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Hmmm... that's a tricky one to answer as the story is sort of about the mc figuring out the type of person he is and who he'd like to be. A trained killer. A loyal soldier. A sentimental person. A man with a sense of duty. A man that struggles to find his own moral boundaries and constantly weighs those with his ambition and obligation. I don't know if it that all comes through in reality, I'm biased to say so, but that's what I am for when writing, and something I'd say I've gotten better at the longer I've been writing PoA.
Hmmm... I wish I could say I spent weeks or months plotting it out and thinking about it, I'm sure if I had, the beginning wouldn't be so... lacking. But honestly, I started chapter one on the most spontanious whim possible. Just started typing and tying in some ideas I had floating about in my head. Since starting PoA, I've been constantly thinking about settings and plots for two other possible stories, one of which im confident will turn out far far higher quality given a lot of time to write it all. As a consequence though, where PoA has 250k~ words published and has taught me a lot, my second story is about 13k~ words written and barely beggining. if you're interested in writing and dont have a lot of experience, I say give yourself a week or two to think on plot, characters, and setting, and then force yourself to just start. If you put out a few chapters each week, even if your quality dips sometimes, it forces you to keep writing and keep learning.
Thanks for the feedback :) If you're still reading the novel, would you mind letting me know either here or on discord if you find the pacing and writing better in more recent chapters? I've tried improving on those quite a bit since the early days, but as the one who wrote it, it's hard to know if something is lacking until a month later when I'm a better writer and can judge it properly.