Oct 02, 2025
I'm going to echo Haru a bit when I recommend that you tone down the amount of words. You're being excessively descriptive with things, not to mention, cluttering them all in paragraphs. In regards to the dialogue, I've noticed that you're having the dialogue itself be all one paragraph and then having the dialogue tag start off the paragraph after. That's a big negative in my opinion, as dialogue tags should always follow the dialogue if you're choosing to include them.
For example, with the first line of dialogue, ""...WARRIOR PRINCESS!?" Kikyo gasped as she covered her mouth with her hand". This is also an example of how you could shorten things out. Believe me, I can sometimes be a bit descriptive with my works, especially when it comes to telling the reader what certain characters look like and wear, but you need to keep things fluid, otherwise, many will stop reading as it becomes a block of description after description after description. Space things out, have the dialogue tags come after the dialogue, not in the paragraph after, then just polish things up so they aren't as stiff. My apologies if this is a bit critical, but I believe you genuinely want to improve your writing, thus, I am offering to the best of my knowledge, ways for you to do so. I hope my advice helps in your writing journey.