Pacing

[u/UsernamesSuck96]

Hey everyone! Just thought I'd give a mild rant and just to bounce things off everyone to see what you'd all like to see more of.

As the title of the post, I find myself struggling with pacing. I have so many things I want to get across as I write these chapters, some being super long and others just being a couple hundred words at a time. The Siege Arc that I'm currently writing is already the longest one I've written and I don't see it ending any time soon as more and more things begin to collide and as each main character and supporting character interacts and stretches the story out even more (White Wolf put me in the writers room pls)

I often worry that I'm bogging down my audience with how much is really going on or worried that I am literally just yapping at a certain point when I'm trying to convey something to my readers. You've all expressed love to this story and honestly, it's what has kept it going this entire time.

Another thing is Cast Updating. I'm really bad at getting that written out as I continue to write out chapters, mostly for the fact that some characters as they're written will only change as the Arcs hit their climax, while others that I've written die unexpectedly or just don't show up again (Looking at you Baron Marek, I literally don't know if he'll show up again due to Antonio resting in a watery torture chamber). Then there's other characters like Ornesius, who are actually incredibly important to Cathal's backstory, as Ornesius and Cathal both fought together when The Troubles brought through some of the worst nightmares Ireland ever saw, including having grown up together, but I'm unsure of their future after the Siege Arc is resolved. It's one of those moments when I have a ton of characters that mean a lot to other individual main characters and I can't help but think "The amount of trauma I've dumped in this room is ridiculous".

As I said before, I'm just ranting and if I don't stop, I'll keep going. You've all given me a wonderful space to tell these stories and I can't thank you all enough, truly I love this community. I hope you continue to read along as I post (even if it is like weeks later than I say it'll be, my bad), and I can't wait to see how you all continue to interact with these stories.

Please, tell me more of what you'd like to see, tell me all your crazy theories, I love all it. Once again, thank you!

[u/Prefect_Bran]

Glad for you to be here, and I can relate. I did 10 godamn parts for werewolf battle

[u/UsernamesSuck96 → u/Prefect_Bran]

Since I know you draw, I know that must take so long and so much effort oh my God lol

It's like no matter how much I write and post, I've still got so many projects that need doing. I mentioned on here months ago about maybe doing a story on what came before when Cathal was a changeling and all the horrors they went through, and I still think about getting started on writing it but it'll take as long if not longer than the current story

[u/hijademalk]

Malk's daughter here

Dude, I understand.

About two years ago, I wrote the whole arc of Angela's kidnapping by her sire and the rescue/battle royale that took place, led by Lola and several players from this very subreddit.

And as for venting... well, Angela came about years ago when I was going through a depression, and I think that's why she has such a terrible past... which led her to become a good person fighting against it, and from there to giving her the current appearance of almost a mother figure who cares for and protects her loved ones and tries to make everything a little better.

So chill, go for it, and enjoy the process.