Hey!
Many of you old timers know I talk a ton of bullshit. Now my bullshit is getting turned into a novel or something similar.
Nowhere near done yet, nowhere near great yet. It's fantasy.
Would any of ye people be interested in maybe looking at some chapters soon?
I would prefer if you were regular posters/known around here. Not because I have an issue with fresh meat, but I would hate if some pantifa plants tried messing with my thing.
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What exactly are you looking for in terms of feedback? Edits, opinions on the world/plot, etc?
Also, keep in mind, say what you will about the woke, they are VERY proactive in getting what they want. The same can’t always be said about the opposite crowd, so your feedback could be limited.
Honestly, I would be 100% fine with just "start again from scratch" or "worth editing this one". Plus, I am going for a very... specific thing with the protagonist. I would like to know if it's working or not.
Yeah, I know it's not exactly easy. I actually have ties to an author of some renown, he said he would look at my stuff and share with some of the people he knows who are alpha/beta readers, but I would like something more easy-going before I let an actual person on the shelves/semi regularly mentioned in literary circles probably demolish my ass.
So nothing professional.
Hahaha, sure. I’ve got some writing education, so I know the feeling (wanted to write some kind of story before this madness took hold). Just know that you will always write some form of garbage in your first draft.
Don’t beat yourself up over criticism, but DO look your work over again and again. Polishing the rough parts helps it shine ;)
Yeah, thanks. I will work on this for a bit longer (I want to introduce my female lady woman character and figure some things out), then hit you up if that's cool.
Oh, I know that. I really do. I'm usually pretty hard in myself because if it is said already, then it can't hurt you.
I think the basic idea is pretty fun and has potential, I just have to work it out. Funny enough, there are already some plotholes and previously not properly figured out things I worked out while writing the first few chapters.
The idea is based around one of the most overdone things; the chosen one. The very very barebones story is this:
We have a dude, growing up in a village where he is allowed to do whatever he wants and be an absolute snooty brat because they know he is the next Chosen One. People have to put up with his shit because of that. Of course he has this twisted sense of self.
He is asked to go, and take the powers he is meant to have. Along the way he gets some companions, believes they are his servants. As it is customary, he starts becoming a better person through their adventures and such.
Once they reach their destination, it turns out there are no chosen ones in the sense that no magical power picks them. The community knows they need one, but of course they don't want to risk the safety of their own kids, so they take one family that's easier to influence and bully/bribe them into offering their kid. The kid's characteristics don't matter.
His "servants" are much stronger than him and they were there to keep him in line if he figured shit out and was to snap.
The very end is malleable yet, but this is the main idea I want to work with.