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TMS is now well and truly ended.
Thank you Islinda for giving this story a chance for a contract. I hope it proves well for Webnovel.
To all TMS regular readers and supporters. I won't name you individually to respect your anonymity.  With my deepest respect, thank you for your time, interaction and support.  A story can be written.  It's only when it's read that it becomes a tale. 
And I won't forget those from Tapread and Wattpad who gave Hinata and Eiji's drama a chance when it was there.  I've been blessed.
Here is an omake about its own small journey to close the curtains. 
---WPC #46 - To My Sunflower's Journey---
A moment of nostalgia as I look back to the contest that helped me form the concept for this story. Otherwise, I would've never written it.
---[[Writing Prompts Contest #46:Fall in Love with a Soldier
"Believe it or not, the only way we kept in touch was through letters. We would write to each other about our days, about our lives. They were all innocent letters, but they were amazing because it gave me an insight into how simple a person he was."
What it feels like loving a soldier?
"When you fall in love with a soldier, you fall in love with your country; when you fall in love with a soldier, nothing is set in stone on your end. Plans can and will change at the drop of a hat and planning ahead is impossible.
Though all that is true, so is when you fall in love with a soldier, you've found the best there is.
When you fall in love with a soldier, you've found someone who not only loves you more than his own life but loves his country more than his own life as well.
When you fall in love with a soldier, a kiss is worth a million dollars, and no expensive gift can compare.
When you fall in love with a soldier, you've fallen in love with someone who appreciates having a bed, running water and warm food.
When you fall in love with a soldier, you've fallen in love with not who you've prayed for, but someone so much more.
Thank you, God, for letting me fall in love with my soldier."
(Emily Richeson)https://forum.webnovel.com/d/18335-writing-prompts-contests-45-46]]---
The winner of my prompt was a book that is now on hiatus. No other entries qualified. At the time I didn't realize that having votes was the rank qualifier. So my book was instantly disqualified.
Despite not making it past the car park, so to speak, I kept this story going. I had moved it to Wattpad and continued to post chapters there.
I entered it into a Wattpad community award, and had eventually won the award for Historical Fiction, but never received the prize for it. 😆
That's okay. Knowing that my writing was enough to be a winner in a judge's eyes was cool. It won over some quality stories as well. That was a prize enough for me.
After some time, I started posting the story to Tapread where it picked up read interest there. Then I got a ping from Islinda who liked the lone chapter I had left on the book page.  
This story has been a blast to write. I'm proud of what I've been able to achieve with it. I have no regrets of what I leave behind, as I have given my best shot.
♥♥
Arigatōgozaimashita.  
Until next time. Take care.♥


Hinata longed for his Eiji to return from war. Alone in the idyllic countryside whilst other areas of Japan were torn asunder. One day, he receives a letter from his lover filled with the scent of sunflowers and his undying love for him. Followed by official news of his presumed death at Iwo Jima. Heartbroken. Yet determined to honor his promise to Eiji; to live the life they were unable to live together.

Eiji fought honorably for Japan at Iwo Jima. He fell injured in a banzai charge to be classified as dead. He recovered with the aid of an American lieutenant, who escorted him back into the mainland for espionage work. His one chance and hope of return to Hinata's side.

A compelling risk of a war story set at the end of the Pacific War, 1945. Two sides of the war, on Japanese soil, are shown from the individual perspectives of same-sex lovers Hinata and Eiji. 

More than a boys love. This story is an emotional drama, revealing heart and souls of people surviving America's assault on Japan. The consequences suffered at war's end.

Hello, to anyone who still cares enough to read this. 

Firstly, I would like to express my gratitude to the people who gave me feedback on my novel and supported me during my short three-week run. For that, I am eternally grateful. 

I kind of disappeared out of the blue without saying anything because I couldn't take it anymore. It was stupid of me to do, but here I will be trying to list my reasons and I hope you can understand.

I began to write for WebNovel after seeing their advertisement for up and coming authors to make a living off of writing. I hate myself for being so naive. Looking back on it now, it was like falling for any other scam on the internet. Stuff like "Doctor's hate him because ... " and "Sign up to win ... " Etc Etc. 

As a twenty-three-year-old university student working two jobs, the only time I could fit to write was during the hours of 12 am and 5 am. It was literally killing me to publish chapters as I began to fall asleep in class, and my performance at work got a bit sloppy. 

