Eldoria

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    The first POV inherently acts as an unreliable narrator. The narrative camera uses the character's perspective directly to perceive their world. You cannot know the emotions and thoughts of other characters. Even if the "I" provides interpretations regarding other characters, that information should be subjective. The exception is if your narrator is a historical narrative.
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    April 1st won't make me lie to myself about not writing. Do I write or not?
    Eldoria
    Seeing the feedback requests on Feedback Section tickled me, and I wanted to leave simple feedback.

    But I'm sorry, but I have to hold back. I can't do that right now; I'm focused on my fiction.

    Maybe another time. I don't want to touch someone else's kitchen while mine is still burning. :blob_melt:
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    Narrating power systems and lore without feeling like an info dump is one of the most difficult challenges in writing fantasy fiction.

    Can we narrate how power systems work?
    Can we narrate lore as the foundation of the story?
    No narrator's voice. No expository dialogue.

    Only subtext interspersed in the organic interactions between characters.
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    Instead of inserting a new chapter to patch the plot hole, I pasted the transition chapter (x') into the old chapter and merged the old chapter (chapter y) with the old chapter above it (chapter z) into one combined chapter (chapter yz).

    So, chapter x' = transition chapter (new); chapter yz = combined chapter y (old) + chapter z (old).
    Eldoria
    A description narrative is considered "decoration" or empty setting when its presence or absence doesn't affect the story and/ or simply adds to the word count. Therefore, every descriptive narrative should have a functional purpose and/ or add "value" to the story.
    Eldoria
    In mainstream fiction, mothers are generally just the background of the story or the 'victim' who motivates the protagonist's growth.

    In my fiction, the mother is the subject of history, the bearer of the fate of the world, the protector of her child and the main protagonist as a center of the story.
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    I tried to rewrite the lore about the fantasy ideological concept conveyed by the narrator through an info dump into a children's fairy tale narrative through the dialogue of a mother and her little daughter.

    But my head immediately became fuzzy; it was so difficult to simplify the complex and dark concept into a simple and child-friendly concept.

    Hmm... writing subtext isn't as easy as reading its theory.
    Eldoria
    Critiquing fiction is easy, criticizing narrative is easy, and criticizing our own writing is also easy.

    Anyone who reads a story can easily find something wrong with it, whether intuitively or rationally. What's difficult?

    Providing and implementing concrete solutions to improve the narrative's quality.
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    I'm not very good at math but I can give you the value you deserve. :blob_uwu:
    Eldoria
    The emotional impact of fiction is considered successful if it meets the expectations of its genre.

    Comedy fiction makes you laugh. Tragedy fiction makes you sad. SoL fiction makes you feel relaxed. And dark fantasy fiction makes you ponder what it means to be human in a dark world.

    What's absurd is giving a low rating for deviant expectations.
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    I mean, its one thing that the mother-in-law try to fool the emperor/prince that her daughter is priestest by making the magic stone (born in hand of the baby of empress and now FMC) shine behind a curtain.

    But its fking retarded, to frame FMC, and not verify it by simply put the stone in her hands.
    Also mindreading prince is disliked. Uchiha retardation=OP thing but they hate it (Even showing scene of exposing spy)
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    This lvl of retardation was so fucking exhausting, that even a poisonous CN with retarded characters felt more pleasant.

    (meme)
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    Tried to find it again, didnt find it. (bc too new/niche/few chaps)

    Its not helping that there is a manhwa with similar plot that the maid can foresee future. (purple hair)
    Eldoria
    What do you think about a children's fairy tale with dark fantasy undertones as an interlude chapter?

    For example, a mother tells her little daughter a bedtime story about a wolf, a rabbit, and a princess rose. This story sounds sweet to her daugher.

    But, as a reader, you might interpret this story not as a fairy tale but as a dark reality that the mother or other characters in the story might have experienced.
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    14 out of 17 respondents (currently) agree that character emotions need to be narrated through showing, rather than telling by mentioning raw emotions (sad, anxiety, etc).

    Authors can narrate emotions organically (by showing) through body language, psychological reactions (tears, nausea, etc), action, dialogue, and atmosphere in a scene.

    The goal is to make the reader experience the emotion with the character.
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    Hmm... I'm seeing a pattern. Thread replies that don't address the topic or are provocative are automatically deleted. Does SHF have a mechanism for checking answer relevance, or are they simply deleted by moderators?
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    Rewriting old chapters rarely provides instant engagement. But, rewriting old chapters is also an effective learning tool to improve narrative skills.

    You're forced to read the old chapter, analyze its narrative structure, evaluate it, and write concrete solutions. You will understand the gaps between your previous writing and the current one.

    You'll be able to see tangible changes in your narrative competence.
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