Eldoria

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  Eldoria

• Feb 22, 2026

When a reader reads a story, there are three times running simultaneously:

1. Real time, the time that takes place in the real world.
2. Narrative time, the time the reader perceives while reading the narrative.
3. Fictional time, the time that takes place in the story world.

Three times are connected by pacing, the speed at which the narrative tells a story.

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  Eldoria

• Feb 21, 2026

Don't treat your world as a static object that's observed. Make it alive, like an organism, interacting with your characters.

Let the air breathe, a cold gust making the skin creep. Let the door rattle, the wood creak making the ears ring. Let the lamp greet, the light glow making the pupils smaller.

This way, your world will feel alive (in your reader's perception), not just a backdrop.

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  Fairemont

• Feb 20, 2026

You seem really nice, too. You also do a good job around here, so you can also have one lick.

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  Assurbanipal_II

• Feb 20, 2026

Does Meowldora have a feedback thread?

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  Eldoria

• Feb 20, 2026

Please don't send feedback requests if the author isn't prepared to accept criticism.

If the author wants to improve the narrative, they should be prepared to accept flaws.

Reading, analyzing, writing a feeback and being honest while appreciating the work is exhausting, voluntary work. Please be more reasonable!

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  Eldoria

• Feb 20, 2026

A glass of warm milk in cold weather feels incredibly delicious.

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  Eldoria

• Feb 18, 2026

Well, sometimes readers need to play dumb when reading fiction. We can't enjoy a story if we're constantly critical, saying:

"Wait, the pacing slows down in the fourth paragraph because of the over-description..." Lol

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  Omarfaruq

• Feb 18, 2026

Sorry for hijacking your profile post. ?

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  Eldoria

• Feb 18, 2026

A common misconception about "show it, don't tell it" is that provides super-detailed chapter that ruins the pacing.

Writing details isn't the same as showing; telling can be super-detailed.

Showing is about leaving interpretation to the reader by providing narrative clues or necessary information.

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  L1aei

• Feb 17, 2026

Ah, you beat me to that feedback thread.

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  Eldoria

• Feb 17, 2026

Writing complex fiction teaches us how to complete a work as an author. Narrating fiction that resonates with readers teaches us a lifelong lesson as a storyteller.

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  Assurbanipal_II

• Feb 16, 2026

It is a bot. One with the same name is stalking scribble for a while now.

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  Eldoria

• Feb 15, 2026

I reread my old fiction collection and discovered... I couldn't enjoy it anymore. It wasn't because the content was bad, but because the narrative was flat, breaking my immersion. This is the curse of knowledge.

As your tastes become better, you can no longer enjoy the dishes you once enjoyed, just as a cat won't look at raw fish after tasting cat snack.

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  Eldoria

• Feb 15, 2026

People will organically appreciate what we stand for instead of being busy showing off who we are.

Give honest feedback to anyone who needs it... instead of showing your professional title for 1 page.

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  Eldoria

• Feb 15, 2026

I opened the insight and found a sudden surge in views from Japan, even displacing the US. Are Japanese readers starting to flood SH?

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  Eldoria

• Feb 14, 2026

I love you, Mommy.

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  Eldoria

• Feb 13, 2026

If you want your work to become popular quickly, follow current trends.

If you want your work to be well known, build a brand with a unique characteristic.

Tolkien needed almost two decades to be well known after the release of the first work... and it took almost a century to dominate the fantasy world.

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  Eldoria

• Feb 13, 2026

A good narrative is not a narrative that makes the reader remember all the characters in one reading, but rather makes the reader understand who the MC is, who the antagonist is, who the supporting characters are, what they are doing because of the related conflicts in their world.

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  Eldoria

• Feb 12, 2026

Okay, I'll write tomorrow. I'm going to bed now.
No, I'm not in the mood... maybe I'll write tomorrow.
Not this time, I'm going on vacation.
...

Spoiler: A few years later...

Let's see how far my narrative, "The..."

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  Eldoria

• Feb 12, 2026

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 the audience can see from a scene? The reader feels like a cinematic film audience.