Hello. It's F-rank.
I am typing from my phone, so please pardon any typos I may (and likely will) make.
I am very sorry for the long lack of updates. There were many things IRL that stopped me from taking the time to write, but the main problem was that the new arc I planned was supposed to be very very plot-heavy.
In the first arc I more or less set up the world-building and the current situation, so things had to start moving, no?
Anyway, planning all those things was hell. What characters or groups will do what, how it will affect this and that, I felt I wasn't writing but playing chess. I hate chess.
Often times, I didn't evem have the energy to start.
Anyway, I got very demotivated and frustrated so I pushed the story on the back-burner.
I really want to continue writing it, but the way things going, I will spend A LOT of time getting those chapters out.
So, here's my question for you readers: should I go "oh, f it" and just write things on the fly, sometimes discarding minor plots and losing a lot in terms of world-building or should I push things regardless of time and come out (probably) with something more carefully crafted?
Do whatever you want, it's your story. Likely your audience will be 50/50 on it anyway.
Take your time, there's no need to rush. Especially with the way things are going these days.
How does magic work in the story
I will probably somehow explain bits and pieces throughout the story but I intended for this story to be more on the soft building side as all my others go too hard. But in short, it's learning nature -> communicating with nature -> learning things outside nature -> changing nature kinda thing + calling upon external beings and things' assistance
@TrashyHuman Is there something like mana used
@Officerdont Not really but there are spirits which are kind of like living beings but not really and they are used as sacrifices and fuel and a lot of other things for most orthodox magic. I'm pretty bad at explaining yeah)
Is this still going
it should resume someday, it's just that I've been incredibly busy and demotivated, so I'm taking a break for now