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Approved for publication tomorrow!
Wow. I didn't know I wanted to read a merfolk story, but it turns out I do.I'm writing Neptune's Curse, which is the sequel to Neptune's Blessings. My SO is a bit upset with me about it though, cause aside from the MC and his children there are no recurring characters. But, aside from the fact that it's about merfolk, I'm trying to have a bit of realism, and when an abuse victim finally manages to break away from their abuser (Especially if it's an abuser that they will have to fear fatal retaliation from) they tend to leave everyone behind including their loved ones that helped them survive the abuse.
I tend to bounce between ideas depending on which one is being loudest while having a story that I always go back to whenever none of the others are shouting at me.I was visited by the Inspiration Fairy earlier today, and now I have an idea about two friends who are transported by a magic coin to a fantasy world.
What do you do when you have too many ideas?
In addition to being a rather dark story, it's the first thing I seriously wrote, and those first several chapters are pretty rough. I should really submit some edits on them, but edits take forever to go through.Wow. I didn't know I wanted to read a merfolk story, but it turns out I do.
I feel you. That's why I don't actively recommend people to read A Wind Blew Through Me, even though I've gotten really nothing but great feedback on it, apart from that time I fucked up chapters 7 and 8 by trying to outsmart myself.In addition to being a rather dark story, it's the first thing I seriously wrote, and those first several chapters are pretty rough. I should really submit some edits on them, but edits take forever to go through.
Most of the things that are wrong with the early chapters are me slipping between tenses and over using a passive voice. I've got them fixed on the other site, but it's much easier to edit there.I feel you. That's why I don't actively recommend people to read A Wind Blew Through Me, even though I've gotten really nothing but great feedback on it, apart from that time I fucked up chapters 7 and 8 by trying to outsmart myself.
Every time I think about 'fixing' it, I remember George Lucas fucking up Star Wars and think better of it. Not that I'm George Lucas, or that is Star Wars, but I can still learn from his fuckup.
Some of the phrasing you used in that OP I quoted earlier today leads me to believe you've got personal experience there. The sort of thing people just can't know unless they've lived it.But yeah, Neptune's Blessings is a descent into hell book that has enough of the abuse happening on screen, so to speak, that I feel the need to warn people about it when they express interest. Although, I would love to get someone else's thoughts on it.
Most of it is not first hand experience. I've had several close friends that I supported through much worse than I've ever endured, during or after they went through it though.Some of the phrasing you used in that OP I quoted earlier today leads me to believe you've got personal experience there. The sort of thing people just can't know unless they've lived it.
I hope it's not too triggering.I've been thinking for a while with limited success about how I might go about writing a story drawing from my own experience there. Seems like you know even better than I do at this point that's a tough nut to crack. I'm definitely interested in how you cracked it.
Your welcome.Anyway I do appreciate the warning. I feel the same way.
That counts for quite a bit, in my book. I've gone through that too, and there is certainly a way in which it can be worse to have to watch it happen and have no agency over the situation.Most of it is not first hand experience. I've had several close friends that I supported through much worse than I've ever endured, during or after they went through it though.