But for the most part, I enjoyed writing the chapters because I loved to write. I loved to publish a chapter and stalk it until someone posted a reply. That moment when the first person said something meant the world to me. Because it meant someone cared that my story existed, and for this reason, I tried to push myself to put out more and more chapters. 

Things started to go wrong though, as most things do. Webnovel's feedback system is the most depressing thing. It actively tracked how many people had my novel in their collection and how many total views the novel had. However, the only number that matter was the collections. 

The thing was, these numbers were always bugged and never gave me a clear indication as to the scale of my readers. Aside from the usual comments from return readers, the number didn't mean anything. It was like running in one spot, over and over without any clear indication to if I was making any progress. It's horrible when the work you put in seems to yield basically no results. 

I was feeling euphoric watching my collections pass 100. You guys don't know the scale to my happiness. I basically woke up my whole household in celebration.

Then, in the author's discord channel, they confirmed that everything on the interface was bugged. Yep, talk about a slap in the face. 

To summarize ... I was and still am a hopeful about making a career out of my writing. But doing it on Webnovel is ill-advised. Unless that is if you are writing a fan-fiction or another cliche 'system' novel. In that case, I believe you'll find much success. 

Also, if you guys want to know the biggest reason for my departure from WN; in the search function, look up 'Da Contract'. It's the actual web novel contract. Even if you guys don't know the lingo its fine. Just take a look through and you'll understand my frustrations. 

The staff never really cared about us authors either. They seldom gave out prizing for contests and were hush-hush about even attaining a contract. But reading through it ... this thing is a slave contract. I kid you not. Anyone who is desperate enough to sign, I give you my condolences. But it's completely and utterly unbefitting of a professional "employer-producer" relationship. 

And the fact that tried to keep the contract under wraps ... they knew what they were doing.

Thankfully, a fellow author "ink bamboo" was quick to point this out to me. Otherwise, I would possibly be still slaving away here, with no end in sight. I probably would have hung myself if all my stress ended up culminating with being presented with this contract ... 

There are so many things I want to say, but I find myself more and more depressed as I think about it. An entire month of my life down that drain ... it feels bad.

I was told to try my hand with self-publishing on Amazon with Kindle. I believe it's more worth it for me to try there. If people buy my book and like it, at least I can get immediate feedback. If it doesn't work out... well, I suppose it just means I don't have the talent for writing.

Imperious Edge will continue, but not here. Not in this depressing hellscape. 

To my frequent readers, I am sorry, deeply and truly sorry that I have let you down. I can only hope you understand my choices. I often end my chapters with a bow, and to that, I give you my final respectful gesture as I sign off here. 

Perhaps it's asking too much, but I hope you guys would care enough to support me in my endeavours to becoming an amateur author. When I publish my first Volume, I will update this. 

Again, thank you and best wishes to all your future endeavours. May they yield more fruit and success than this. 

Forever yours, 

-Vincent-

WN is crap. They're slave drivers and made me question why I was wasting my time here. I'm sorry, but I just can't sit here and take it.

If you didn't know, this fan fiction was made for the MLBB x Web Novel event and it, somehow, won 3rd place with my mediocre writing skills and with only 6 chapters uploaded. My school started while the contest was still ongoing thus I didn't have enough time to continue writing. My spare time was spent on my other hobbies. For these reasons, I only managed to produce 6 chapters. 

This was the first time I wrote a story, a fan fiction, a novel or whatever you'd like to call it. I was honestly surprised that it won. "Why would people like my story? This is the first time I wrote something like this, and people actually liked it?" I thought to myself. It sparked my interest for writing and I've been planning to continue working on this novel since then. But I never did because I got discouraged by my lack of 'writing skills' and writer's block, and the fact that this is just a fan fiction. 

But ultimately, after 6 whole months, I decided to take action. I wanted to write a novel, similar to the ones I've been reading for the past year. A part of me said, "But I have no writing experience. Even if you write, it won't be that good." A different part of me replied, "Well, maybe you could work on Master of Magic. You won't mind if it's bad, after all you said it's just a fan fic."

I've been working on this fan fiction for the past few weeks. Building the world, the characters, the plot, the magic system and all that stuff. Wth the upcoming Christmas break, I'll have enough time to write chapters for this fan fiction. The story will be different, and I'll start releasing them on 2020. And that's about it for the update, really. 

"Bu-but, why did you make this announcement? No one really cares."

