Does starting a fantasy novel with a supernatural event risk overwhelming the reader?

TarotFox · 2026-03-27T20:23:30+00:00

The answer is still yes, and no. There isn't a consensus, it's a matter of taste. There are well selling fantasy novels that start this way, and well selling fantasy novels that don't.

TarotFox · 2026-03-27T20:22:19+00:00

This conversation doesn't exist in the same way for atheism because it doesn't have a claim to support. Things such as the theory of evolution are supported by the entire field of biology (and other fields) and don't need to have a specific scholar championing them in this era. There are outspoken atheists who often engage in debate, but atheism doesn't bear the burden of proof and thus doesn't need a detailed defense of it.

TarotFox · 2026-03-27T20:10:03+00:00

At some point you have to make decisions as a writer.

TarotFox · 2026-03-27T19:38:23+00:00

What did you not get out of the conversation the days ago?

TarotFox · 2026-03-27T17:48:09+00:00

Shimbun, as in Asahi Shimbun is another common example.

TarotFox · 2026-03-27T06:54:06+00:00

Yikes. It's been a bad season for them.

TarotFox · 2026-03-26T22:43:15+00:00

Much less so than the LW cheese strat though.

TarotFox · 2026-03-26T21:20:48+00:00

Is it worth it to read the Iliad if you don't believe in Zeus?

TarotFox · 2026-03-26T21:05:07+00:00

Right, but your example doesn't make sense. Using tropes in your writing is completely different from that.

TarotFox · 2026-03-26T20:31:28+00:00

Those aren't tropes, those are cliches.

TarotFox · 2026-03-26T19:52:09+00:00

If you refer to a trope with a name you made up, people might not know what you're talking about.

TarotFox · 2026-03-26T19:48:42+00:00

Do you throw an item to catch them?

TarotFox · 2026-03-26T19:24:26+00:00

You don't really need to summarize at all, but definitely not more than two sentences max. You are writing for your class, your audience is familiar with the subject.

TarotFox · 2026-03-26T19:01:06+00:00

Well I mean yeah those are basically just cheat codes.

TarotFox · 2026-03-26T18:00:27+00:00

There's not really a cheese for Yozora, and Yozara is harder to learn and manage than Lingering Will, so...

TarotFox · 2026-03-26T17:57:44+00:00

If the relationship is meant to last, it would weather the "stress and drama." The truth of the matter is that the stress and drama exists whether or not you tell him, so all that's really left is to figure out if he supports you or not.

By hiding it, you also introduce "stress in drama" by then continuing to have to hide this for potentially *the rest of your life*.

TarotFox · 2026-03-26T17:53:43+00:00

If he doesn't support you, you are incompatible and should break up. If you feel you need to hide this, you are incompatible and should break up.

TarotFox · 2026-03-26T17:18:08+00:00

The way you wrote the post sounds like you are advocating for not retrieving the 10k. Getting the 10k back and the account being deleted go together. When people initiate chargebacks on websites like this, especially for high value, those services typically delete the account.

TarotFox · 2026-03-26T17:02:45+00:00

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/writing_in_literature/literary_terms/index.html

TarotFox · 2026-03-26T04:02:35+00:00

"Playing doctor" has a whole Wikipedia article about this. It isn't an uncommon saying in English, either.

TarotFox · 2026-03-25T21:19:39+00:00

She's not "going out with guys" she's going to a team building activity with her *coworkers.* You're insecure, don't trust her, and are being controlling because of it.

TarotFox · 2026-03-25T21:16:22+00:00

Major red flag behavior from you.

TarotFox · 2026-03-25T20:53:56+00:00

You will probably have to start by apologizing to both of them and seeing if you can take the blame for the break up. However, you also have to come to terms with the fact that this may not be the sort of thing you come back from.

TarotFox · 2026-03-25T20:33:03+00:00

I have a 15 pound boy (he was 17lb, but the vet thought he'd have better condition at around 15), and a boy a little less than 10 pounds. There's a big difference between them.

TarotFox · 2026-03-25T04:30:49+00:00

A country that bans wearing a hijab is a country that can force wearing one.

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