis should have a hook. Furthermore, a synopsis should make the reader care about your story. How? Generally, a synopsis will insert a protagonist with an identity that is relatable to the reader before being confronted with the main conflict of...

One of the artistic strengths of a work of fiction is its ability to simulate the lives of characters in a (fictional) world in the reader's perception, not just in the author's memory. You can feel the characters' breath without having to be them.

I hate scammers who take advantage of other people's innocence the most.:mad_s:

The third POV has a smoother pacing. As a causal reader, I can still catch the flow of the story more smoothly in the third POV although there are still some notes: POV leaks where the narrator's voice suddenly appears to provide exposition. On the other hand, the first POV is chaotic... the...

Dude... don't fish in troubled waters!

Well, new readers can come from any chapter. Therefore, character descriptions and context explanations are often repeated in new chapters. It's not that the author is being long-winded in writing the narrative... but rather that these explanations are intentionally inserted to help new readers...

Your fight scenes are pretty solid. I add a few notes regarding pacing to increase the tension of the story. The pacing slows down when your narrative describes the monster, and the MC's feelings and thoughts during the fight. You might consider writing the following action narrative: (1)...

When a reader reads a story, there are three times running simultaneously: Real time, the time that takes place in the real world. Narrative time, the time the reader perceives while reading the narrative. Fictional time, the time that takes place in the story world. Three times are connected...