Hello guys! I've been working on my webnovel Miyu for a bit and I decided to delete everything and restart writing it. I'm looking for feedback on how to improve my writing as I really want to do that. However, I've gotten feedback from my friends and everyone gives a conflicting critique. Some state that my writing gets to the point while others state that I take too long to get to the point. Currently, I am working on my grammar since I want that to be as on point as I can. Please let me know whatever feedback you guys can give.

Thank you so much for reading this and potentially giving my novel some type of feedback.

    Yahdeus
    I decided to take a quick breeze through two chapters. I didn't read much, but I'll give a tip.

    You don't have to end every dialogue with a dialogue tag, for example 'She said'.

    Try to do something else at the end of the dialogue, like describing what the character did as they talked for example:

    '"Want one?" Miyu offered a cigarette to me.' (Made this one up.)

    I took a peek at your next four chapters and noted you cut down the number of dialogue tags, so feel free to ignore most of what I wrote previously.

    Now that you fix the dialogue tag issues, here's the next tidbit, since I didn't really help with my last tip.

    After dialogues, capitilise the first letter of the word that comes after, unless it's the dialogue tag or you punctuated the dialogue with a comma. For example:

    '"I don't know. I just felt as if I was completely in the wrong for running away. Honestly, I can't even think of a good reason why I was thinking that."(capitilise she) she lets out a big sigh to show disappointment in herself. (This is a quote from chapter 5, and an example of what not to do.)

    "I don't know. I just felt as if I was completely in the wrong for running away," (no need to capitilise she) she lets out a big sigh to show disappointment in herself. "Honestly, I can't even think of a good reason why I was thinking that." (When to use a comma to end a dialogue.)

    "I don't know. I just felt as if I was completely in the wrong for running away. Honestly, I can't even think of a good reason why I was thinking that." (When there is a dialogue tag like said, no need to capitilise.) said Miyu as she lets out a big sigh to show disappointment in herself.'

    Okay, good luck in writing.

    As for the points issue, that's where your writing style comes in. A rule of thumb, chapters should always progress the story by having a point(confusing, sorry). A chapter without a point progressing the story are called fillers.

      Puncake thank you very much for your detailed feedback! It's really helpful and I will take your advice as I edit my novel and continue to write more :)

        Yahdeus I'll check your novel tomorrow then I'll give you my honest reviews. I'm more of a critique though so don't take it personally.

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