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Oh... thank you for revising my fiction's grammar. I haven't checked it yet... and I did consider fixing it, especially after noticing the inconsistent use of past and present tenses. :blob_teary: But right now, my energy is being consumed by revising the narrative structure in the latest...

What a sweet scene... a little daughter fell asleep in her mother's arms in a creaking rocking chair on the terrace of the wooden house accompanied by the mist and valley breeze.

Hmm... this cover is honestly beautiful. But for some reason, I prefer the old style. This is just my opinion.

I'm a former mainstream isekai reader. I've read many titles. But it's precisely because I've had my fill of isekai tropes that I've been inspired to write my current subversive fiction. As an author, I probably wouldn't write isekai. But as a reader, I've enjoyed isekai.

I believe presenting information and mystery in fiction is like peeling an apple. Readers can taste the freshness of the apple as they peel it slowly.

Trust me! If you focus on engagement every day, you won't enjoy the creative writing process. Now I care more about the quality of my writing. That's not to say engagement isn't important, it's just more of an external factor. Meanwhile, writing quality is an internal factor that we can control.

Some people are good at drawing. Some people are good at telling stories. And in the middle there are a few people who are good at drawing and telling stories. Good job!

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...

Dude... your paragraph is gigantic, it's bigger than my phone screen. If this were a fictional narrative, I'd suggest cutting it down to shorter paragraphs for easier reading. Lol

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...

So why not use the atmosphere to represent the character's emotion? This way, the environmental descriptions aren't just empty settings but have emotional meaning. For example, when the protagonist stares at the sky in a dark room, she's not just seeing a dark sky, but rather reflecting her...

In the context of first POV, white space syndrome usually occurs because the author focuses too much on the character's internal thoughts rather than interacting with their environment. The solution is simple: narrate your protagonist actively interacting with the environment and use the...

Hmm... I'm not sure. Is this technique similar to senjutsu (senin mode) in the Naruto series? Well, at least it's explained through a demonstration in action instead of an info dump delivered by an omniscient narrator. So, narrative-wise, it's pretty immersive.

Dude.. I've read 2 chapters. I want to ask what kind of POV you're using? Is limited third POV? Or is objective third POV? Or is omniscient third POV?

Summon @Hans.Trondheim I once read his answer regarding a problem similar to your case.

Eh... do readers think that way? If so, their priorities might be misplaced. There are even more extreme narratives like murder, r*p*, and genocide, which are often the main conflicts in mainstream stories. Will the author be labeled as glorifying those atrocities simply because they include...

Well, I've read chapter 1. I'll try to be honest and gentle (I guess). To be fair, I'll give you one strength and one weakness of your narrative. (I'm also too lazy to write down every strength and weakness of your narrative. Lol) In general, your narrative is easy to visualize. The atmosphere...

When I first started writing fiction, I wasn't concerned with how many readers would read it; I was concerned with the content of the story, which subverted mainstream tropes. I cared more about what I wrote than what others thought of it.

If you're writing a slow burn focused on a single character, the most important thing is how to make the reader care about the character. Therefore, the opening should be used to introduce your character to the reader. Introduce your protagonist through action, dialogue, and atmosphere so that...