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  • pmmg
    pmmg replied to the thread Prose Style Concern.
    I think the description is too much. I would streamline it down, and fix some of the small quirks of the language to improve the flow...
  • pmmg
    pmmg replied to the thread Hi, I'm New!.
    Howdy Bashful Cashew, Welcome here.
  • Naruzeldamaster
    Naruzeldamaster replied to the thread Hi, I'm New!.
    Hi new, welcome to the forums. [starts singing a version of welcome to the internet but about this forum]
  • pmmg
    pmmg replied to the thread What do we think of POV writing?.
    Gonna have to read Lady Chatterley's Lover now... Where would we find the article? I guess, thing is, there is craft and there is art...
  • Naruzeldamaster
    Never mind when one of the characters speaks exclusively in third person because why not?
  • Mad Swede
    Mad Swede replied to the thread Prose Style Concern.
    It's in your style, in the same way that I (as a Swede) write English prose in a style which derives from my native language. I...
  • SamazonE
    There are three POV officially, but I think there are five. You forgot single 3rd person and narrator. So you have the same old ones...
  • Karlin
    Karlin replied to the thread Prose Style Concern.
    English is fine, but I must ask- why not an Arabic language fantasy?
  • M
    Thank you for the recommendation. I looked it up, and from what I can tell, the book is set in post-Arthurian times, which is indeed...
  • The Dark One
    I mostly use 1st person but not exclusively. Also, I occasionally cheat by using third when switching to scenes where the MC is not...
  • M
    I´m planning, God willing, insha'Allah, to write a fantasy series, but my major concern is my prose style; my first language isn't...
  • Zilver
    Zilver replied to the thread Hi, I'm New!.
    Welcome welcome
  • Prince of Spires
    There are two things worth mentioning here. The first is that conciously working on craft is the best way to improve. Think about what...
  • CupofJoe
    CupofJoe replied to the thread Hi, I'm New!.
    Hail and well-met bashful cashew Good to have you here.
  • Karlin
    Here's a curious fact: A team translated Gilgamesh into Biblical Hebrew, thinking that it was close to the Akkadian ( I think that was...
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