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Why [Re] Zero? Because you're forced to repeat time (return to zero) only to experience the suffering again. Re: Zero is essentially a looping trauma narrative. The reader is forced to become the protagonist, experiencing a cycle of trauma over and over again just to save their loved ones. It's...

It makes sense. I often let my characters write the narrative for me rather than the other way around. Because my characters already have experiences, values, and world view. For example, a mother kisses her daughter's forehead and says, "Mama loves little Caelan." It's not because I'm forcing...

Well, character voice is the foundation, but recognition is the result. The emphasis is on letting the character's voice gradually become living in the reader's memory.

Honestly, I couldn't possibly recognise who was speaking in your dialogue examples (when covering the character name label) ... not because the characters' voices weren't living, but because I (a new reader) hadn't yet recognised the personalities of your characters. Building living voices...

Living Character Voices in Dialogue Every character has a unique personality that makes them a complete individual. Indeed, some characters may have similar personalities. Empathy, anger, assertiveness, etc, can be possessed by anyone. However, unique characters usually emphasize one or more...

In a heavy, serious and dramatic narrative... the comic relief character is the reader's 'breath of rest'.

Metaphors should simplify complex realities into simple, easily visualised concepts for readers, rather than being wordy and complicating the imagination. For example, instead of describing a line of carriages in detail, including their distance, the crowds, their tracks, etc, a narrative...

It depends on the content of the story. I can type fast when I'm just writing light scenes like everyday activities. However, my hands become heavy when I'm writing dark content. I might also stop typing and occasionally stare at the ceiling when typing an anti-cliché fight scene. Or my fingers...

The chapter is pretty good. There's not much I can criticise other than the chapter being too long. It should be cut into two parts to make it lighter. Some repetitive descriptions of emotions. Well, that's understandable. I also have trouble managing emotional repetition, especially body...

It's important to remember that SH readers generally prefer limited third-person POV. This provides a safe and intimate distance, as if you were witnessing a friend's life without becoming him/her (protagonist = important character for the reader, reader = observer of the story). Some people...

Well, I was actually being impolite (by my standards) by prematurely judging the thread's information. I didn't even answer the thread's question. The questioner asked for feedback on the story's design. Meanwhile, I only provided a normative answer.

Are the kingdoms, geography, and characters merely backdrops, or do they come 'alive' in your story? A good story is one where the world feels alive. Well, you've only provided a rough synopsis and glossary. It's too early for me to justify it. However, I just want to remind you that you...

Is time relative in a dream? You might dream your whole life of being a certain character, but that only happens for one night. The difference between dream time and real time is relative.

RR tends to be male-centric narrative. SH tends to be female-centric narrative. RR tends to be litRPG and statistics. SH tends to be deep emotional fantasy. It's understandable if there is a difference in engagement. For comparison, Blood Rose Princess (BRP), has ~36k views with 267 readers on...

Descriptive narrative isn't wrong. It's good for building atmosphere, character aura, and contemplation. However, it slows down the pacing of action or fight scenes. For action scenes, cinematic action narrative is better. The pacing is faster and smoother, similar to action films where the...