Even if I wasn't writing, I've been using this application to read different novels and I constantly receive notifications about new collections (the count for people who saved this story in their library). And there are a lot of people who has this story saved in their collections. I'm a little bit skeptic and curious about it, so I just wanted to know if people actually saved this story in their collection. Maybe leave a comment to let me know? Heh.

Having spent life in the Enchanted Forest, Harith, a genius among the Leonins, is eager to explore the Land of Dawn. In his first night outside the Enchanted Forest, he stops an Abyssal Creature from stealing the treasures of the Moniyan Empire. As a reward, the Empire invites him to the Magic Academy which will lead him to epic adventures that will decide the fate of the Land of Dawn itself.

Star News: Is the rumor about Best author Ms.Lin true?
Feng entertainment news: The hot topic of this year Ms.Lin is having writer's block!
Screen time news: Ms.Lin hasn't produced a single book or scripts in 2 years why?
Neo entertainment news: Latest news about the best script writer and author Ms.Lin Meizhen,who won many awards for her books The hurricane disaster,The haunted nights and also the movies The beast in my closet and Skeletons of our home has come to light. Apparently she is now facing a major problem ,with no book releases from 2 years ,the public and media suspect that Ms.Lin has been hit by writer's block. Her publishing company Scarlet and Rose publications has not responded to the rumors. The media has tried to contact Ms.Lin's assistant and also scarlet and rose publications for interviews to clear the rumor but they keep delaying and rejecting the media. Keep watching Neo entertainment news for further updates and latest news  and scandals of celebrities.
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Scarlet and Rose publications CEO office
Li wei: Meizhen the tabloids are all about you. Our company is having a really hard time,the PR team cannot suppress it anymore they kept it under wraps for the last six months. Are you really lacking inspiration?Do you want to travel with me and get some ideas or get inspired by art or something?. 
Meizhen: From the last 8 months you have been sending me to art museums and historical places and so on. I have been travelling non stop but what can i do, am unable to think of anything new or good to write as of now. Its like am just out of ideas. And also if you travel with me who will take care of our company.
Li wei: Yeah you are right I should handle the company well, with this matter out our company stocks are fluctuating although its not very low but still its less than our margin. It would be better if you could release a new book soon to stabilize the situation.
Meizhen: The others in our company are releasing their work frequently why is it that our stocks are not reaching our desired margin?
Li wei: Yes, the others are doing a brilliant job with their works our little yue got the best novice writer award this year. Her second book will be released next month. But, the reason our stocks are fluctuating is because you are the face of our company,you know that we only had you until the first year of our company. Later on others came along as our company started to use your works in movies and merchandising. Also, you won a lot of awards at that time so everyone knew our company based on you. We still are not able to change that image of our company. Am trying to recruit many new authors but its very hard to find people with talent and also we will be conducting a few writing contests in the next 3 months.
Meizhen: Little yue did a good job, I will get her a congratulatory gift and will praise her later when i meet her. Hire a PR team from the outside and change our company image ,my personal problem should not affect the company. The company is growing and others will get jealous or hate me if am the only face for representing the company.
Li wei: I was thinking about something similar. Meizhen can i advice you something if you will not get angry?
Meizhen: Go on and be quick, I had to rush from Italy to get here because of the news. I came here directly from the airport and am lacking sleep.
Li wei: I know,I will arrange someone to drop you at your condo. Meizhen I have known you for very long, your stories are all supernatural,horrors or thrillers why dont you change the genre and try to write a romance fiction.
Mei zhen: Li wei,I know that you want me to write a book soon but you know that i hate romance and anything related to that. Love stories are boring and overrated. If you dont have anything to say I will be leaving.
Li wei: Your ride will be at the back entrance because the front entrance is flooded with reporters. 
Mei zhen: Bye. I will call you when i get home.
After taking the elevator Mei zhen leaves from the back door with her luggage in tow to see a black car waiting for her. She gets in the car and falls in a daze as she sees the skyscrappers on her way home. "Life has its ups and downs",Grandma Su used to tell this all the time but who knew that its tough to handle. When you are having too many good things you might lose focus on many important things and when you are in troughs its hard to endure day to day life. But thats what life is all about, we can never be in the same medium.
Just when Mei zhen was thinking how to handle the equation of life someone interrupted her thoughts, she came out of her world and saw that she had already arrived at her high rise condo apartment. This was a 30 floor building with each floor having only one unit which can be only entered by a keycard to only your own floor,there were 4 Keycards to each floor. Since, Mei zhen is a woman and lives alone ,she had to keep her safety and privacy in check so she spent a lot on purchasing this condo ,while searching for a good neighbourhood with less traffic sounds. The location of her house is a little far from the city center but it was close to her publishing company and also she has a home office and works from home so it didnt matter to her that she was in city outskirts. This was community with 5 buildings with similar structures,the security was top notch and there were assigned helpers for each floor who will stay in the nearby areas and can help you with cooking,laundry and keeping the house clean.there were some rich people and many B-list and C-list celebrities living here. If someone wants to visit you or you get any deliveries the security will call the intercom and you can only ask the security to receive the guests or deliveries and send them to your floor or you can go pick them yourself.
Mei zhen lived on the 28th floor,the condo had a huge living room with a balcony, the living room connected to dining hall and there was an open kitchen which can be closed when you cook smelly food so as not to contaminate the whole condo with smelly air. the kitchen was connected to a small balcony. There were a total of 4 rooms with one being a master bedroom , study and 2 guest rooms. There 3 bathrooms one in hall, one in master bedroom and one connected to the 2 guestrooms. The master bedroom had a huge closet which is connected to the master bathroom, you can either enter from closet or the master bedroom. The condo had all the necessities home appliances,furniture etc. 
Meizhen entered the condo using a finger print and eye scanner and saw that her whole condo was a little dusty.  Her helper was called Wen xinyi, she was a very naive woman in her early 40's with a loving family blessed with a boy and a girl who were still in high school who were good at studying. Meizhen usually called her Aunty Wen ,she liked  Aunty Wen because of her good nature but she didnt want to allow anyone inside her house when she was not home ,so she asked her not to come and clean the house while she was gone .Even if Aunty Wen wanted to come and clean she didnt have the keycard since Meizhen had all 4keycards in her possession. Its not like Mei zhen didnt trust Aunty Wen but she didnt want anyone else to have access to her home.
Meizhen brought the luggage inside and gave a text to Li wei , had some water and started unpacking her luggage and called Aunty Wen to clean the house and make some dinner. Even though she was very tired she couldnt just sleep because she a bit of neat freak and had a little OCD. Just as she was done unpacking her luggage Aunty Wen rang the bell. Meizhen greeted Aunty Wen who came with a few fruits and vegetables as well as some groceries because Meizhen was travelling a bit so they didnt see each other that often,she gave Aunty Wen a tight hug after seeing the latters thoughtfullness,they had a little chat and then Aunty Wen went to clean the house and cook for Meizhen. Meizhen went to her room to take a shower, she came out in her pajamas to see that Aunty Wen had cooked some healthy and light recipes. Aunty Wen left the house as she was done with her work. Meizhen had dinner and did the dishes and went to sleep.

