What do you think about the novel?

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What do you think about the novel? The title of the novel is "The Last Legend: The Rise of Destiny." I would appreciate it if you could share your feedback.
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First Impressions:

It looks like a generic fantasy "chosen one" story. The title tells me nothing, the synopsis is lengthy but mostly empty prose, and it introduces me to multiple side characters I haven't met yet. The tone sounds AI generated, except the pacing is wonky, so I know that it was written by a human. I suggest you at least fix up the pacing, else your story is going to lose readers before chapter one.

Also, what is up with the genre tags? The story looks like a hero saga, the genres look like I'm about to head into a dark school fantasy romance fic. But the tags, again, look like I'm about to read a saga. So what is this? If you don't make it clear to your readers what to expect from your story, readers will avoid it, or come in with the wrong expectations and be disappointed.


Thoughts on the Story:

You should delete the first sentence, of your first chapter, 'Start writing here...', because that was obviously a mistake.

Now for the more important problems. Mainly, you need to work on your story flow. You have this intense, solemn atmosphere going on with fancy metaphors, but you race past some events happening like a racehorse on a racetrack. Child is born, mom dies, child is handed off, king goes to battle, all in a single chapter, and you place equal importance on all said events. So you end up with this weird pacing; you alternate between paragraphs made up of only quick short sentences and paragraphs with long flowery ones, and you keep building up atmosphere just to destroy it over and over again.

I suspect this is because you really like some of the sentences you've used to build atmosphere, the ones with lots of metaphors, and you can't bear to delete them, even though you want the first chapter to move on quickly. Either that, or you're trying to keep it detailed and heavy, but you don't know how, so you're writing with a wonky pacing. If it's the former, violently delete all of your longer sentences and focus on telling the exposition quickly. If it's the latter, make the pacing slower and show us the scenes instead of telling them.

The more we get into the story, the worse this gets. The story's pacing goes wild like a rocket, and it's horrible because this is where we finally meet the protagonist. But I have zero attachment, it feels like I'm reading a summary instead of actual writing, and you don't have any subtle details that pull me into the scene.

Oh, and in chapter three, you also have this lump of a paragraph where you didn't space anything, so you might wanna do something about that.

In conclusion, your story has lovely prose, and has potential. It just reads completely unedited. You should read your story over and edit everything before you present it to other people; otherwise you'll regret it in the future, lol. (I'm speaking from experience.)

Good luck.
 

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اولین برداشت ها:

به نظر می رسد یک داستان "انتخاب شده" فانتزی عمومی باشد. عنوان چیزی به من نمی گوید، خلاصه داستان طولانی است، اما عمدتاً نثری خالی است، و من را با شخصیت های جانبی متعددی که هنوز ندیده ام آشنا می کند. صدایی که هوش مصنوعی تولید می‌کند، با این تفاوت که سرعت آن ضعیف است، بنابراین می‌دانم که توسط یک انسان نوشته شده است. من به شما پیشنهاد می کنم که حداقل سرعت را اصلاح کنید، در غیر این صورت داستان شما خوانندگان خود را قبل از فصل اول از دست خواهد داد.

همچنین، چه خبر از برچسب های ژانر؟ داستان شبیه یک حماسه قهرمانی به نظر می رسد، ژانرها به نظر می رسد که من در آستانه ورود به یک فیلم عاشقانه فانتزی مدرسه ای تاریک هستم. اما تگ ها، دوباره، به نظر می رسد که من در حال خواندن یک حماسه هستم. پس این چیست؟ اگر برای خوانندگان خود روشن نکنید که از داستان شما چه انتظاری دارند، خوانندگان از آن اجتناب می کنند یا با انتظارات اشتباه وارد می شوند و ناامید می شوند.


افکاری در مورد داستان:

شما باید اولین جمله از فصل اول خود را حذف کنید، «اینجا بنویسید...»، زیرا واضح است که اشتباه بوده است.

حالا برای مشکلات مهمتر. به طور عمده، شما باید روی جریان داستان خود کار کنید. شما این فضای شدید و باشکوه را دارید که با استعاره های فانتزی در جریان است، اما از برخی رویدادها که مانند یک اسب مسابقه در یک مسیر مسابقه می گذرد، مسابقه می دهید. کودک متولد می شود، مادر می میرد، فرزند تحویل داده می شود، پادشاه به نبرد می رود، همه در یک فصل، و شما به همه وقایع گفته شده اهمیت یکسانی می دهید. بنابراین شما با این سرعت عجیب و غریب مواجه می شوید. شما بین پاراگراف‌هایی که فقط از جملات کوتاه سریع و پاراگراف‌هایی با جملات گلدار بلند تشکیل شده‌اند، متناوب می‌کنید، و به ایجاد جو ادامه می‌دهید تا بارها و بارها آن را از بین ببرید.

