In SerialFour story anthology Fantasy Xianxia Comedy Supernatural Slice of Life Horror
[participant in the Royal Road Writathon challenge]
[participant in #NaNoWriMo]
Preface:
This fiction will contain four different stories set up as a challenge for myself and to get better at writing. The challenge for royal road writathon is a 55.555 word goal while the nanowrimo challenge is 50.000 words.
Reader suggestions is turned on, feel free to point out errors I missed and I'll fix them up!
Chasing sun, napping softly:
Cultivation/Xianxia genre.
Some parts will poke at the ridiculousness of the Xianxia gerne.
We follow the life of a magical fox monster, who doesn't like how the cultivation world works. Said beast seems to have more knowledge than is usual for normal magical beasts.
In it's infinite wisdom it decided to search for the main character of the cultivation world to have a cozy and safe place beside him.
Our fox will act as a "wise beast" to coast along on the main characters rise to greatness, all for peace, happiness and that amazing napping spot in the sun.
The challenges for myself with this story:
Writing in first person.
Comedic effect between talking vaguely and sounding wise.
The cost of heroism:
A story more centered around fights and mental health of hired mercenaries/heroes.
The world is infected with an eldritch corruption. Humans are trying their best to explore and clear out wilderness and the dungeons hiding in them to establish new cities.
Lords seek for hired hands to do the professional work.
Thanks to the setting, the story will show how awful pasts are the norm and how pragmatic people became thanks to that.
People exchange their sanity for riches, fame and gods acceptance. Interpersonal relationships change drastically and quickly.
The challenges for myself with this story:
Writing grim scenes/imparting a feeling of how grim the world is.
Writing fight scenes.
Showing different mental states.
Describing their influence on people during fights, walks or even after successful or failed campaigns.
Who will be the next powerhouse? :
A story about a gaming show, it's host Staan and the different participants.
Stereotype characters, stereotype backstories, silly challenges and quizzes.
The winner of those challenges gets powerups for their power system.
Be it magic, ki, psychic power or anything else imaginable and unimaginable to reach the power of gods.
The challenges for myself with this story:
A softer tone for storytelling.
Making the reader smile and enjoy themselves.
A different try at slice of life story.
I was left behind on earth as my family conquered another world and enjoys riches, but that's okey because I got a cheat too! :
Stereotypical Isekai story parody twisted into an Urban Fantasy story.
The challenges for myself with this story:
Writing over the top and overdramatic scenarios/scenes
Writing in first person.
Walking into stereotypical scenarios and making them more dramatic/giving them a twist.
Different type of humor.
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Chapter Selections
1. Part 1 - Chasing sun, napping softly
2. Part 1 - The cost of heroism
3. Part 1 - Who will be the next powerhouse?
4. Part 1 - I was left behind on earth as my family conquered another world and enjoys riches, but that
5. Part 2 - Chasing sun, napping softly.
6. Part 2 - The cost of heroism
7. Part 2 - Who will be the next powerhouse?
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The Living Nightmare
A boy labelled CR-155 or Criss as he refers to himself, is a boy who has lived a very sheltered life spending all of his time a school with the only thing he would learn was the almighty power of lord and that "Hard work is the skeleton key to all locked doors towards the path to happiness." So he continues to work hard so that he may be granted the right to serve the lord in the real world. Until he makes a fatal mistake causing The Living Nightmare to be awakened and ruins any possibility of that becoming a reality. Wanting to fix his mistake for its awakening he takes it upon himself to hunt the creature down which allows him to learn more about outside world, the beings that haunt it and to realize that hard work might not be a true skeleton key. Cover art done by Duder
8 119 - In Serial36 Chapters
The Lotus Of Everleaf
Everleaf, a forest ruled by powerful and intelligent beasts, has welcomed an era of turbulence. Ren Zarstorm, a human child, awakens in this infernal forest. Oblivious to the dangers that surround him, Ren finds himself in the crossfire between several ambitious factions. A demon and nearly half the intelligent population of the forest seek his death. With the rules of the jungle, only a nominal title stands between his life and death. He must overcome his lack of talent and snap the shackles of weakness to survive, all while protecting his sanity and humanity. Otherwise, the harsh forest will not even leave his bones behind. Confronting all the hazards, he is forced to face a difficult question. “What can you sacrifice for strength?” However, even in this chaotic era, not all hope is lost. With companions to live and die for, Ren searches for a home in this unwelcoming world. ... Presently in hiatus.
8 118 - In Serial42 Chapters
Legends of Balance: Alaiah
The Heir to the Empire is in danger… A young princess' ambitions threaten the already fragile world peace. A heavily disenfranchised group of people slowly digs itself out of the mud and starts learning how to fight for its rights. The capital of the free alliance is burning. What can be done? Who will save the day? The innocent bystander, of course.
8 222 - In Serial9 Chapters
Ars: The World Beyond The Walls
For a thousand years, humanity has been confined behind the large, overarching walls that protect them from the outside world. It is said that before the age within the walls, humanity ruled the world, overpowering the creatures of this land with their overwhelming magical ability. However, now humanity is but a shell of its former self, forced to live within walls that only hold a few thousand people, only sending out a select skilful few each year to explore the world beyond the walls. Most never return, and those who do bring back scars, both physical and mental. The curiosity that humankind possesses is an ember that no matter how small it glows, will never truly fade. A group of aspiring adventurers that seek to know what lies outside the walls don't plan on waiting until they're of age to be selected, the group they call themselves as "The New Explorers". What waits for them outside the walls is true hardship, creatures that are beyond their greatest imagination, beyond their deepest, darkest fears.
8 92 - In Serial25 Chapters
ReWritten: The War of The Kingdoms
A cast of actors, famous for their roles in the hit show "The War of The Kingdoms" are ready to film the last scene of a very long day, when a sorceress thrusts them into that very same world the show portrays. Now in the world of Noth Mildor, a place they once believed as a land of fiction, they soon realize that this world and the war between the world's Kingdoms are anything but fiction. With the help of a few, they learn the magic and sorcery that energizes the world and all around it, hoping to survive and explore this mystical and beautiful place while being on guard not to be devoured by it.
8 78 - In Serial20 Chapters
lover boy (Mitchell x reader)
y/n finally moves to her brothers house (alfie wickers) and joins class k but what happens when she meets mitchell?sorry if I take a long time to make this!
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