Lin Meizhen is a famous writer and now she is having a tough time to write a new book. She visits her grandma and there she meets the charming and elegant Wang Julong who owns Wang Jewelleries. For Wang Julong it was an instant attraction but Meizhen found love to be just like a Mayfly its there ,but it will be gone in the blink of an eye. She thinks love never lasts and its not forever and she hates anything and everything to do with romance. When Wang Julong starts to realize that the attraction he initially felt had turned to love he starts his pursuit to make Meizhen his beloved wife. Meizhen's grandma plays the cupid as she gets bored of her daily life. How will Julong make Meizhen believe that there is something called eternal love and how will Meizhen make a comeback after being in slump.....
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Lin Meizhen : Mr. Wang its not very mature of you to play pranks like this?
Julong: Ms. Lin, what are you implying? Do you think this is a prank or do you not know the meaning of pranks. Do you want a recap of what just happened and just like that he leaned in for another kiss. After the short kiss Meizhen was angry but had a different feeling inside her heart, keeping those thoughts aside she asked "Mr. Wang why are you kissing me like this behave properly or else you will not be welcomed here from now on."
Oh, did you not hear me correctly before,should i confess to you again. No problem, I like you a lot Lin Meizhen, please be my girlfriend for a month, then we can get married and have kids and can grow old together. Meizhen was dumbstruck like a statue.....
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Read the book to know how they make their journey of love.
This is my first book and also my very first time writing something please leave a review and rate the book. I hope that you like reading this, am not chinese i just pick the names in chinese for convenience sake.

