Excerpt from my novel.

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:yeshrug: first step of editing is to do the second thing you said

what's your target age range here?
if it's adults, and ones who are into high fantasy/science fiction, one thing i'll say off the top of my head is to not make that chapter one, not without a sophisticated introduction. there's too much exposure from the very beginning. i feel like i've read half the book by reading that big paragraph you put. draw that out slowly.

in fact, start with his mom reading the paper as your first sentence. break up all that info about his dad, his project, et al and place it into varying parts of the narrative

just my initial thoughts. like i said, it's a dope idea, but it's the type that has to be done very delicately or it just reads like a comic book. which is cool, if that's what you wanna write, but i think you're going for something with a different type of narrative spine.
I'm a comic writer by trade. I'm going for a more philip k dikk style approach.
 

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I like it a lot. The only thing is the way you go in and out of him fighting and his thoughts, it's a little confusing.
 

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I'm a comic writer by trade. I'm going for a more philip k dikk style approach.
K. dikk is the GOAT but I didn't really see his style here

More Asimov tbh. Phil never really tells you a lot about one person in one place

PS if you wrote this as a YA novel, you wouldn't have to change much, in my opinion
 

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Thanks it's just the draft . I'm gonna clean it up . Thanks.
Okay, it's very promising, i usually know if I'll enjoy a book if I'm able to read the first couple of paragraphs without getting distracted and I was a bit rivited by the little that you shared. Can't wait to read the rest.
 

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K. dikk is the GOAT but I didn't really see his style here

More Asimov tbh. Phil never really tells you a lot about one person in one place

PS if you wrote this as a YA novel, you wouldn't have to change much, in my opinion
Hmm.maybe I'll do that. There is more money in it I guess. You think I write like Asimov?:mjcry: thank you breh.
 
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