من گمان می‌کنم این به این دلیل است که شما واقعاً برخی از جملاتی را که برای ساختن فضا استفاده کرده‌اید دوست دارید، جملاتی که استعاره‌های زیادی دارند، و حوصله حذف آنها را ندارید، حتی اگر می‌خواهید فصل اول به سرعت ادامه یابد. یا این، یا سعی می‌کنید آن را با جزئیات و سنگین نگه دارید، اما نمی‌دانید چگونه، بنابراین با سرعتی بد می‌نویسید. اگر اولی است، تمام جملات طولانی‌تر خود را با خشونت حذف کنید و روی بیان سریع توضیح تمرکز کنید. اگر دومی است، قدم زدن را آهسته‌تر کنید و به‌جای گفتن صحنه‌ها را به ما نشان دهید.

هر چه بیشتر وارد داستان می شویم، این بدتر می شود. سرعت داستان مانند موشک وحشی می شود و وحشتناک است زیرا اینجاست که در نهایت با قهرمان داستان آشنا می شویم. اما وابستگی من صفر است، به نظر می رسد که به جای نوشتن واقعی، خلاصه ای را می خوانم، و شما هیچ جزئیات ظریفی ندارید که مرا به صحنه بکشاند.

اوه، و در فصل سه، این توده از یک پاراگراف را نیز دارید که در آن چیزی را خالی نکرده‌اید، بنابراین ممکن است بخواهید کاری در مورد آن انجام دهید.

در پایان، داستان شما دارای نثر دوست داشتنی است و پتانسیل بالایی دارد. فقط کاملا بدون ویرایش خوانده می شود. شما باید داستان خود را دوباره بخوانید و همه چیز را قبل از ارائه آن به دیگران ویرایش کنید. در غیر این صورت در آینده پشیمان خواهید شد، lol. (من از روی تجربه صحبت می کنم.)

موفق باشید.
Thank you for your opinion, you’re absolutely right. Actually, my English isn’t very strong, which is why I use artificial intelligence for translations. The reason for the very fast progress in my novel is that the main storyline hasn’t started yet, and I’m currently narrating the events that took place before the main story.
 
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too much of your paragraphs are like 3 liners, and it doesn't make that much sentence or paragraph variety
Can you explain more clearly? I didn’t understand
First of all, let me say that I never intended to write a web novel; in fact, I initially aimed to create a multi-volume novel similar to other epic fantasy works like Harry Potter or The Lord of the Rings. However, I later decided to release it in a serialized format instead.

Overall, I’m very grateful for everyone’s valuable feedback, and I’ll try to address the flaws in the upcoming sections
 
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Can you explain more clearly? I didn’t understand
First of all, let me say that I never intended to write a web novel; in fact, I initially aimed to create a multi-volume novel similar to other epic fantasy works like Harry Potter or The Lord of the Rings. However, I later decided to release it in a serialized format instead.

Overall, I’m very grateful for everyone’s valuable feedback, and I’ll try to address the flaws in the upcoming sections
I'm sorry I was harsh on the review before; I think the pacing issue is cuz of the language barrier. Translating novels absolutely wrecks pacing; if you can, you should get an editor who's good at English. If you still feel it's too difficult, I suggest using the enter key more, and turn long paragraphs into many short ones.


For example, you turn this paragraph,
The king cradled his lifeless wife and cried out in grief, “Alder! Wake up! Please, come see... our son is waiting for you! Please… you know I’m terrible with children. Please, wake up… Alderrrr!” Every member of the Legendary race knelt in honor of the queen they had lost, shouting her name in unison. The Sacred Tree shed some of its blossoms at the queen’s feet. The sky let out a thunderous roar, as if weeping in shared sorrow.

Into this:
The king cradled his lifeless wife and cried out in grief, “Alder! Wake up! Please, come see... our son is waiting for you! Please… you know I’m terrible with children."

"Please, wake up… Alderrrr!"

Every member of the Legendary race knelt in honor of the queen they had lost, shouting her name in unison. The Sacred Tree shed some of its blossoms at the queen’s feet, and the sky let out a thunderous roar, as if weeping in shared sorrow.

