That's right! I'm writing a book. I'm not sure how I want to go about this, I know I've done a lot of planning *cough* 14 pages of info later *cough*. All I do know is I want to share my work with the avid readers/writers in the community! I don't trust my skills enough to share my progress with my friends and family, so I would love for anyone willing to step into that role and offer some advice during this.

I would be honored to have so many wonderful people help. I am currently through my first chapter! So the hard part (at least on my end) is over with haha. And if anyone wishes, I can share and excerpt or even the whole thing here.

NEW GOAL: Make a work I would be proud to publish (and hopefully publish 🤞)

EDIT: For those here from the original premise, welcome back. I've scrapped it all *manic laughter*

Premise:

Rhoen is a maiden, hidden away in some half-abandoned sect of her religion, following the monotonous routine of her post. A Maiden, a holy figure of purity and good fortune, she holds herself to a high standard. But when a plague ravaged her home, killing most of her peers and driving the rest away, she must venture past the borders of her village and religion to survive in a world of thieves, murderers, and fellow followers of her faith that want her head.

Other: I am toying with her having a tie to the religion's diety, maybe marked with scars or symbols? Not sure if she should have a power or how to flesh that out. I know the will be a people pleaser as she was raised, and have to learn to not trust certain people as many want her religion wiped out for the persecution and hardships its leaders have caused (which she learns about as she goes)

FirstLightFarms said:

Keep the dragons. They're popular for a reason- everybody loves a good dragon story! And you can play with the mythology of them to make it fit your specific book.

Okay so the latest update I have:

Trashing it all. I'm keeping dragons, riders, magic. However, to tie in that nomadic tribe type thing that I wanted my character to have, I'm going to have her with the gift of Wordspinning. Basically it's an ancient language-based magic that allows her to control people she speaks to, talk to anyone with minor language barriers, and even some animals/creatures, along with other things I have to work out. Being it's from her tribe, where it's normally used to tell stories about their history and dieties, not many people know if it or are gifted with it so when she get caught being a thief, the whole "inducted into the riders to avoid being killed" thing happens which is the start of the story. The rest is evil creatures, betrayal, etc.

I heavily considered the king being evil and possessed by on if these creatures that he created to bring in some more depth but I'm not sure.

Caaldir Equestrian said:

An update! I am three chapters in, been a little too busy until now to work on it. Do people prefer first person or some form of third person? A lot of the popular books are set in the I, mine, my kinda format but a part of me feels she, he, etc. would feel better for the story :)