Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-35911608-20181217042419/@comment-35711173-20181217084137

RedNovaTyrant,

You have first draft grammatical issues. This is one from the first paragraph: And while there’s many other rituals out there that’ll give you all of that, this is not one of them.

Should be there are to match the many rituals.

Second paragraph: The first and most important thing you’ll need are matches.

Maybe UK English use is different. In the USA, it would be "you'll need is matches." (assumes one box of matches.)

I could go on. There are other issues I spotted. Give it another proofread.

Doubtless, you wanted more than a grammar check. I am not the biggest fan of ritual pastas. This one has some reason to do it, but it doesn't seem worth taking a risk of death for. There aren't many things in my life that I would want absolute willpower according to my will and knowledge over. Actually, all I can think of are diet and exercise.

I think you could tie in New Years and New Year's resolutions clearer. There's an implicit connection but not an explicit one.

You mentioned Chinese New Years. What about Jewish New Years or Islamic or Mongolian or Hindu or Assyrian or the rest in the page below?

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/new-year-s-eve-dates-from-around-the-world-in-2017.html

If you close the door on them, do you have a reason why the Gregorian calendar one works and theirs doesn't?

Question: would there be an advantage to getting fireplace matches? It would seem so.

https://www.northlineexpress.com/heavy-weight-premium-fireplace-matches.html

Also, I'd think you'd want a box of waterproof strike anywhere matches.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0114MIM7A/ref=sspa_dk_detail_5?psc=1

Is that gaming?