Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-30542316-20170522204707/@comment-28644276-20170607045401

Hello.

As most people around have probably seen by now, I had a day to spare, more or less. So I decided I should come here, and do a few things, meet a few people, and also say that "Hey, I'm alive!"

...So I'll be honest: I didn't have the time to read the thread aside from Sera as the OP nor did I expect this to still be a problem when I logged in today after I dunno, four months give or take. Therefore, I will disregard the whole discussion and give my honest opinion - this one comes from the heart. After these past few months, this kind of things hasn't been bothering me as much as it did back then, but the point made by Sera, I can agree entirely with it. So I'll let this here before I go.

Part 1 (I also posted this on Cross' blog post)

"As a writer, I became way too concerned with the development of my own characters and verses in the past few months to actually stop and look at entire verses before making an opinion and judgement of them. There are tons of verses out there and way too many histories - or lack of them - for me to go around reviewing other people's stuff as I used to up to 2016.

My one piece of advice (and final word in this matter, as I won't even join the thread regarding this again) is that a writer, at times, should stop thinking entirely about other verses when you're making your own. Like, forget about tiers for a second, forget about lists of abilities, forget there are tons of verses out there - maybe forget even those that serve as your inspiration for a while, then think solely on your verse. Story, characters, how these things should develop.

Where can you go and in what direction the story takes them through its course.

Check your conscience. Check your verse. Spend some time with yourself - Within your world/verse. Side by side with your own characters - think more about them and what you want to show with them, and less about what you have seen in others.

If you can do that every once in a while, you can later absorb and get inspiration on what's better for you. What can improve it - whether it's good already or bad is of relevance, but either way I believe everyone can agree that they want their work to always reach the best they can make. To improve. Hell, I'm practicing non-stop ever since I left and will be back to it tomorrow. Trying to improve and change is hard, but is also very rewarding.

I hope everyone gets - or rather, feels a message like this - when doing their works. And understand that every verse out there has the potential to go far, if true effort is put into that. I wish you all, good luck."