User blog comment:RedNSFW/A long story - Chapter 1/@comment-26517142-20161009083623/@comment-27036092-20161009123623

Thanks a lot! I'm glad you've enjoyed it :D

It is six pages long (in 12 points characters), and I was worried about the length of descriptions (since I wanted to build the environment up, but didn't want the descriptions to be too long at the same time)... Maybe that's why it feels "straight to the point". It might have been two pages longer (and maybe insipid to read) if I had described more.

About the combo, I could have gone for something else, but it would have been a quite different story, while this is the starting point of what I want to make. There will be flashbacks about life before arriving there though, it's also why I went for this setup, since I can still make a more "daily village life" story happen with them. And again, thank you, and glad you enjoy the combo!

I have barely started writing chapter 2, and I almost wanted to write it before uploading this chapter (because, continuity reasons). If there's any major change I need to bring to chapter 1 because of this, I'll make sure to make it clear. In the meantime, I suggest considering this a sneak peek or a prototype (though it should normally almost be the final version).

And for the fun facts, I actually have more ideas for what will happen after this part of the story (though it will be a stand-alone part, so that you can read it without having read part 1 and vice-versa), mainly because part 2's chapters will be (mostly) like independent stories. Though I already have "story arcs" in mind (by region). I have some events planned out for part 1 though, so I know the overall story I want to tell, but not everything. Wait and see, as they say x)

The second not-that-fun fact is that I'm bad at finding names, so it could delay the existence of future chapters. Plus usually for MGs I try to find them a name that starts a little like their species' name. So sometimes it can be a real headache to find one.

Sorry for the long reply, thanks for reading it, and see you soon for chapter 2!