Warning for future readers. This is already dropped-ish I guess because it wad technically finished just by a lot of several ending chapter being most summary. Anwway, I already said this on a comment but just so the Author can see it better... I dropped this due to the early chapters. Most of the readers probably did as well. Good concept just poor implementation. Really bad starting chapters. Not really bad bad in a literall sense, but just really frustrating so it makes it hard to continue reading. Starting chapters is very important for all literary piece because it builds momentum especially for the long ones like novels. I like the concept of the prequel as well but didn't read due to reviews which I would feel the same if I read it. Hope you continue writing but make sure to think about the actualization of the concept as well really hard. Seriously, what a shame for both of your Soul Land fics. All great concepts in my opinion just poor implementation. Good luck on your endeavours author. Hope I see and read another interesting concept fic or novel of yours.
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Really good explanation. It really starts too black, I cojod certaintly had it done better and more attractive at the begining, but that’s how it was done. In this novel I focused so much on the end (mostly already planned) that I didn’t think enough the start. That’s also way I dropped, losing the emotion to write about when the thing that I wanted was rushing to the end. On the other hand in the 9 Sword, I really never thought about the future, completely changing as I was writting (Yeah that caused the big fiasco about the reincarnation and the memories that if I thought before of them, could have been deal far better and quite easily. Finally, for futures novels, I don’t know what the future awaits. I wrote the first chapters of Douluo Dalu: 9 Goddesses Douluo that is continued by my cousin and like the other it really stars bad with its pedophilia. *sigh* I really need to improve my beginnings. Thanks for the comments, it’s really diffifult to find a negative one reasoning it and I greatly appreciate them.
I see. Now that's a rather interesting problem. Most authors either focus too much on early chapters then continue to produce downward quality soon after. The next one would be the poor early chapters due to lack of planning especially for fics, like a lot of new authors just tried it for fun or just winging it. Then suddenly after the story got good reception and reviews so it picked up in quality in mid to late chapters. The problem with this one though shows up in later chapters. Due to poor planning in early chapters some to a lot of loop holes happens after the introductory part that could in a lot of cases cause sudden huge drop in the amount of readers. I suggest you browse and read a lot of introductory part of different fics you found interesting and some higly rated novels in different genre for you to create your own rhythm and unique writing style, especially for the early chapters that could hook readers to continue reading yout storuly. All good novels and fics I've read has that kind of feeling once you've read it, thereby making even some generic concepts seem unique or interesting due to the author's unique writing style. Concepts wise based on your Soul Land fics you've already got the concept down. You really just need to write something that could build momentum to carry your readers till the end.
P.S. I've thought of a concept but I really am bad at writing so I can't bring it out to life. So, I'll write it here hoping you or some others could write it or bd inspired by it. Personally I think it's very interesting especially for the Soul Land fans and love Mecha genre in general. Hope others thought of as well. You see all or if not, mostly fics of Soul Land focuses on ultra powerful martial spirit or looking like trash one, but has a unique potential to undergo second awakening or mutate to become a heaven defying martial soul. What I've thought of would be good and only possible in Soul Land 3 story. A unique purely suport or support hybrid type martial spirit that is trash by itself but when use smartly in conjuction with a Mecha becomes heaven defying as well. Soul Land 3 fics that focuses instead on mechas are few to none. At least I haven't seen one in Webnovel. Thereby making it an unexplored territory. All fics focuses on Battle Armors but no one has focuses the story development with Mecha itself in conjunction with a Martial Spirit. The development would be to become the #1 divine mecha operator and maker instead of the cliche strongest four word battle armor commonly and honestly very saturated story already, concept wise. With the only thing changing being the Martial Spirit making the Battle Armor unique as well but other than that, same old story development peak wise. Becoming a god through Martial Spirit focused development in conjunction with Battle Armor. I've thought of this since reading Soul Land 3 and got to the part of Tang Wuling getting introduced to his will be soon new teacher in body arts/techniques and control, by then the current Sect Leader of Body Sect that has gotten mesmerised by Mechas becoming a a Divine Mecha Operator. Consequently, stagnated on his Martial Spirit growth but still has enough strength to be considered as one of the top masters in Soul Land 3. Hope someone picks this up or got inspired by it. Honestly I think Soul Land 4 would be the ideal story background with its concept having space travel and spaceships. But the Soul Land 4 hasn't finished yet so idk. I really am a huge fanatic of scifi story especially in mechas and I am a huge fan of Soul Land as well. I'd like to read a story possessing the characteristics of both worlds. I feel like it would be epic or maybe it's just me. Hehehaha. Thanks for those who have read till this far.
