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Hey guys!

I have nothing to do with the competition, so this isn't a formal questioning. I just wanted to hear from the people who had submitted works. The main points of interest for me are:

1) What was your story about (Title, 3-4 sentence sypnosis, MC's main goal, etc)?
2) What did you think could've gone better in your story?
3) Was there something lacking in your story that you wish you could've changed?
4) What's the strongest point of your story?
5) How would you rate your story, from 0-100, with "0" being "fan-fiction quality written by an 8 year old", and "100" being "Ready to be published and sold in the international market."

2) intro battle is a tad too long.
3) i originally planned total 1st book in a flow. It would reveal its uniqueness in late 40 chapters... but i couldn't write it in the entry. I felt bad about it.

But yeah... i couldn't change the flow for competition. So i left it as it is.

4) MC is a reasonable dude. Characters will make sense. And... well, i write it because i liked it...
So i liked everything i wrote. XD

5) this is really hard. A tree in a forest couldn't see the happenings in the forest. But if i have an editor that's good at where I'm lacking, i would give 80-90.

(Then again, it's just my opinion. Nobody thinks lowly of the work he has done with his utmost care.)

Hmm. I'm a mythology maniac. So you can expect loads of mythological elments; plot is super thick. This is what you asked about strength i guess.

Ah thanks @SidX for replying!

Question!

1a) So does your MC on the path to become a god, then? From slave into a powerhouse? You assure me that it'll slowly separate itself from regular cliché moments... but how did you go about it (without giving many details). Did you focus on using his past as a cliffhanger? And how does the slave caste/system influence how he views the world?

1b) For exciting elements... did you add in verbal jousting? Or did you go the route of adding in pink chapters? What vibe would your story give off, in general? What is the name of your story, and how does that reflect on the story itself?

1c) His main goal would always be hidden... so does that mean that he's always seeking out something, but we, as the reader, would never know what it is until the very end, say, 1500 chapters later? This sounds like... dangerous territory we're trotting on... Be wary! You gotta throw in some breadcrumbs too! Can't always hide the main goal!

2) Was the intro battle especially important to the development of the MC? Will we be able to foresee future events/challenges through this battle alone? (e.g. Would it create future demons for the MC, like PTSD? Would we see how strong the powerhouses of this world are through this battle, like how it was demonstrated in Coiling Dragon when Linley witnessed the two 8th/9th/saints battle one another by his hometown?) Why was the battle considered too long ?

3) Ah, that's a bummer you couldn't change it in time for the competition!

4) You have to understand, if you listen to everyone's viewpoint, everyone's a victim. Everyone is reasonable if you're seeing it through their eyes. What's the standard you're comparing to when you say that MC is reasonable? Chufeng in Martial God Asura is "reasonable to a degree" in the world he lives in, but unreasonable according to the standards of modern society.

5) So, with an editor, you'd rate it 80-90? What, then, would be lacking besides a good editing to help you reach that last 10-20 points to get to 100?

I dunno how far i could go. Especially with the title.

The answers would be incredibly long and spoilish.

Wait. I will pm you on discord. Not many ppl interested in this thread anyway.

1) 1. Title – don’t know if I'm allowed to tell it. Either way, the title starts to make sense only really far in the story, at least 1000 chapters.
2. Synopsis, well, I can’t really write it without spoilers. There is a plot twist in first 10 chapters. Basically, it’s a Xuanhuan, but a bit different. More focus on characters, worldbuilding, I also like to write something unexpected for the reader. MC’s goal is changing along the way (he is just 10 years old now), but at first, he wants to survive. The first arc (without prolog) is about a long journey into unknown lands.

2) Grammar, I’ve got to know about the competition only 6 days before the end (I know, lame excuse). I wrote about 4000 words a day while having to attend classes at my university. What’s more, English isn’t my first language… It’s bad. I even fear to reread it now because, even though I spent one day solely editing, I still spot mistakes in every paragraph. What is really embarrassing, is that I even made a typo in my Writer Information Form which was 20 words long… In addition, there is too much drama in first few chapters, so readers may think that it will be a dark story. It won’t, the story will have a lot of different tones. I plan a long novel, after all.
One character makes a very important decision that looks stupid, while he's kind of an intelligent type. I think I should have explained his reasons a bit more because I already can see someone complain about it. Oh, and I made one bad joke, now I know how to fix it, but I can’t. It still bothers me.

3) Maybe my writing is a bit bland. In addition, I need to adjust cultivation levels of several characters and some numbers (kilometers, population).

4) I made each chapter end with a cliffhanger! Joke. Well, not a joke. But I think it would be characters and well-planned plot with a lot of foreshadowing. I also like to make every battle matter. And no fillers, I have so much to write about without them.

5) 50-60, I’m sorry that someone has to read it in the current state. If I had a chance, I would like to spend 3-4 more days editing my work.

To be honest, right now I just hope that there were only two other people who send their novels besides me.