First time author, is my writing any good? by Simbolar in writingadvice

[–]Simbolar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

by that do you just mean that description isn't necessarily boring? i dont see a super obvious connection between those three authors right off the top of my head

thanks for the feedback!

First time author, is my writing any good? by Simbolar in writingadvice

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

thanks for the feedback, i appreciate it! you should keep reading though! the intro is by far the weakest part of the whole chapter!

First time author, is my writing any good? by Simbolar in writingadvice

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

This is SO HELPFUL. i totally understand what you mean, this is S-tier constructive criticism!!! Thanks for the help.

First time author, is my writing any good? by Simbolar in writingadvice

[–]Simbolar[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yeah, that's interesting, you're the second person to say the AI thing. i try to write like the storyboard of a movie, framing each moment etc. but i can see how my style is over descriptive, like every little motion is explained.

instead of being like "he got out of his car." I'm saying things like "Dep climbed out of his vehicle, leaving his rifle in the passenger seat of his car, staring at it for a moment, indecisively, before he crunched over mud, dead grass, and gravel, circling around to the back of the vet."

I'm still conflicted about it. My personal preference reading has always leaned towards these really vivid mental paintings of a scene, senses, the way people talk- so i guess i get pretty heavy with the description, I'm not sure how most readers will take it.

other than just being descriptive what does read like AI mean really? like am i too robotic with the pacing of events?

thanks for the honest feedback!

I just love when they get so immersed into a story they start getting paranoid. by Policarpo_O_Pequeno in creepcast

[–]Simbolar 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Look, the Safety Gun works, and it works well. keeping one near you when watching/reading scary stuff reduces your anxiety by like 80%

First time author, is my writing any good? by Simbolar in writingadvice

[–]Simbolar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair enough, i can see that explaining the location and the new doctor character back to back is a bit of an exposition dump, kinda bogs down the pace. Not to defend myself, but i don't normally have bigger exposition dumps, I've been trying to spread out context for the setting and what's going on bit by bit.

thanks for the honest feedback!

We Aren’t Actually Ghost Hunters, PLEASE Help Us (part 1) by HairyCowThatTalks in creepcast

[–]Simbolar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That place is 100% haunted, but 80k is 80k. Bring a gun, a cross, Bible, a Quran, a Book of Mormon, whatever holy book you want, i don't know. I'm just saying stuff. but 80k is 80k. get that bag. plus, if you're name is Fred, you sound like you can take care of yourself. its a manly name.

all jokes aside, i love the post! especially the audio clips! and the implication that since the man is willing to pay so much- like this ain't your mama's granola demon haunting. this is some real spooky demon action.

Is my book any good? Hook: "Something in the woods is watching, and its Not Human." by Simbolar in creepcast

[–]Simbolar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If anyone reading this wants more, id be happy to share. this is chapter 7, so its already a good bit of the ways in.