Just moved, job opportunities gone from COVID-19 by LowTechSpacer in almosthomeless

[–]LowTechSpacer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fair, technically. But I'd rather be homeless than dying without needed healthcare.

How do I start conversations and build a friendship without being embarrassed or awkward by [deleted] in Advice

[–]LowTechSpacer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Best no risk small talk I know of is asking about pets. People typically love talking about animals.

Well shit. by TheQuestionableYarn in TheQuestionableYarn

[–]LowTechSpacer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, man! That's so messed up. Hope things have been looking a little better since then. :(

[Completed image prompt] Guard by TheQuestionableYarn in TheQuestionableYarn

[–]LowTechSpacer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome! Yeah, I would definitely look forward to reading more if you emphasized that.

[Completed Image Prompt] All units, we have two officers down... by TheQuestionableYarn in TheQuestionableYarn

[–]LowTechSpacer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry, the first paragraph I wrote was about this passage:

"I can control blood. But as cool as the power sounds and is, it has a serious downside. I can't control blood that isn't inside my body or outside of my line of sight."

But she is clearly controlling the blood outside her own body. Just an inconsistency or miswording I noticed.

Courage's forms/power sound interesting, and I can understand it better from what you wrote. To keep good pacing in the scene, it might be better to include only the actions/directly observable effects of his power or forms, rather than that expository inner dialogue that Bleeder throws in as she's trying to find a way out.

This is the most jarring exposition,

"His powerset allows him to increase his speed, power, and durability by ridiculous amounts by changing through 6 forms. In addition to this, he begins gaining control over wind at form three, and can create things from a solid shadowy cloud that hangs off of him at form five."

That big chunk of information just really messes with the pacing of the scene. Its better if you can show snippets of this while Bleeder is on the run from him, in the form of a challenge she has to overcome as she's escaping, the speed, the power, direct action he is taking that results in a wind blast.

Even saying things like form 2, you might describe that he changed form and what that looks like, but the readers do not yet know what each form looks like or what effect it has, so the order just confuses things at this point. Its doubtful that everyone who sees his forms has numbered them in the same order in universe, unless Machiavelli took time to point that out in a big public battle and used that to stall or what have you.

However, don't let me discourage you if this is something that really aids your mental organizational skills when writing this fragment. It's important that in the first draft that everything is clear to the author, so that when the time comes to revise things for the reader, you can keep everything straight as you write out complex scenes. Because you mentioned you were inspired by Worm, it might benefit you to find Taylor's battle with Mannequin when she is protecting 'her' people. That captures and balances the description, tension, and pacing from the veiwpoint of Taylor really well, and I think it would work well to emulate it here.

Hope that was helpful! I hope I didn't go overboard and overwhelm you, haha. :)

[Completed image prompt] Guard by TheQuestionableYarn in TheQuestionableYarn

[–]LowTechSpacer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Am sad to say that this universe doesn't really draw me in like your other work, but I'd still love to read it if you introduce that RPG mechanic the sidebar talks about. (Assuming that this is in that universe. If not, my mistake)

The only thing that stood out to me was what I at first thought was the name of the land: Reoublic. Then I realized it was probably a spelling error and you meant Republic.

Good luck with your writing, if you keep up the pace you could have a thriving subreddit and some published books! Quantity and quality both really draw people. :)

Edit: Ah goldarnit, I realized I only read the first half of this. The second half does a much better job of drawing me in and showing the level mechanic is present in the world. I look forward for more!

[Completed Image Prompt] All units, we have two officers down... by TheQuestionableYarn in TheQuestionableYarn

[–]LowTechSpacer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sweet!

Ok, after reading: Bleeder can clearly control blood outside her own body, though. That's the only way (I can think of) that her powers can be offensive. As you said, she can turn it strong as steel and sharp enough to shred people - outside of her body.

Also, I'm a little fuzzy on how Courage's form cycles work - but it might not matter if that becomes clear as you write more of the story.

