Very Unfair Story Feedback Thread

LuoirM

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Here’s an unfair request: a story I haven’t worked on for like half a year!


pros: mediocre grammar
Cons: makes as much sense as beatboxing paralysis demons
I stopped reading at the synopsis because I don't understand what the word "Guttural" means, like, gut-churning? guts in an adjective? Also, I'd prefer the other word to be "through" than "throughout", a more vibrant and loud imagery

And...

Very... Interesting, cover :blob_blank: Idk, it seems like a mix of kink and elementary art
Guys, I think they might be better at giving feedback than I am. :blob_joy:

I volunteer my work as tribute!
I didn't click because of the word "Is" isn't capitalized.

The only word in the title that you can excuse from capitalization is "Of" like "Chronicle of Time"
I digress and clicked anyways
Loved the cover, very cool

Then I stopped at the synopsis

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1. The word "Synopsis" is already imprinted, why would you add naother "Story Summary"
2. Yu De is a weird name, even when Chinese-latinized name are weird, this one strikes me odd, I think it'll be pronounced Lữ Đế in Vietnamese which is very cool.
3. What is a "long past"
Been rewriting my story and could use some feedback!

Here's the link:

Sova ultimate voiceline echoed through my ears. Same with the word "to" not capitalized here

The synopsis also confused me

"Nina is a young priestess who just started her journey in the Highlands, in a faraway land."

So is it highlands or faraway land? If it's like a faraway highland, you should've done that, instead of "in a" and "in the" right next to each other

I read the entire synopsis and gotta say, I'd prefer it if we knew, even vaguely and barely; why is she being pursued.

Also, you should use more than 1 sentence in each paragraph, with 4 different paragraphs like that, it kinda makes your synopsis seems effortless even though it's grammartically correct. It's weird on the eye.

No AI is used but the synopsis kinda sound AI, prolly just me being stoopid tho hmic
Haven't even started writing this story beyond the premise, but I would like to hear your thoughts!
What is up with y'all and not capitalizing your title?!!!

I like the captivating title and cover

I do not, however, like the synopsis structure.

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when you're using brackets, or even in this case, Japanese one. Please do not make them drop down halfway like this
It's be better if you add some filler word and make the whole phrase 「it's my time to shine!」drop to the second line.

The entire structure of the paragraph spacing feels odd on the eye,
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Without reading further, I am turned off by:
1. The fact that the first paragraph ends at the start of the line.
2. The fact that the second paragraph has too much sentence stop and too much capitalization
3. The fact that the third paragraph uses an abundant amount of symbols :[()]?! and it's not consistent with the first paragraph.
 

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I didn't click because of the word "Is" isn't capitalized.

The only word in the title that you can excuse from capitalization is "Of" like "Chronicle of Time"
I digress and clicked anyways
Loved the cover, very cool

Then I stopped at the synopsis

1747119624500.png

1. The word "Synopsis" is already imprinted, why would you add naother "Story Summary"
2. Yu De is a weird name, even when Chinese-latinized name are weird, this one strikes me odd, I think it'll be pronounced Lữ Đế in Vietnamese which is very cool.
3. What is a "long past"
Hi! Thanks for the feedback. The repeated ”story summary“ is because I copied and pasted it from the Google Doc (and also from other websites where I’ve published it).

The name is 余德 (Yu De)! Yu is the surname and De is the given name, which means “surplus of dedication.” (I’m Chinese so to me it’s normal :sweat_smile:)
The lost past refers to how he doesn’t remember his childhood… Anyway, it’s just a minor detail that I expanded on in my side story (glossary).
 

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Hi! Thanks for the feedback. The repeated ”story summary“ is because I copied and pasted it from the Google Doc (and also from other websites where I’ve published it).

The name is 余德 (Yu De)! Yu is the surname and De is the given name, which means “surplus of dedication.” (I’m Chinese so to me it’s normal :sweat_smile:)
The lost past refers to how he doesn’t remember his childhood… Anyway, it’s just a minor detail that I expanded on in my side story (glossary).
Ohhhhhhh lost past, I thought it's long past, like long history, my bad G.
 

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Been rewriting my story and could use some feedback!

Here's the link:

The way you write direct speech is kind of unusual.
Why?
 