See? I changed near nothing, but it automatically makes things a hundred times better. I read the novel till the end with the new chapters. I'll wait on more updates. :)
 
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I'm sorry I was harsh on the review before; I think the pacing issue is cuz of the language barrier. Translating novels absolutely wrecks pacing; if you can, you should get an editor who's good at English. If you still feel it's too difficult, I suggest using the enter key more, and turn long paragraphs into many short ones.


For example, you turn this paragraph,


Into this:


See? I changed near nothing, but it automatically makes things a hundred times better. I read the novel till the end with the new chapters. I'll wait on more updates. :)
Thank you
 

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my biggest advice for writing is to write the interesting parts. skip the boring stuff and start where it's interesting. we dont need to know the 1000 year history leading to a big war if you can show us what the boots of the soldiers smell like. in fact, the *less* history we know the *more* interesting the story becomes. what was a grocery list becomes a mystery and a puzzle.
 

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my biggest advice for writing is to write the interesting parts. skip the boring stuff and start where it's interesting. we dont need to know the 1000 year history leading to a big war if you can show us what the boots of the soldiers smell like. in fact, the *less* history we know the *more* interesting the story becomes. what was a grocery list becomes a mystery and a puzzle.
ok
Thanks
new chapter!??
 
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Stoneinky pretty much nailed it, but I gotta add my two cents as well.

I know we’re trying to stray away from the hyper specific web novel titles, but still let’s not go back to the hyper generic ones. “Last legend rise of destiny” means everything and nothing. There’s nothing to indicate that what you’ve written is unique. There’s no hint to what your story is.

Also format your dialogue correctly. It’s like the first amateur mistake people learn from. I know you aren’t proficient in English, but if you’re going to be writing for an English audience, take this chance to learn
 

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Stoneinky pretty much nailed it, but I gotta add my two cents as well.

I know we’re trying to stray away from the hyper specific web novel titles, but still let’s not go back to the hyper generic ones. “Last legend rise of destiny” means everything and nothing. There’s nothing to indicate that what you’ve written is unique. There’s no hint to what your story is.

Also format your dialogue correctly. It’s like the first amateur mistake people learn from. I know you aren’t proficient in English, but if you’re going to be writing for an English audience, take this chance to learn
Thank you, but the reason for choosing this title is based on the multi-volume nature of the novel. "The Last Legend" is the title of the series, and each volume has its own unique name.

  • Volume One, titled "Rise of Destiny," refers to the beginning of the story and Arian's early development.
  • Volume Two, titled "Shadows of Power," is about Arian's full entry into the realm of politics.
  • The final volume, titled "Hunt of the Goddesses and Destruction," depicts the ultimate conclusion of the story
 
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Thank you, but the reason for choosing this title is based on the multi-volume nature of the novel. "The Last Legend" is the title of the series, and each volume has its own unique name.

  • Volume One, titled "Rise of Destiny," refers to the beginning of the story and Arian's early development.
  • Volume Two, titled "Shadows of Power," is about Arian's full entry into the realm of politics.
  • The final volume, titled "Hunt of the Goddesses and Destruction," depicts the ultimate conclusion of the story
Okay, for the series title, I guess it’s not bad. Still very generic, but it can work. I like volume 3’s title. Hunting of the goddesses gives a unique vibe and sells what’s to come.

Rise of destiny and shadows of power sound like failed Amazon prequels of beloved franchises. In other words, they’re too generic. Instead of something vague like “destiny”, I’d pick another word that clearly represents Arian. Something about his character, his goals, his abilities, his title. And the same can be said for the second volume.
 

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خوب، برای عنوان سریال، حدس می‌زنم بد نباشد. هنوز هم بسیار عمومی است، اما می تواند کار کند. من عنوان جلد 3 را دوست دارم. شکار الهه‌ها حال و هوای بی‌نظیری می‌دهد و آنچه را که در راه است می‌فروشد.

ظهور سرنوشت و سایه های قدرت مانند پیش درآمدهای ناموفق آمازون از فرنچایزهای محبوب به نظر می رسد. به عبارت دیگر، آنها بیش از حد عمومی هستند. به جای چیزی مبهم مانند «سرنوشت»، کلمه دیگری را انتخاب می کنم که به وضوح نشان دهنده آریان باشد. چیزی در مورد شخصیت او، اهداف او، توانایی های او، عنوان او. و همین را می توان در مورد جلد دوم نیز گفت.
را i think about it
 
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