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Chapter 3 by Hvast Hvast

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[Example of what I am doing]

Original cringe written ~15 years ago:

"Images of the captured village faded away and new one appeared. Demon decides to show princess Tara chambers, the room that Mira spend many hours in. She loved her cousin and they spent hours and hours together, chating about different girlish things. Tara's beauty was direct opposite to Mira's. She had bronze skin, was much more shorter, had a delicate figure that made her look younger than her eighteen years, and moved much more graciously then her cousin, As for face, Tara had long pitch black hair and magical beautiful brown eyes!"

Rewritten into something resembling the English language:

The images of the ravaged village vanished, replaced by another scene. The demon decided to reveal Princess Tara's chambers - the very room where Mira had spent countless hours with her beloved cousin. Their bond was deep; they shared secrets, whispered confidences, and chatted about everything girly.

Tara's beauty was starkly contrasted to Mira's features. Her bronze skin glowed softly under flickering candlelight, adding to the color and texture of her perfect skin. Standing barely five feet tall, Tara's petite frame exuded youthfulness fitting for a girl who just reached eighteen. Delicate as a noblewoman should be, she carried herself gracefully, moving with fluid elegance. Long, dark hair cascaded down her back, framing her face which boasted large, mesmerizing brown eyes, filled with playfulness and kindness.

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Why I am sharing this? Because editing (or rather rewriting) work is a slow process behind the scenes. It doesn't bump a story up and is invisible unless people do reread it.

Note that I am still not a good writer, my grasp of English Grammar is questionable, and my aim is not to make a fine piece of literature here. I merely have an emotional attachment to this story as it was my first serious attempt at writing. And I do like my ancient ideas hindered by awful execution and I want to bring it to... a READABLE standard. Note that it is a slow and sometimes boring process. I spewed a lot of stuff back then. I may never finish rewriting it all, it is my third attempt to rewrite and I started it by rewriting edits from the first attempt.

Feedback in the form of likes, questions, comments, suggestions, and wishes (like what branches you would like me to reanimate next) will help to motivate me to do more both in rewriting and adding new chapters.

Also, I'd love to have new writers in this story. Including really new. If Chickmate would choose to go for something like "Please, don't add this shit to my story.", there is a good chance that I would stop writing. And it was shit. But with redeeming qualities.

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