TheOldFogey Hello Old Frog! Just finished reading your first chapter and I found it quite interesting and it gave me a good time while skimming through the first chapter, let us go through the issues that can be improved as the only things I have found were spelling mistakes and phrasing.

Issues

  • Words Usage ("It had two curved, ebony horns protruding from its head with many jagged scars running across its gargantuan frame. The reptile-like creature slowly rose from its kneeling position to stand at a colossal height of ten meters creating a truly intimidating aura. " could be changed to "It had two curved, ebony horns protruding from its head with many jagged scars running across its massive frame. The reptile-like creature slowly rose from its kneeling position to stand at a towering height of ten meters creating a genuinely intimidating aura.")
  • Unclear Antecedent (Someones you say "That", "him", "Her" and that confuses me from time to time as I noticed in the first chapter there are 2 cases where you didn't mention who was "That" person, would be great to go through your first chapter again.
  • archaic wording ("serve him as a subordinate thereafter." should be "serve him as a subordinate after that.")

Thats all really, nothing more, nothing less :)

    Namake Beautiful beginning! The title became the first thing the mc has said, and the first paragraph is his reaction, well played on that part! I have also noticed how well written some parts in your novel are, including the small details which I personally would recommend all authors to do from time to time. Issues can be found but this time I can only state one, the rest would be up to you author.

    ISsue

    • Sentence Fragment (A complete sentence requires a main clause, which includes a subject, a verb, and a complete thought. When one of these components is missing, the result is called a sentence fragment or incomplete sentence. To correct the problem, the fragment must be rewritten to include a main clause or joined in some way with the existing main clause of another sentence.)

    That is the only issue I see other than the common things seen everywhere, I hope this helps. Keep up the good work and good luck~!

    • DKQ

      DKQ Thank you! Finally someone who knows a thing or two on the boundless dao of writing! Looking forward to future interactions through discord and collaborations with editors from there.
      I'll take your suggestions into account and ammend those problems. 🙏

        DKQ Thank you! Finally someone who knows a thing or two on the boundless dao of writing! Looking forward to future interactions through discord and collaborations with editors from there.
        I'll take your suggestions into account and ammend those problems. 🙏

        asdujas You have an intriguingly short synopsis. I like your story, but you should have more variation in sentence lengths. By taking short sentences and lengthening them you can increase your readers level of tension by increasing the amount of time it takes for them to read what you wrote.
        https://www.standoutbooks.com/10-facts-tell-how-use-tension-your-story/ is a resource with some other helpful information on increasing your reader's tension.
        I would recommend reading your story, slowly and carefully out loud, to help catch some of the words you’ve dropped.
        Please keep writing!

          DKQ It's a good thing that I checked the forum... This will help in the editing... Well, I'm still at a pending status with this novel though since I haven't received an actual reply from OldFogey

            Looking for more reviewers and editors to join us on discord, also new updates on the reviews as it will be a maximum of 10 daily except Fridays.

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            HI there, I'm requesting for a review.

            The title is "Tales of the Demi-Human"

            https://www.webnovel.com/book/10746660906154505/Tales-of-the-Demi-Human

            Genre : Fantasy, Adventure, Romance

            Author's opinion : I love my story, but I think I still lacked some variation in my sentence. I need some review and improvement on the dialogue part also especially in the third chapter. In latest chapter (fourth chapter), I'm satisfied with the dialogue part but would be glad to hear your opinion. English is not my first language but I tried very hard to make the best out of it, so I'll really appreciate it if you can give a honest feedback to improve myself.

            Recently a chapter in two days.

            • DKQ replied to this.

              Icehall Hello ice! Just finished reading the novel and I could see its potential. It is planned out well and written in a very good style but there are some spelling issues, writing errors, and a few missing articles. I would not go into details in this as I am not sure what kind of writing style you are going to go for but in the end, this kind of issues can/ may determine the quality for the readers. Dialogue wise I would say it feels forced to some extent but not all, some has the feeling of being written without thinking about it much while others are written from a plan or something similar. I would recommend borrowing some phrases from the site and practicing on it till you see improvement which should help out in this case.

              Reading your novel out-loud should help out fixing most common issues and while reading you will spot on the grammar mistakes that have been mentioned. Good luck and keep up the good work.

              • DKQ

                DKQ

                Hi DKQ! Thank you very much for your feedback. I'm inspired by Mao Ni's writing style, it's kinda poetic yet not cheesy. I won't make the pace as slow pace as his, 'tho.

                By "borrowing some phrases from the site" did you mean by looking for reference from other novels?

                -Icehall-

                • DKQ replied to this.

                  [unknown] If you would like to get an editor help I would recommend using discord, most editors got 6 novels while the others should be free (about one or two left to help out with editing).

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