Okay, so I have this crazy universe in my head and it has a lot of books. I've separated the series into three tiers. The first consists of books that involve the main character and have more of an overarching plot (there are 6 books so far in this tier). The second tier is made up of stories that are about people who have met or are related in some way to the main character (there are 3 books so far in this tier.) The third and final tier are all the books that involve the history of the universe and have little to no relation to the main character, they're just stories that need to be told (there are 8 books so far). Does this make sense?
@AJMaskell
Hello! I think that this does make sense and also I love the idea of the tiers. You must have put a lot of work into making that many books. I'd love to know the plot. By any chance could you tell me? Just wondering.
-Cleo
@AJMaskell
Hello again. I read the universe history (and commented on that page) and it was really good.
@StoryReaderAndReviewer Hello, thank you for reading it and being interested! It will take me a while to write out a detailed version of the plot and only the first tier has an overarching plot. If you don't want spoilers probably don't read the following plot summary because I can't explain it without major spoilers and I don't know how to do that hidden spoiler box thing.
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So basically the main character is called Dana Cicierega and at the age of four she and three of her siblings escape the mass execution of the rest of their family. She gets separated from two of them and then her and her 8/9 year old brother live secretly in the city of Cavisle. Her brother is then killed for stealing (his last words are epic and I love them so much). She is then taken in by this dodgy guy when she's seven and this is when the first book starts and gives him a false name. He trains her to be a spy/assassin and sends her off to spy on the royal family. She gives them another false name. She becomes best friends with the princess and kills the king and this sort of pattern continues for a few years and during this time Dana meets her love interest (Amrick Manakatserman). Eventually the dodgy guys asks her to kill the princess and she finally finds her moral compass and is like "hang on, I don't want to kill my friend" so she tells the princess what's up and is then banished. She comes back just in time to stop her friend from being killed and tells the dodgy guy who she is. Then she leaves and goes to a new country up north where she is believed to be the person referred to in a prophecy and she's like "nope, that's not me" (The third book). After that she goes East where she is yet again thought to be some legendary person, though these guys don't tell her and she turns out to be the legendary person. She then continues to travel around a bit and founds a magical society where she trains people to use magic and stuff and bumps into Amrick again. By this point she's into her twenties and is going through a bit of an identity crisis because she has been pretending to be someone else wherever she goes and doesn't know who she is anymore. The two of them travel a bit and then end up back north which fulfils the prophecy and she accepts her role there. That's basically a brief run down of a few of the books, I am wanting to get it published some day so you'll probably have to wait until then for a more detailed version of everything. Also thanks for being interested in my series, normally I just tell my friends everything and they're kinda over it. Also feel free to ask me any questions about the series you might have because I love answering questions. Thanks again!
@AJMaskell
Wow! Thank you so much for answering my questions. This series sounds, like, incredible. I can't wait until you hopefully get it published (which I'm sure any publisher would be glad to take in a series of books like that) so I can read them.
How many books in total have you written? I think its seventeen but I'm not sure.
Also, why is her family executed? Are they running away from the law?
What happened to her other siblings? Or should I wait until the books come out to read that?
What happens to her and Amrick? Do they finally get together?
Sorry for all the questions, this just seems like a very interesting series of books. I can not wait.
-Cleo :)
@StoriesHaveNoLimits in terms of books I’ve written there are several in the works though none have been finished. Her family was executed because they were framed for using magic and they are running away from punishment. So the other siblings (twins Alearie and Alyria) they end up wandering around from country to country looking for Dana and they speed up their search after they learnt of their brothers death. And you’ll have to wait and see what happens with Dana and Amrick
Thanks for all the questions I’m glad you’re interested in my stories.
-Abby
@AJMaskell Thank you so much for answering my questions. I can't wait for the books.
-Cleo
@StoriesHaveNoLimits Thank you for being interested in them!
-Abby
@StoriesHaveNoLimits I've uploaded the first chapter of my first book to wattpad if you're interested in reading it. https://www.wattpad.com/story/155715869-little-bird%27s-book-of-lies
-Abby
Oh my god! Can't wait to read it!
I read your first chapter and it is really well written! I'm excited to read more so please don't hesitate to post another chapter because I WILL READ IT! Can't wait to see what happens next!
@justapettySlytherin Thanks! I'm so glad you liked it!
Hey, I just quickly read through everything, and looked at your wattpad book. I also write on wattpad, though my story is considerably different. I have a few pointers for you. I've been writing for quite some time and I've gone to university for a writing hefty degree, as well as taken a few creative writing courses. I'm telling you this so you don't simply brush off my comments on your novel idea. From what I've read on your explanation of the series. I don't believe you have enough content to fill up as many novels as you're looking to write, and I believe you need to do some serious world building before you continue writing your novel.
The premise of the books can be quite interesting. BUT!!!! I implore you to stay away from stereotypes and common premises, as well as huge things like assassinating a king. You can assassinate the king in your novel, but if you do, you need to do some serious build up to that. It's damn hard to assassinate a king, let alone get away with it. If you want this story to take off, you need to really catch people's eyes. Take a peak at the game of thrones series for example. George R.R Martin broke some serious stereotypes when he wrote those novels. That along with some great writing skills got him published. When I read your book ideas, I saw an author who could be absolutely fantastic, but happens to lack the proper skills and planning that makes a great book.
It takes time, planning, and a hell of a lot of pain to write a book that may be published one day. It takes writing every day (no matter what it is), it takes reading every day (even if it's just wattpad novels), and it takes creative ideas that blow stereotypes out of the water. I read over your wattpad chapters and in them I saw info dumps, choppy writing, and not a lot of setting in the world you're trying to create. I'm not saying this to discourage you. But I simply think you can grow as a writer and turn your story into a diamond if you work hard at it. But that means doing a shit ton of world building, and maybe changing quite a bit of what you've already come up with. I'm glad you're writing on wattpad, because wattpad is a good start for a beginning writer (I love wattpad, it's one of my favorite places to post my novels, though they're sort of crap, I just write them for fun XD). But if you need help with editing, critiquing, and getting some honest opinions on your work. I can help you out. I'm a nice person, so don't feel like I'm being mean here. I'm just trying to give you some honest feedback.
I hope I can help, and I hope this opens up more of a dialogue and we can talk about different tips on writing that may help you in the future :)
Thanks for reading my stuff, Alexis. It’s good to get feedback from someone with a lot of experience, I, myself, am not very experienced being 19. My world may feel underdeveloped in my description as I find it hard to explain bits and pieces of it when out of context of the story with minimal spoilers, but I assure you that it is far more developed in my head. I have read game of thrones and it was actually the catalyst for my series (I was jealous of their made up languages so I made an alphabet then a country to speak it and it just snowballed from there). I really appreciate your critiques and will take them on board and into consideration. Thanks.
-Abby
no problemo, and honestly, I'm not terribly experienced myself. I'm nineteen as well, but I went to university at 17 for an English degree. I think your work can really go somewhere if you write all that stuff in your head down. Honestly, the best piece of writing advice I've ever gotten, is to write down every idea, whether it fits with the story or not, and make it work. Organize it into a timeline, and just mash all of your ideas together. It can really create some interesting stuff. Keep up the good work Abby, I believe you can go somewhere with that one day.