Rambling of a starting author - 
Hi, I'm Kiboli and this is a novel I wrote a year ago but haven't updated so far because I got stuck with studies. I'm writing this for sake of writing and not for contests or other ideas in mind because I know my level so if there any mistakes do forgive me. I'm not a native English speaker so a friend I met online helped to edit this so I'll be thanking him here and I'll try to get better in future chapters.my schedule will be a at least a chapter a week but there will be extras. thanks for hearing my rambling and please enjoy the story next...

Once a carefree NEET, Then a Peerless cultivation expert, Ye Chen now arrives at the Continent Of Zyndaria, Another cultivation world but this time in a body of a mediocre youth. With a heartbreaking past, Will he able to achieve his goals and stand on the summit ? 
Together with an indomitable will another Story BEGINS..........

Hi all my beloved Readers, My name is southgamez, and because of how cheesy that names sounds I go by South. I have read all your comments throughout the story so far, sorry if I can't answer and Like all of them, but I still read them. Recently I have noticed that some of you are arguing between each other on the matter of Soren's relations and how big the Harem will get. Firstly, I will say that Soren will not be getting more than 4 members in his Harem, so if you all want to fill up the remaining spot in Dragon Ball, as I have already decided to add Vados to the Harem, then be my guest. Secondly, I only write for fun, this is not my job, I do have a real job that pays my bills so when you spam my comment section with "Answer Me" or "He's Ignoring Me", I'm not intentionally ignoring your comment, there is also a Discord that you have better chances of contacting me with questions instead of comment section. Now that that's out of the way, on to the Brass Tacks.

Q: Will Soren's Harem Increase passed 4 members?
A: No, no matter how many times you ask it will not change. Soren is not the type to think with his penis unlike Harem seeking Novels, and if I just keep getting the same question's over and over, my next book will not be Harem.

Q: Why does the Author not take the Readers ideas and put them into the story?
A: I read all of your ideas and suggestions, but like most, I can't implement them all, and your not giving me much to work with when it's based on increasing the Harem, and as for World Selection, sorry, but I have most worlds planned out, but still take suggestions and might implement them.

Q: Does the Author even care about the Readers and their suggestions?
A: Fuck no... Just kidding... I love you all, and I care for all of your opinions and suggestions, even if they are stupid as shit (You know what I'm talking about Husky XD)

Q: Is there a set Upload time?
A: No, I upload when I want to, just like I write when I want to, but I do try and keep it to 1 chapter a day or every 2 days. If this was a paying job then I would upload more often.

Q: Are you really an Unpaid Writer?
A: Yes! I get no money off of writing Fan Fiction due to the copyrights, so if you plan on writing your own Fan Fiction, be prepared to get $0 in revenue, unless you get a kind soul to Donate you money through Pay Pal.

Q: Do you beg for money?
A: No, never. I don't expect any kind of money off of this Fan Fiction, because in my opinion its complete garbage, and should be burned to the ground, I haven't even put a Donation Link into the chapters until recent due to someone saying I should, but lass, no money.

Q: Are you crazy?
A: Bat Shit! I am probably one of the most insane people you would ever meet in real life, I also like role playing as an Ancient Immortal who is over 300 years old, they don't get more crazy than me.

Q: How far have you come in writing and punctuation since the start of this Fan Fiction?
A: Far! I started off this series while using "Half" instead of "Have" up until chapter 26, and I'm too lazy to go back and change it, as for spelling. I still can't spell for the life of me, and can say that Google Spell Check wrote half of my Fan Fiction with all the miss spells.

Q: Will you do more Fan Fiction's in the future after Soren's adventures are over?
A: Who knows, but for now, I will finish off this Fan Fiction, then I will start an original Novel so I can make some money if it becomes famous, but for future Fan Fictions maybe you guys can give some ideas, and if I don't know the Anime/Manga/Novel then I will Read/Watch it before writing a new Fan Fiction.

That was all I could think of for now that you all might have as questions for me. If you have more post them in the Discord, and I will create a channel just for them and make a new Q/A chapter in the future, and if you don't like this type of chapter then I will delete it. Leave your opinions down below or in the Discord so I can ignore them XD I will also try to post 2 chapters tomorrow, good night.

The Main Character Soren was *Cough Cough* in a car when an accident happened, he was then killed and brought in front of God. God gave him 3 wishes, his wishes had some restrictions but he wished for a System that in connected to every Anime in the Multiverse and now he travels getting stronger to become a God himself,

This is my first one of these type of Novels and I do not own any of the Anime or materials used except my Character, I only made this to improve writing skills.

