webnovel
avatar

Review Detail of Chaoscaller in Ember's Crown

Review detail

Chaoscaller
ChaoscallerLv13yrChaoscaller

This is a really nice start with an intriguing world, clear goal in mind and a (for the moment) small cast which is easy to maintain and keep track of. However, if I may add a pinch of critique... It seems you confuse quotation marks (") with single 'floating comma's' ('). Quotation marks are used to signal dialogue, the other kind is mostly used to talk about the name of something. ( Example: "May I prsent to you my new work?" The man waved towards a brown leather-bound booklet. "I call it 'The guide to the world'.") Another thing. A tiny thing, really, but... Don't use verbs that convey speech after a spoken sentence. (Like "That was insane!" He yelled.) Your readers will understand that someone is screaming their lungs to shreds if need be. My tip is to use that small sentence after a spoken part to add a bit of description about the person speaking or the person who is spoken to. Show, don't tell, remember? Aside form those two minor things, you are doing a great job! Please keep it up!

altalt

Ember's Crown

Clone_v2

Liked by 1 people

LIKE

Replies2

Clone_v2
Clone_v2AuthorClone_v2

Thank you for your review. Regarding showing and not telling, shorter sentences etc... you're completely right. I hope to tighten my writing. Regarding inverted commas, in the UK (where i'm from) a single inverted comma tends to be used for speech with two inverted commas being used for quotations within speech. I debated with myself as to whether I should stand by the traditionally British convention, or adopt the more popular double inverted commas for speech. I decided as a subject of the Queen i'd have to stand for the British tradition. Thank you kindly for your review, It'll help make me a better writer.

Chaoscaller
ChaoscallerLv1Chaoscaller

Oh, sorry, I wasn't aware of that! Please do carry on the way you've been doing then!

Clone_v2:Thank you for your review. Regarding showing and not telling, shorter sentences etc... you're completely right. I hope to tighten my writing. Regarding inverted commas, in the UK (where i'm from) a single inverted comma tends to be used for speech with two inverted commas being used for quotations within speech. I debated with myself as to whether I should stand by the traditionally British convention, or adopt the more popular double inverted commas for speech. I decided as a subject of the Queen i'd have to stand for the British tradition. Thank you kindly for your review, It'll help make me a better writer.