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PROGRESS UPDATE + VOTING RESULTS!! [4/20/24]

Hey Witxhes! So the votes are in and first of all, I can't tell you all how much I appreciate the time you took to read & vote for the samples. The process was very illuminating, to say the least, hahah. 

I'll start with the voting results! With 64.8% of the vote, 2nd person POV came out on top (which isn't too surprising!).

Next up, winning 66.7% of the vote, y'all made it VERY clear that you would much rather have your MC in their lab, working away at trials of the Hangover Cure. 

Now, onto the tricky bit... OG vs AU. It seems you guys had as hard of a time deciding between them as I did, leaving the vote split pretty evenly. 

So that being said, I'm gonna go back to the storyboard to see what threads I can take from the OG and AU stories to weave into something new... something that combines the best elements of both. A new story where the reader can choose if their MC has been closer or more isolated from the Silverlakers, among some other things. But I'm excited and really intrigued to see where this new story format ends up taking us! 

And as planned, I'll be adding a bunch back to the prologue so the reader can get a better feel of the Silverlaker dynamics, right off the bat. 

Alright, onto the most frequent thing I was asked about during this run... Ash. Soo I heard a lot of feedback from some readers having issues with MC having an established relationship in their teenage years, that was out of the control of the reader/MC. And while I'm not trying to take away your character's autonomy, I am trying to tell a story that begins a specific way. 

I know that this story is new, and our relationship as writer and reader is also new and tentative and vulnerable, but I'm asking you to trust me with the story I'm telling. There will be sooo many options, dearest readers, for you to explore all of the ways your MC's relationship with Ash was or wasn't... whatever. And how MC feels about it now. Nothing will be assumed or shoe-horned, as there will be lots of choices, questions, and room for customization. 

@hakai-zonapher​ The Prog Frog.  

hey Witxhes! sooo the Jules epiphany has temporarily taken ahold of the story, specifically the prologue. MC has a rather intense childhood/background, and I'd been planning to dole it out as necessary... in bits & bites throughout the story

but the Jules Changes™️ have forced my hand much earlier and honestly... I think the story will be better off because of it. as the reader, you get to start shaping your character's past and current reactions to their early life, giving you [I believe] a much better idea of the Witxh you're creating.

PROGRESS UPDATE 3 — 1 May 2024

apologies for the lack of updates this past week, I caught a bug & got stuck on slo mo. I'll be introducing Viridian Poe's bio tomorrow because I'm working on some MAAAJOR character retooling for Jules St James.

and then we'll just have the remaining Silverlaker bios, which I somehow might be even more excited about than the ROs 🩶

I'm making headway with the new demo, finding ways to link the two existing intros while focusing on making this its own new, fun thing. I think I mentioned the prologue expansion before, but you'll get a much better feel of the coven dynamics right before their trip to hell the arena

and I'm working on a few different starting branches that will explain where your MC has been the last few years, and how involved (or not) they've been with their coven. and certain Witxhes. it should help to give a more nuanced intro to the story and immediately start your MC off on more of a Bad Witxh or Good Witxh track