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Don't think of this as a test. The results don't affect you. They indicate how well or poorly the narrative structure performs in character-dense scenes. If the score is low... it may not be the respondent's fault. Rather, it may be a narrative flaw. This feedback is useful for measuring how...

Let's be honest... do you like this cover? I do. But is it marketable enough to attract new readers? The answer is, not necessarily. The opinions of casual SH readers may differ. My tastes can't be generalized.

In limited third POV, the narrator follows the MC and shows what the MC is experiencing 'subjectively'. The reader can feel the MC's breath without becoming the MC. In omniscient third POV, the narrator acts as a camera that shows the scene 'objectively' like a film director who directs what...

Use identity to differentiate characters. I usually insert one unique trait as a narrative guide and a reader's compass. For example, the commander's violet eyes dimmed when an idealistic knight protested the city's destruction.

No one truly knows reader behavior except the reader themselves. As authors, we can only guess based on implied patterns. Personally, I've noticed a pattern... readers tend to open random chapters that entertain them rather than following a series from chapter 1 sequentially. Chapters like...

What is third-person POV? Limited third-person POV or omniscient third-person POV? Each has its advantages and disadvantages. In limited third-person POV, the MC's experience is more subjective and feels immersive because the reader can often feel what the MC feels on a sensory level. The...

Praising yourself?! You really know how to be narcissistic. Lol

I use Ubuntu OS, which already has a built-in word processing application equivalent to MS Word (I forget the name). It's open source and FREE.

Your MMC vibe is similar to my FMC, but my FMC is darker and more tragic.

Eleven characters in a chapter is too dense. Without character management, readers can easily get lost and confused... about who's talking to whom and what's going on. I'm currently conducting a simple narrative experiment to gauge readers' perceptions of characters in a dense chapter. This...