- Mad Talk: The Traditions by Tyburn
I loved the writing style in this article. I loved reading it and thought it was so much fun. Granted it did border a bit on rude and slightly crude, but I want to have humor in future articles. And the beginning I thought was a great hook.
- Flamin’ion by EmilyArmstrong
The information given was short, concise, and easy to understand. I want to do that in future articles since I do tend to have some extra words thrown in to make it sound "better," even though in reality it probably just slows down the read time. So I want to get better at that this year.
- Origins of Humanity by Lady Grayish
This article was a quick read that I enjoyed. I like that there was little bits of mystery, and I enjoyed the writing style was more in a speaking kind of way. So with that said in the next year I want to grow my writing skills and develop different voices that are all unique and interesting.
- Coastal People by hughpierre
Coastal People was a nice easy read article about a group of people with an interesting culture. The arrangement was nice and made it easier to read, breaking up the monotany of paragraph after paragraph of information. This year I want to do things like that. Just simple and interesting rearrangements.
- Magic in Noirath by kefkejaco
I loved this article. There was so much interesting information and I love how it's arranged. I love how there's different types of magic in this world, and it has actually helped me think about my magic system and what tweaking it may need. This year I want to get better at world building magic systems and I think this along with quite a few others will help me.
- The Songbirds by DM_Dango
This was a fascinating read that had hints of mystery in it. I really liked how it did various perspectives in the "Public Perception." And I liked that, because sometimes I forget that there are various people in my world and that everyone will view my organizations differently. Along with that even though there was a fair amount information, it was interesting enough to keep me wanting to read more, and I want to do that this year.
- The Red Tongue by Kitsune Sobo
This language is well-written and well thought out. It was easy to understand and interesting. And the application for me would be to not overcomplicate things, which I'm pretty sure I did with my own language and my magic system.
- God's Influence on Language by AmélieIS
This article was fun. I enjoyed the little bits of humor and little sarcasm sprinkled throughout. This year, I want to be able to make an article that's fun to read without having to break up chunks of it, and reminds me again to not have different aspects of my world to live on their own. I should have my own gods take part and have an effect on the world around them.
- Letters From the Front by Dr Know
This is a really sweet prose that I really do love. I like that it's in letter form and is a great way to connect with this character. And this year I want to get better at creating maybe not necessarily relatable, but empathetic characters.
- Tea Ball by Mochimanoban
This article is short and shows that even food relates to culture, which shows me that I need to remember that everything in my world connects. I usually forget and make certain parts of my world live in a vacuum, so I'll try to improve that this year.
Additional Resolutions
Now I've never done it before, but even though I have finished a few rough drafts I want to finally tackle REVISING.
Am I going in blind? Yes.
Do I have any idea of what I'm doing? No, not really.
Will I figure it out? Yes, possibly. (Maybe not.)
But that's one of them. And along with revising, I want to work on interconnecting different aspects of my writing. Like plots, characters, magic, and culture. I want to build a cohesive world that I'm proud of. A world that makes sense, and works well together. I don't want to have a part that just is there.
And lastly, I want to figure out what I'm good at writing. Now, I know that actually can take a bit of time, but I do want to find out what genre I'm good at. I've tried a few, but nothing really works, and I always come back to Fantasy. But Fantasy's hard. So this year I want to find my genre, and if it's Fantasy, then Fantasy it shall be.
But I wish you all luck, on your worlds, writing projects, and have a great rest of your year!
Signed, EBelt
Excellent start. I like that you listed each article in a numbered list, and included what you'd learned. I think I'm going to give this one a try!
Aw, thank you!