Her lips curved into a smirk, Nami looked at a pair of figures floundering in the ocean. Behind the Going Merry—seemingly devoid of crew besides her—the floating restaurant, Baratie, grew small...
2024-03-27 19:15:00 +0000 UTC View PostA group of teenagers sat around a table in a small restaurant. One of them, a long-nosed kid with frizzy hair, stared into the void, eyes wide as dinnerplates.
“No way, my old man is actual...
2024-03-25 19:33:20 +0000 UTC View PostMy struggle with titles continues.
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In the middle of the day, a little fishing boat pulled up on the shore of an unremarkable island. 2024-03-23 17:16:45 +0000 UTC View Post
...and I'm back to my roots. At this point, I'm just throwing shit at the wall and seeing what sticks. I hold to my views about original fiction, but it has one problem that might end up being ...
2024-03-21 16:19:58 +0000 UTC View PostIt doesn't seem like you guys are too interested. I also threw out a few chapters on QQ and the response was kinda lukewarm there as well. Personally, I think it's fine, but while I do write for my...
2024-03-20 12:07:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe rewrite continues. Most of this chapter is new content. It's about 1k words more than usual, so I took a bit longer.
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Al knew it was ni...
2024-03-16 22:03:45 +0000 UTC View PostMultiple chapters have been condensed into one. This also has a big change at the end, so I recommend skimming it at least.
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Al groaned, his cons...
2024-03-12 19:30:06 +0000 UTC View PostI'm doing a soft-rewrite of the story. The beginning was too long-winded, and I made some bad decisions going forward. This particular chap doesn't have anything you guys didn't see before, but...
2024-03-12 19:15:12 +0000 UTC View PostAl retraced his way back through the shelves, an embroidered curtain slung over one shoulder. He’d found it after not much searching, covering a dusty old desk, stacked high with books and papers...
2024-03-10 21:42:42 +0000 UTC View PostAl emerged from between the trees, spotting Jesse next to the cobblestone road. She looked like an abandoned little animal, drenched from head-to-toe.
“I’m back. Sorry I took so long.”<...
2024-03-08 20:08:43 +0000 UTC View PostOnce again, Al experienced that same strange sensation. He felt an immense pressure on himself, like he was being stretched and squeezed through a tiny hole. Everything twisted around him, the coun...
2024-03-05 21:16:13 +0000 UTC View PostI really pushed myself to get this one out. It was pretty exhausting, writing 2k words in a day. Doubly so if I want there to be any level of quality control. It's definitely not something I ca...
2024-03-04 00:32:16 +0000 UTC View PostI'll probably have the next chapter by tomorrow.
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When the healing potion touched his wound, Al nearly lost his mind from pain. It was worse ...
2024-03-02 22:52:53 +0000 UTC View PostAl let out a low groan, his consciousness slowly returning. For a moment, he almost didn’t know who he was, never mind where. He could barely even think. His body felt like a block of lead. Even ...
2024-03-01 00:45:27 +0000 UTC View PostOn his way back after a long day, Al stared out of the bus’s window.
It was already dark, the sun’s last rays fading behind the horizon. Shadowed clouds rolled in over the mountains, thei...
2024-02-27 02:07:52 +0000 UTC View PostTitle still a WIP.
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Al’s second ‘parent’ was an unmarried, forty-something woman.
There was a lot he could say about the time he spent...
2024-02-25 00:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostGood lord, this chapter was harder to write than I thought.
It might seem a waste, not jumping right into things, but I wanted to spend some time with the MC first. I think it's ...
2024-02-23 00:25:25 +0000 UTC View PostAfter fiddling with this new thing, I'm getting the feeling it's not going to work out. I'm horrible, I know, but I thought to myself when starting out that I was going to give it a try and see...
2024-02-16 10:35:24 +0000 UTC View PostTrying a different title. Also, this is more like a rewrite of chapter 4 (because I absolutely hated it, so consider it a proper follow-up to chapter 3. Chapter 1 and 2 will me merged into 1, s...
2024-02-13 20:45:13 +0000 UTC View PostA very short, uneventful chapter. Initially, there was a huge infodump, but I ended up cutting it because it felt too unnatural. If anyone is interested in learning a bit more about the w...
2024-02-11 19:24:17 +0000 UTC View PostI redid chapter 1 because I wasn't satisfied with it. Usually, when I read a new story and it starts with a character just rambling inside their head, I lose interest. There's a big impulse for...
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Edmund had woken up long before the first rooster’s crow, when the sky outside was still black as ink. After picking the hay out of his hair, he carefully clambe...
2024-02-06 20:27:07 +0000 UTC View PostTen years later.
A church stood on the outskirts of a certain town. It was surrounded by grasslands and scattered farms, connected to the nearby settlement by a single dirt road.
Where ...
2024-02-04 20:24:12 +0000 UTC View PostA full moon shone through the curtains of a second-story window, casting shadows on the face of a pale girl, perhaps six or seven years old. She sat at an engraved, wooden desk with her hands folde...
2024-01-30 16:48:31 +0000 UTC View PostAs you guys can probably tell from my slow release speed, I've recently been struggling more than usual to write my Eragon story.
When I reached the end of the village part, when they leave t...
2024-01-28 15:01:24 +0000 UTC View PostThough he preferred being alone, Cedric joined a group of travelers—wanting to stand out less and avoid unsavory attention. Ruffians wouldn’t think twice about accosting a lone teenage boy, and...
2024-01-23 20:12:23 +0000 UTC View PostAt an unknown hour, a group of dark figures silently made their way through Teirm’s underground tunnels. The moldy, damp passageways where barren and empty, aside from the occasional sound of dri...
2024-01-20 21:32:03 +0000 UTC View PostEarly that next morning, before the sun had risen, Cedric snuck out of Teirm through the sewers. He was almost unrecognizable, wearing shabby clothes with a dirty face, his conspicuous red hair hid...
2024-01-13 22:40:48 +0000 UTC View PostThe hour was getting late, with the sun sinking low, travelling past the horizon. It had been a long day, not only for Cedric, but Teirm’s various forces.
Currently, a member of a certain o...
2024-01-10 22:28:59 +0000 UTC View PostCedric stood quietly in his hideout, a pipe dangling between his fingers. Inhaling and exhaling a stream of smoke, his eyes scanned the environment.
It was infuriating, having to leave his ex...
2024-01-03 15:26:04 +0000 UTC View Post