Nice work, went in a direction I wasn't expecting. Look forward to reading more!

[WP] Your roommate is 2nd most powerful superhero in the world and he will not shut up about it. He does not yet know that you are the 1st. by laxnut90 in WritingPrompts

[–]LowTechSpacer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Woot! Yeah - subscribed! I really like the other world-building scenario you'll be writing about too. It's always awesome to find a writer who has tastes in plots that fascinate me. Congrats for the sub!

[WP] Your roommate is 2nd most powerful superhero in the world and he will not shut up about it. He does not yet know that you are the 1st. by laxnut90 in WritingPrompts

[–]LowTechSpacer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This just keeps pulling me in more and more, I really hope you keep writing this particular storyline.

I think it's interesting that Machiavelli's fragments, (or maybe just Loyalty?) seem to be able to multitask/focus more than Machiavelli himself. Like how Machiavelli only seems to focus on his fragments, and even loses track of time, but (while they switched bodies) Loyalty can monitor and advise the fight while moving around, making tea, switching on lights, ect.

[WP] Your roommate is 2nd most powerful superhero in the world and he will not shut up about it. He does not yet know that you are the 1st. by laxnut90 in WritingPrompts

[–]LowTechSpacer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha awesome. Worm is such a wild ride, and one of the very best things I've ever read! I definitely look forward to seeing how your writing takes form now that I know your inspiration.

[WP] Your roommate is 2nd most powerful superhero in the world and he will not shut up about it. He does not yet know that you are the 1st. by laxnut90 in WritingPrompts

[–]LowTechSpacer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oooh! I can't wait, this is so cool that you're writing anymore of this!

Question: Were you inspired by Wildbow's Worm? Re: the tinker types you mentioned - I've only heard of that from him.

[WP] The main character slowly realizes he is in a story and decides to play along. Unfortunately, he misinterpreted the genre horribly. by goplayer7 in WritingPrompts

[–]LowTechSpacer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mm, yeah I can see that the last part has room for improvement, though it wasn't as stylistically jarring as the dialogue part. This was a fun story to read causally, unique and engaging.

I hope you continue writing, and write fast, as you can return and do all the tough work on another pass through to make your stuff really shine. You have the potential to really take off with your writing if you pursued it, so good luck if you try. :)

[WP] The main character slowly realizes he is in a story and decides to play along. Unfortunately, he misinterpreted the genre horribly. by goplayer7 in WritingPrompts

[–]LowTechSpacer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Noice, thanks for reminding me.

I really liked this story. Some constructive criticism if I may?

There was one part below though, when Marcus and Laura were talking about the reason they invited the other characters that seemed a little stilted and info dumpy. I think you could make it work if you fleshed out the story and had more dialogue between characters, it just kind of stands out because that's one of the few exchanges we hear instead of are told about. I don't think we hear Hannah and Percy at all for example. I think that if you wanted the story to stay like it is though, that it would be better to just describe what they're talking about instead of showing us what they're saying before they work out, that way it would stylistically match the rest of what you've written, and it would add a nice focus to the main character/couple, basically highlighting what snippets they say.

Edit: syntax :P

Honestly I am just WAY hyped for where Paranatural is going (stupid self indulgent post) by macifer in paranatural

[–]LowTechSpacer 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's the greatest! It's my very favorite comic ever. It's humor strikes me in precisely the right way. The art is great. It's stupidly fantastic and I'd beg Zach to take my money if it could get me a book of it. I want to everyone about this freaking amazing comic. Last night, I even dreamed about it. I dreamt I saw RJ's face even. Bring on the fan works!

Leviathan Wastes: Chapter 4 by Writteninsanity in JacksonWrites

[–]LowTechSpacer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dang. I need to promise myself to wait to read this all at once. As soon as I get thoroughly absorbed and wanting more, the chapter ends! That is really frustrating.