Well… Jeez. Thanks for reading this far. It’s been a lot of fun.
Some bad news. I have been fiddling with Erich in Skyrim and I really think I need a break from him. I feel bad because I did intend to continue, but I’m just not feeling it. I started writing this story with the intention of writing this story until it wasn’t fun anymore, and I worry I’d reach that point if I kept going
I think I need a bit, and I don’t rightly know if I’ll be coming back to Erich or the Company. I don’t want to half ass it or start in on it and then trail off due to burnout. I’ve got a half dozen stories I kinda want to write, both related to The Company and not, and one that I am actively writing and quite happy with.
I’ll certainly post here if I start something else, but it seems best to let this thread rest until I can write an intro to something else that I’m genuinely happy with writing for its own sake, as opposed to just continuing with well over a year’s worth of momentum. Alternatively I might fully focus on my pirate story. We are at a decent stopping point here, and I’m proud of what I’ve written. Again, I apologize for not following through on implied promises and wasting your time with polls for chapters that might never come.
As always, I love feedback and if you’ve made it this far I’d love to get your thoughts. What you liked, what you didn’t like, what I might do differently in the future, random musings, favorite/least favorite scenes or arcs, etc. I’ll also answer any and all questions you may have to the best of my ability. It was a highlight of my day for most of a year to get any kind of comment, even negative ones.
I’ll link to my second story, in case any of you haven’t seen it and want to give Emrys a shot in the absence of Erich.
Thanks. You’ve been great.
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My two cents. First I did not finish this yet, I am still at the 3 green dragons.
The story drags to much for what it is: Wish fulfillment that requires work. Kingdom building in a way, basically a FIX IT novel. This type of novels need to be fast pace, slice of life but this MC has no life beyond another necklace on another neck and on to the next.
You can find multiple fix it novel that works, usually it requires a smart, powerful MC (gained power in the world or came with the power), either so powerful he does all solo or powerful enough to build a group fast.
You tried basically a fix it but slow slow slow, boringly slow. Readers per page is a good indicator when things start to become tedious and readers are gone, not so much as popularity but that it's just not working, from a writing perspective.
You could still turn it around (like I said I did not read further) but there are still stories in WoW, giving the MC a boost either by his own actions or from the company and start streamline the fix it part. Again, multiple stories out there that have this type (My personal favorite Harry Potter the Mutant Obscurus Gamer, this story has a perfect blend of OP MC that got starting potential from something like the company, gained the power through work, quickly, then went out to have a life while still helping fixit the world).
You tried to do fixit by trying to keep things "realistic" and it failed, plot armor, repeated plot (necklace meet neck over and over and over again). You either write a story of struggle, growth, small changes (lets be real, no one not OP could change WoW without plot armor) or you go for some level of OP\smart\competent and a proper fix-it world story.
So yea, if your MC become so OP that he: Let's enjoy life, when plot gets to the point I will step up to help resolve (help, since people need to earn their freedom to appreciate it), at most deal with the real problems in advance.
I will try the new story but this one is probably it for me at those 3 green dragons and emerald nightmare, the story is pretty much clear: necklace>neck, rinse repeat while doing quests from wow.
@erozoth I’m sorry you didn’t enjoy it. I wrote this for my own pleasure, and shared it with the internet on the off chance others would as well. The pacing seems to have worked for many people, and I’d rather write something I’ll enjoy and see who agrees than try to work around some abstract standards others set. This isn’t my job.
Have you tried writing something with the bad end heroines info?.
@shinikage Not sure what you mean.
@Jerynboe i mean using some of it settings for a new story.
Just in case you dont know the bad end heroines is a type of cyoa that usually goes by some guy being hired by some multiversal company to help handle and rehab heroines that suffered bad ends ( basically being defeated and turned into playthings among other things).
@shinikage Ah. Yeah I’ve looked it over now and it’s interesting but certainly doesn’t inspire me enough to build anything around it.
What happened to Nozdormu?
@ftcTgybub He escaped the twisted timelines around when he canonically did, during the lead up to the Cataclysm Expansion, but by that point Erich was so unfathomably OP that he was able to track Noz down, capture him, TG him, and have a threesome with Nozdorimi and Soridormi.
@Jerynboe Ah dang, i was wondering if i had somehow missed the chapter with all of the aspects captured together
Tbh I was reaching burnout with this story also anyway. So I’m supportive of you taking a break! ❤️
@modera I’m neither surprised nor offended! It’s been fun, but I need a break. I felt like my overall quality was slipping especially after Neffie was beaten.