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September Update (Still no Chapter) (Patreon)

Published:
2021-09-29 15:45:03
Imported:
2022-02

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I am still having issues finishing chapter three of Zenith of Sorcery. I've been looking at earlier chapters, thinking of how I should alter them, and have not done much work on actually writing the third chapter in the end.

I don't want to switch back to per chapter payments yet, since people have indicated they're fine with monthly payments for now, and since I don't actually think I've entered writer's block or anything, but we'll see how things develop. I don't want to collect payment for months on end with nothing to show for it.

Hopefully I will have something for you all soon, even if it's just some more worldbuilding articles. Thank you all for sticking with me as I fumble about for a good story start. :)

Comments

Jeff091

don't worry about us, we are used to month between chapters

Anonymous

Considering how important the beginning of a story is, no one should blame you for wanting to improve and polish it. Life Jeff said, we have lots of patience! The monthly updates are enough sustenance, at least for me, so feel free to take your time.

HenryMorgan

No stress, as my ol dad used to say, "the starts the hardest." Im glad you are not deciding to half arse your start.

ElasticMemories

Mother of Learning has been one of the best stories I've ever read. The last 3rd of the story has been incredibly epic and had some of the best magic fights I've read in the last decade. However, I've read Zenith of Sorcery's first 2 chapters and here's what I think. I don't like the dialogue. There's 2-3 moments when it feels unnatural, plus the characters don't seem to have distinct personalities. Plus, the MC does not feel like his own charismatic character with a long history, but instead feels like this personality-less movie booth we're viewing everything out of. The moments when he flexes were a little too obviously constructed and felt a bit like TBATE, which is bad for the following reason. It's like someone's writing a vet but tells me they're a vet rather than giving me a feeling this person has veteran culture oozing out of them. I feel like this is impossible to conjure out of imagination and the best we can do is look at videos of someone irl that is similar to the character to take speaking patterns, facial habits, movement preferences, and sense of identity from. Sort of like how method actors prep pre-filming. In terms of worldbuilding, it suffers from the classic fantasy issue where it's a normal world with spots of fantasy. It's not an integrative world that has adapted to magic and its many butterfly effects, with a culture of people that adapted themselves to such a world. In other words, it's not a Brandon Sanderson world. Take Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archives, for example, where chaos storms reshape an entire half of the world and made the ecosystem on that half an alien and fascinating ecosystem. See these two links as reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL4M7Yx0SSE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Sanderson#Sanderson's_Laws_of_Magic In terms of combat, we have no combat so I can't judge yet but MoL combat was some of the best I've read so I look forward to it. I loved the sequences of flowing unpredictable combat. The plot has been "MC went here and did this, then that". Slow action, no flow. I don't know what to say about this. It reminds me of when my ex demanded me to make up a story during bedtime and I'm brainstorming on the spot so I'm stitching together events without eliminating the unnecessary, but I don't know if this is a similar situation at all because there could be deeper reasons I haven't seen yet. I would say the hooking has been done poorly. It's talking to me, not showing. We don't open with a scene from the past that gives us a slice of action. Some strange events have occurred but I can't tell what this would lead to so I am not anticipating something. I would say stories that hook people tends to open with some sort of pain, or problem, so we know the stakes and sets up for catharsis later. I don't want to add more to the author's plate because I think there's a lot of plot lines Domagoj is setting up that I can't see yet, so I can't judge fully. However, I think the 1st two chapters should be redone from a storyboard perspective. Mr. Kurmaic, if you're reading this, I think you should take as long as you need without feeling any pressure whatsoever.

Calvin

I'd prefer payments to go back to a per chapter basis

nobody103
>>70428591

That's a fair opinion. I haven't been writing as fast as I thought I would, and it's been a while since I posted another chapter. I'm definitely considering doing this, that's all I can tell you for now.

Anonymous

I'm fine fine per month payments but considering the time spent without anything to read.... well a per chapter basis payment seems nice.