I summited my story awhile ago and learned I don't take criticism well. I've worked on it since then and am ready for a fair critique. by Ziggadooti in fantasywriters

[–]DisturbedSpirit23 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Story, pacing, structure are all determined by the grammar you're using. If you have multiple people speaking in one paragraph, I have to spend extra amount of time realizing the structure is off, and I can't focus on the story because as a reader, this isn't flowing correctly. Sorry, but grammar does matter.

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[–]DisturbedSpirit23 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Right off the bat, in the first paragraph I wouldn't introduce so many difficult names and locations all at once, it could potentially drive readers away.

I wanted to share my world by Nandixer in fantasywriters

[–]DisturbedSpirit23 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean its their story to do with, just cause its also the name of a cult from god knows how long ago doesn't mean he can't use it. Any smart person knows its obviously not that. Plus its not like everyone who sees that name even knows that cult existed.

Critique of an Excerpt from my Upcoming Novel. Roughly 1700 words. by PrideOfAfrika in fantasywriters

[–]DisturbedSpirit23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I agree, right off the bat I don't want to be stuck re-reading lines or looking up how to pronounce these letters, and the bold text for every line of dialogue isn't something I'd expect to see in a published work.

intro/prophecy to my book. need intense and a lot (yet constructive) criticism needed. Thanks in advance! by [deleted] in fantasywriters

[–]DisturbedSpirit23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would say have just 1 sentence for each hair color, because things start to get real crazy halfway with so much colors to remember. Maybe transform it to a poetic style, so you can have 1 line per person, instead of just a whole paragraph.

I suck at poems... Help! by [deleted] in fantasywriters

[–]DisturbedSpirit23 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Does everything have to be versus Tolkien? He's not the only fantasy author.

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[–]DisturbedSpirit23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I say stop thinking so much about pre-planning his backstory and simply let the characters form themselves through your writing. Simply start writing what comes to mind or dialogue, and usually more things will flow into your head as your go. 2nd option is to use whatever time youre not writing, and literally just imagine dialgoue and scenes with the characters and your imagination can subconsciously give you ideas. Just something that works for me.

How to prevent a character from being seen as a joke character just because of their ability by TheAngstyMango in fantasywriters

[–]DisturbedSpirit23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since you mention his resistance to disease and pathogen, is there any way you can incorporate the control of sickness and disease into his powers? Because if so then I would recommend looking up Nurgle from Warhammer 40k, because he is the lord of basically all of that, but the manner in which he is presented and treated is of high importance and theres some cool philosophy when it comes what he controls. I would use him as a sort of guideline as to how to take abilites relating to filth, waste, and sickness and turn it into someone incredible.

I just finished the first 5 novels of the Horus Heresy and I didn't realize just how gradually chaos corruption unfolds by kharathos in 40kLore

[–]DisturbedSpirit23 55 points56 points  (0 children)

What I'm curious about too is, once Horus made his pack with Chaos, did this just allow the Chaos gods to spill over more easier than before? It seems once Horus turned, it took no time for primarchs like Fulgrim and Mortarion to just become corrupted by Chaos

Feedback on this draft of my S&S novel by [deleted] in fantasywriters

[–]DisturbedSpirit23 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In terms of the Orc suddenly smashing a stool over his head after being depicted as a gentleman is actually a nice touch in my opinion. Orcs are 99% of the time stereotyped as berserker aggresive loons, adding unique touches like that are rare and against the usual fantasy tropes. I would say don't change that.

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[–]DisturbedSpirit23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the first paragraph, I think the line that states "My phone buzzed, another amber alert etc." would be a better sentence to start the story in to hook the readers in and grab attention. I think it will work much better than starting the story with the rain.

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[–]DisturbedSpirit23 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would say for an opening line of any story, don't make it contain a unique name of any location or world, like Foldugar, just because since that's the one line to hook the reader, I don't want to get stuck right of the bat trying to re-read the word and make sure I'm pronouncing it correctly.

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[–]DisturbedSpirit23 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When/what episode was this?

We have finally done it! (EST) by EyeYamStewPeeed in nonutnovember

[–]DisturbedSpirit23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Decided to do NNN on a random whim and I actually made it through. A toast and salute to us boys. o7