I'm not aiming for universal appeal. I'm writing for the people who connect with or find meaning in the material. Those are who I am focused on But thank you for the concern.
Really good work but the later chapters are just duplicate summary/synopsis. But the writing itself is really good. Sensory details do some heavy lifting for helping anchor readers into the character's POV.
Just wanted to say thank you to the people who have given my work a chance and who plan on coming back as new chapters release. ?? It truly means the world to me.
Actually yes. ? There's not much from my archaic writer past I'm proud of, but once in a while one of the tiny moments I am will break free and I briefly get to relive it, even if most of the context around it is gone. Inversely some of the more cringe things I've written like to circle back...
I wish I had understood pacing better. When I first started I would have a "brilliant idea" and then I would rush to get it incorporated. Ultimately it did not work and just looked like paragraphs of a lore dump with some witty dialogue sprinkled in. It was embarrassing.
Absolutely! I know to some people that might sound silly, but take for instance the song "My Goddess" by The Exies. I can't hear that song without picturing my Second Age story. ?
Cute awkward moments work. Very well. Also a look can say a lot. I have two protags that were kind of isolated together for years and one of them was non-verbal during that time. That gave me a lot to work with for non-verbal cues and communication. But if part of your characters whole...
I can break down a segment of my lore for my big main project:
Elves were an interstellar species that after a massive war were reduced to a more primitive time. Few elves alive remember that. The elves also don't know that every 10,000 the species that nearly annihilated their home world plan...
Well the story I'm running here is actually a bit of a side project. But my ultimate dream for any of my work would be to have a manga/graphic novel/anime adaptation made.