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		<title>The Witch, the Wizard and the Man of Steel (Draft)</title>
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				<title>Re: The Witch, the Wizard and the Man of Steel (Draft)</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2016 03:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>rumetzen</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>209204</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>Everything I said in chat about trimming the prose still applies. A lot of your sentences run long and should be split up.</p> <p>The dialogue is also really stiff.</p> <p>I'd look to actually see more of the witch stoking the magic rather than just a brief, threatening encounter followed by &quot;okay she's fucking shit up now&quot;. It feels rushed.</p> <p>I'd like to get more of a description as she speaks in the second part instead of just disembodied dialogue.</p> <blockquote> <p>Suddenly the young man that was talking to the witch was ripped in half by a shade bearing the face of Fedot Katin.</p> </blockquote> <p>Stuff like this could stand to be more vivid. It feels very mechanical/expository. In general the action in the scene (and story) should be described in more detail. Things feel rushed and the pacing is odd.</p> <p>I can give more detail in chat/PM if you want. The story's fine, it's just that the writing is too weak to keep it enjoyable.</p> 
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				<title>Re: The Witch, the Wizard and the Man of Steel (Draft)</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2016 01:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
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						 <p>One concern that has been brought up:<br /> The final bit about Stalin is supposed to be a zinger, but it requires that the reader know that Stalin means &quot;Steel&quot;. I'm not sure how well known this is, or how to make it more obvious without messing with the impact. Thoughts?</p> <p>ETA: Current thought is just to mention it my author post.</p> 
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				<title>Re: The Witch, the Wizard and the Man of Steel (Draft)</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2016 01:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>minmin</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>560062</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>In addition to the stuff I said in chat&#8230;</p> <div class="collapsible-block"> <div class="collapsible-block-folded"><a class="collapsible-block-link" href="javascript:;">+&nbsp;show&nbsp;block</a></div> <div class="collapsible-block-unfolded" style="display:none"> <div class="collapsible-block-unfolded-link"><a class="collapsible-block-link" href="javascript:;">–&nbsp;hide&nbsp;block</a></div> <div class="collapsible-block-content"> <blockquote> <p>The city had completely shut down, the Petrograd society was unaware that Tikhon was here, and far too distracted to be looking for him</p> </blockquote> <p>I'd turn the first comma into a period and add a &quot;was&quot; before &quot;far too distracted&quot;, though this seems like my stylistic choice more than anything.</p> <blockquote> <p>It was working, but working too well, the chaos had far outstripped what the Moscow wizards had ever intended.</p> </blockquote> <p>Second period could be a period or a semicolon or a dash. Depending on your tastes.</p> <blockquote> <p>and she was pouring kerosene on it with intent in order to burn down a city.</p> </blockquote> <p>&quot;With intent in order to&quot;? Sounds like a conflation of &quot;with the intent of&quot; and &quot;in order to&quot;</p> <blockquote> <p>This is madness, witch, if you continue to feed this working then no one, not even you, will be able to control it</p> </blockquote> <p>Unless it's a deliberate stylistic dialogue choice, I'd change to &quot;This is madness, witch. If you continue to feed this working, then no one - not even you - will be able to control it.&quot; The dashes could be commas if you feel it fits the style better.</p> <blockquote> <p>Use it to destroy your enemies, with my blessing Tikhon.</p> </blockquote> <p>&quot;destroy your enemies with my blessing, Tikhon&quot; ? I think that slightly changes the meaning of your sentence, though.</p> <blockquote> <p>&quot;It's for your own good, boy,&quot; the woman said, &quot;some things aren't meant to be seen as they are, even for wizards.&quot;</p> </blockquote> <p>The comma after &quot;said&quot; could be a period, and &quot;some&quot; will then have to be capitalised.</p> <p>That's the last of pedantic punctuation changes. :p Great worldbuilding here that definitely reads like it needs a sequel.</p> </div> </div> </div> 
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				<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2015 18:57:09 +0000</pubDate>
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						 <p><a href="http://wanderers-sandbox.wikidot.com/sirpudding-s-sandbox">http://wanderers-sandbox.wikidot.com/sirpudding-s-sandbox</a></p> <p>This was written for <span class="error-inline"><em>Gaffney</em> does not match any existing user name</span> for the holiday gift exchange as a prequel to <a href="https://wanderers-library.wikidot.com/the-last-magician-of-moscow">The Last Magician of Moscow</a> and <a class="newpage" href="https://wanderers-library.wikidot.com/all-power-to-the-soviets">All Power to the Soviets</a> by Gaffney, as well as to <a href="http://www.scp-wiki.net/a-witch-s-tale-mistakes-were-made">A Witch's Tale - Mistakes Were Made</a> by me. Yalthea are from <a href="https://wanderers-library.wikidot.com/on-the-yalthea">On The Yalthea, Both Greater And Lesser</a> by Gaffney.</p> <p>Feedback appreciated.</p> 
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