You're right, I messed up. I'm not really sure now what I meant to say there...
I usually listen to progressive rock (Rush, Pink Floyd, Yes, etc.) while writing, but that's also what I listen to when I'm not writing.
Everything up to it is present tense, and if I remember correctly, so is everything after. It wasn't part of a memory or flashback.
Excuse the bad title pun. While reading A Clash of Kings, I came across this: When Lord Mormont said, "We're not like to find another place as...
If it's in first person and past tense, it sounds like the character narrating their past to me. That's what I've always thought when reading...
You could split it into parts like Dune, The Gunslinger, or Foundation. Part 1 would be from the point of view of the character who dies, part 2...
I just noticed that I used the word "wings" three times in two paragraphs. I don't want it to sound repetetive, but there aren't any useful...
That's why most non-hacks don't do that.
It depends on how it's written. "Arena/fight to the death" could just as easily describe Roman gladiators. If it's done in a new and unique way...
I don't think Valyrian steel counts as a "Mystical Material". It's nothing more than very tough metal.
Foundation? Hyperion? Cloud Atlas?
If you like the story, why does it matter if it's "deep"? To be honest, the plot itself doesn't sound particularly deep, but the characterization...
Then the happy ending still leaves them with some problems and isn't automatically cheesy and unrealistic. Death isn't always necessarily more...
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