Thank You

TLDR: I will be taking a break for around a week due to my school assignments/examinations coming up and will remain posting on 30th July 2018. For my new Webnovel viewers, I wouldn't mind you not voting for me using your power stones next week since I won't be posting for that week!

Hi! For my QI readers, I realised that you didn't get to read how I started writing Spirit Immortal. So below is a short description of myself!


Background about myself and inspirations for writing Spirit Immortal
Currently, I am a university undergraduate, and I have been reading fiction for years. I first got into reading fiction because of anime. Initially, I was a pure anime/manga fan. But I then found out about the existence of light novels. Light novels were far ahead from the existing anime, so I started to binge read translated volumes on Baka-Tsuki. It became somewhat of a drug to me. I kept reading and eventually, fictions had become part of my daily life. However, everything changed when the Yen Press attacked… Suddenly, many of my favourite novels disappeared, and less and less light novel translations surfaced. 

Finding myself in a severe deficit of fictions to read, I found something called Novelupdates. Every few minutes, there was a new novel chapter being released. I was overjoyed. Finally, I was able to satisfy my daily fiction needs. That was how I got into wuxia/xianxia novels. Being ethnically Chinese and fluent in both English and Chinese, there was a great allure for me in these stories. When I was younger, I would frequently watch The Legend of the Condor Heroes and many what we call "wuxia xiaoshuo." So seeing that the traditional stories blend with modern themes was somewhat shocking to me. To think that such a part of the internet existed!

So I started reading a lot of wuxia/xianxia stories. I remember the early days of Coiling Dragon and Stellar Transformations. The friendly competition between Gravitytales and Wuxiaworld. But one day, I encountered Doulou Dalu. For those who have not noticed, Spirit Immortal's cultivation system is inspired by this very novel. The reason being, it was the only cultivation system that I could actually follow. It's a very simplistic system, rank 1-100. The other Wuxia novels cultivation systems confused the heck out of me. However, worry not, Spirit Immortal is not a fanfiction of Doulou Dalu. In fact, other than the cultivation levels, they are nothing alike.

For a while, Doulou Dalu was my favourite novel. To a certain extent, it still is my favourite translated wuxia/xianxia novel. But I started feeling bored. Every single book that I read followed the same format. And after many disappointing stories, I thought to myself… Hey, I could just write something I like!

Thus, the idea of Spirit Immortal started germinating in my mind. It took me over five months to finish plotting the major arcs, characters and finally the ending before I started typing my first word. Majority of the reason why it took so long for me to start writing this story is because of my procrastination and school. Additionally, I didn't know if the story was going to be well received. But eventually, I steeled my mind and said: "Whatever, as long as I am satisfied with the story, who cares?"

So yeah, currently the number one fan of Spirit Immortal is myself, and I can't wait to put the entire story I have in my head into words for all of you to read. It will take time though, so do stick around!


Issues I have had when writing Book Two
I have realised that many of you were unsatisfied with the pace of the story, saying that it is too slow and whatnot. And guess what, I agree! I have been putting the character and world development at the forefront of my story thus slowing down the story progression, However, fret not, now that the first two books are completed, the story progression would begin to expedite as I believe that I have sufficiently developed my characters!

I'm trying to be more descriptive in my writing but that is still a work in progress. Perhaps it would be the greatest hurdle for me but rest assured, I will try my best!

Another major issue I had was time management. I started writing Spirit Immortal during my semester break where I had plenty of time. I even managed to complete Book 1 during that break itself! However, once school started, I had to figure out a way to balance work, personal life and writing Spirit Immortal. There were some days where I only had three hours to efficiently write, proofread and edit my chapter before I deemed it ready to be published. Hence, there might be times where my writing quality dropped slightly but I'm trying my best to ensure that I retain and even improve on my writing quality, so please be patient with me on that one.


Future of Spirit Immortal
Once my semester break hits once more, I will be sitting myself down in order to write as many chapters as I can. Perhaps, eventually, I will take the road of creating a ******* account to allow you guys to read advance chapters and at the same time, give myself some funding to weather through the school days. 

So yeah, I can't thank you guys enough for continuing to stick with me as I continue to write Spirit Immortal. I hope that I will be able to deliver the satisfying fiction that I have conjured up and brought you as much enjoyment as I had in writing this story!