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Hello, my name's LuoirM (ignore the username currently I couldn't change it yet, my teenage years were wild). And here's my
Very Unfair Story Feedback Thread

Why is it" Very Unfair"
Because I have a reading disability (undiagnosed).
I only remember reading exactly one book in my life, back in 7th grade. It was a Chinese romance.
I tried reading online novels before, but never got past the first 5 lines. Both in my native tongue and in Engrisk.

How does this work?
Give me a link. I'll tell you when did I stop reading, and as an unimportant reader, would I ever come back?
Gon give advices, too, if you're female.


Why should you use my service?
Because if you're really, really good at captivating the eyes, and managed to capture someone with a problem like myself, it's a very great feat!
It's free!

Why shouldn't you use my service?
Because I can, and possibly will, stop reading right at the synopsis, comment "I can't read past the synopsis" and that will demoralize you as an author, you may think that you're a bad author even if you're not.

Dilemma huh? Alright, let's go, if you dare...
Let me know. I can take it all!
 

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Let me know. I can take it all!
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WHEN WILL YOU PEOPLE LEARN AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I digress
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Have you consider splitting it into 2 or 3 blocks of paragraph?

Imma ignore that an actually click the first chapter

The first line uses too much complicated words, but actually was interesting enough to read through

But why the capitalization? Does that mean a speech? Thought? Narrator? I stopped there from confuusion
I would like to give you something that would make you question your sense of reality and traumatize you but instead take a power fantasy: 100
Want me to give another chance?
 
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Hello, my name's LuoirM (ignore the username currently I couldn't change it yet, my teenage years were wild). And here's my
Very Unfair Story Feedback Thread

Why is it" Very Unfair"
Because I have a reading disability (undiagnosed).
I only remember reading exactly one book in my life, back in 7th grade. It was a Chinese romance.
I tried reading online novels before, but never got past the first 5 lines. Both in my native tongue and in Engrisk.

How does this work?
Give me a link. I'll tell you when did I stop reading, and as an unimportant reader, would I ever come back?
Gon give advices, too, if you're female.


Why should you use my service?
Because if you're really, really good at captivating the eyes, and managed to capture someone with a problem like myself, it's a very great feat!
It's free!

Why shouldn't you use my service?
Because I can, and possibly will, stop reading right at the synopsis, comment "I can't read past the synopsis" and that will demoralize you as an author, you may think that you're a bad author even if you're not.

Dilemma huh? Alright, let's go, if you dare...
Hello, I would love for you to check it out. Based on your other replies, I am happy if you make it past the first paragraph.

 

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This is a general note, since I haven't seen anyone comment it - I don't know where you learned that all words get capitalized in a title except one, but its standard not to captilize short prepositions, articles, and conjunctions unless they're the first or last word ?

As in words like: [a, the, is, of, to, was, at, by, from, for, on, and, but,] etc are usually not capitalized. I mean, you can still not like it if you want lol but you're seeing it so much because it's the standard ?
 

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This is a general note, since I haven't seen anyone comment it - I don't know where you learned that all words get capitalized in a title except one, but its standard not to captilize short prepositions, articles, and conjunctions unless they're the first or last word ?

As in words like: [a, the, is, of, to, was, at, by, from, for, on, and, but,] etc are usually not capitalized. I mean, you can still not like it if you want lol but you're seeing it so much because it's the standard ?
yeah mb I just learned that too lol! gonna ignore that from now
 

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Hello, I would love for you to check it out. Based on your other replies, I am happy if you make it past the first paragraph.

To be honest? I don't even know why I have a problem

"Roots of Power" should be, in all honestly, a great title, a great first hook. And the cover image is cool too!
But I don't feel like I wanna read this story at all for some weird reason. Perhaps Feng Shui?

I digress!

I stopped when the synopsis grammar is wrong

When Nemo woke to pain in his soul and whispers in his mind, he knew the truth: he had been cursed by the gods — tainted in the process known as rooting.

It's a very easy fix too, like... When Nemo woke up, he felt pain in his soul and whispers in his mind. The truth hit him: he was cursed by the gods...
 

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Sure man, I don’t think you’ll pass the novel title.

My novel
I'm actually into Voyeurism and being cucked, no, seriously, me and my ex had the talk

anw the cover is ChatGPT style anime which looks really weird and I don't like it, didn't read the synopsis.
 
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