Over a million years ago, the first human contracted with the first Spirit. Ever since then, Spirit use has become commonplace. Humans used Spirits to carry items and start fires. Eventually, even start wars. Thousands upon thousands of years past and one day, one human did the impossible. He transcended his mortality and ascended to the realm above.  

In the present day, the Frie Clan was once a great clan of the Himmel empire. However, a devastating battle ten years ago crippled the clan and their numbers dwindled. To make up for their loss, the upper echelons decided to adopt young orphans and nurture them to become a future pillar of the weakened clan. Shin was one of those orphans. 

Although picked up by the Frie Clan, not all is smooth sailing for Shin and the other orphans...
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Tags: Action, Comedy, Romance, Fantasy, Drama, Male Lead, Tragedy.

For some reason, QI doesn't allow you guys to see my tags so here they are. Also, there is no Harem in this novel for those of you who are curious.

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─ Hi there! Do you like reading teen fiction novels? Then, I recommend my first novel to you! But it's not properly written. I'm just a new author here at Webnovel, I tried to write because of my boredom. So I hope you'll enjoy reading this tagalog teen fiction story, thank you! Ciao! :)

This is less an Analysis about myself and more about Authors as a whole. I only use myself as reference for the experiences a person can go through while attaining what some people call 'An Artistic Vision'.

But what is an artistic vision? I have gone through many stages as a writer, and the first step I took understanding why I love fiction was what made me less invested in a story filled with great themes but more entertained when events unfolding were simple.

My first work was a mess of a story that, when I look back to, didn't make any coherent sense except within the boundaries of my own mind. This is what taught me that writing with the thought of having another reading and giving feedback on my work was essentially a form of entertaining someone else with fiction.

So as a writer, was I supposed to be an entertainer catering to the masses? This opinion was cut down when I started to write a story that had every right to be able to catch people's eyes with how 'fresh and entertaining' it was, but suddenly found MYSELF not being invested by my story.

It was a strange paradox where what I was passionate about writing wasn't entertaining while the things that were more appealing and mainstream made what I thought to be a hobby more like self-imposed homework… and what everyone here can understand is that doing work is something a regular person would avoid if they were able to.

"I get no pay for becoming an 'entertainer', so why should I?" These were my thoughts as I continued to be on the line between writing for my audience and writing for my own amusement. Eventually, I came to a conclusion. 

"Why do I even write at all? Instead of writing something that definitely won't be a masterpiece, why don't I just read the well-known works of famous authors for my own amusement?" This thought became a unconscious thought, a worm burrowing into my mind without even realising it. I didn't even notice that I had already lost my qualification as an Author.

To write for oneself is to write a diary no one else would ever read. Although many unique ideas can come from writing this way, it ultimately lacks the understanding of readers that an Author shouldn't lack. 

To write for another is also not the right path to becoming one, as being too influenced by the opinions of others can make one fickle. A scene in your story you were proud of today could be something you want to delete tomorrow because it doesn't reach the perfection you are aiming for. If someone criticises some part of your work, then such thoughts will lead to an endless repetition of deleting and redoing pages.

The only way to overcome this paradoxical thought process is by having an artistic vision, and though I may be explaining it like it's an easy thing to achieve or something I fully grasp… In actuality, I don't…

The first artistic vision as a Author was to seek perfection in my storytelling, but the more I learnt about fiction, the more I learned of the purposeful imperfections in works that made them more memorable. To put it simply, even if an painter wants to add every colour of the world to a painting, it will only become jumbled mess if there isn't purpose behind what is being written into a story.

As an 'artist', I realised that I couldn't draw without inspiration to guide me. For I couldn't trust myself that the ideas I came up with by myself would even appeal to a wider audience. I experimented, and found that small touches made a story more worthwhile for my readers.

There was I time I wrote a story about reincartion and yet purposely left out key details about the character's past life like their name or age, even going so far as only including the parts the character was specifically affected by… The results were that a lot more people became invested in the main character's current life because there weren't two names distracting them for who the character currently was. 

They only knew the name of the character after reincarnation, and were therefore more closer to that character than any of the more 'perfected' characters I made before with literally their entire backstory spelled out for the reader.

It was then I remembered something that had truly become forgotten in my brain in the time I had been analysing tropes and what made story's appealing, I had forgotten that fiction wasn't 'art', but storytelling.

Subtext is created when the reader wants to know more about the characters themselves and looks for clues to figure out things that aren't explicitly 'told' to them. When a character is first introduced and they stutter in their interactions, it makes the reader unconsciously think that they aren't used to talking or are scared of something. When writing videos talk about 'show and not tell', it was THIS that they were referring to.

However, a story is essentially the Author 'telling' a reader a story through narration anyway, so how could I leave out information about a character's backstory in their introduction. The answer I found is that no real-life person is 'introduced' this way, most people I meet in real-life are those I can say I 'know' but only when talking about what I have found out about them at present.

It is through interacting that people know more about each other, but how can fictional characters inside my head form meaningful conversations when the entire point of them are to relay exposition that the narrator hasn't yet spoke of. It was hard to get past this problem as an artist, but as a storyteller, I found that the solution to this was changing who 'I' was interacting with.

I wasn't interacting with my characters, nor was I interacting with the fictional world I made. The true person I was interacting with was the individual I was narrating to… The person, who isn't me, that would read the text I was writing down to form a story.

Since I realised I was interacting with my readers through my narrations, I decided to switch things up and make them more lively. Instead of writing a summary of the events unfolding, I changed those events to fit the short attention span of new readers who wanted explosions every second, but as I followed along this path I realised that the 'narrations' I have became less genuine over time as story beats started feeling out of place and my own desire to write waned.

To become a storyteller isn't an easy thing, as I was still bound by the opinions of my audience. I became a comedian that tried to make my readers laugh, but found that my own laughter had died out in the process.

What was I supposed to do when becoming a storyteller was so much similar to becoming an entertainer? My answer was to go back to my roots and find out: What was I before an 'artist'?

I thought long and hard about it, then in a stroke of epiphany I had came to a conclusion: Was I not a kind of 'musician' that sought my own entertainment rather than the acceptance of others? Wasn't story's something I wrote purely for my own enjoyment?

And now, my artistic vision had matured. Rather than trying to 'entertain' an audience, I wanted the future me who had forgotten about my story to look back and enjoy it just as I have enjoyed the works of others.

Whether it be sci-fi, mystery, fantasy, or comedy… I want to look back on the story I told and see something that can make me feel emotions I had forgotten in the years that went by. If it's a Greek Tragedy, then I want to feel the helpless in knowing the flawed perspectives of the world that could caused the tragedy to happen.

Similar things could be said for mystery or fantasy. If I had a purpose when writing a story, then I don't want a glossary which either outright tells me about the world I built. Instead, I want to be entertained, moved, and more intrigued by the story anyone else!

After all, once I've finished writing the story, I am no longer the 'musician' or storyteller. I am the reader!

But even with this realisation, there was a chance I'd relapse if I didn't keep my previous lessons I learned in mind. If I was to chase 'perfection' again and think too hard about whether I'm talented or not, there wouldn't be any stories written to prove that I can overcome those who are only a tiny bit more talented than me but put in less effort.

If I sought too much for recognition and inspiration from outside sources, then I'd might as well send my work to a publisher rather than keeping my work a hobby.

And if I truly wanted to write a story that isn't going to be dropped, then I must plan a consistent story in mind that has a beginning and end. I could only choose to write for my future self rather than the readers that might or may not be interested in my work.

Thank you for reading any be sure to comment if you want to request your own Analysis blog. Peace out~!

(Cover by Darkstar Dust)

This is a story I worked on ages ago that has been refined and edited by adding foreshadowing to events while also simplifying the power system better than before. This story can be considered a prequel to An Adventure Beyond Greatness as it takes place years prior to the events of that story.

Short Synopsis:
After retiring from the battlefield, my life became empty and lifeless. The regrets of my past haunt me in my sleep. Then a change occurred, a King from another world summoned me to fight for his kingdom, but I died even before I could give him my answer. Now, after a fake God allowed me to reincarnate (albeit imperfectly) with my memories intact, into a world filled with magic and swords.

Long Synopsis:
This is about a flawed protagonist who only knew to rely on others and not socialise who gets a second chance to change himself in order to live the life he aimed for in his past life. The narrator isn’t exactly trustworthy since it is purely in his bias perspective while other perspectives given by others fill in the blanks that he either leaves out or twists to suit the situation.

The story itself can be considered a parody of Isekai’s classic tropes which are given a sense of reality as time goes by. As there exists no ‘Demon Lord’, there is also no black and white, only characters opinions and counter-opinions throughout the story.

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