Topic: Myrias Part 1 - Chapter 1 Fantasy

Greetings. 
I have begun publishing chapters for my book, the first of a series, set in a world called Myrias.  The title of the book is temporary as I ponder something less abstract.   Chapter 1.

The story is meant to be a slow-build, focusing on the parallel narratives of two lifelong friends; Jack and Kara, as they come-of-age within a world that is falling apart around them.   It's written in a third-person deep POV (except for the prologue) and tells the story of these teenagers as they find themselves suddenly lost in the world on separate journeys.  My goal is to develop a story that accords with real-world mythology and mysticism in a way that contributes to plausibility.  It should feel natural because I'm not trying to reinvent fantasy-fiction; just tell a good story that relies more on character development and plot than on unique world-building.

Anyway, I signed up for this site months ago but only recently find myself with time to participate.  I hope you all enjoy the work and I'm looking forward to your critiques, nitpicks, quibbles, flames, etc.  Once I've edited and reedited something a couple dozen times, I start being blind to obvious flaws.

I'm looking forward to reading your work and your submissions.

Cheers,

T.C. Austin

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Re: Myrias Part 1 - Chapter 1 Fantasy

Welcome, Austin. I also write a young adult. I will be glad to reciprocate.

Kiss,

Gacela

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3 Reply by T.C. Austin (edited by T.C. Austin 2019-02-01 14:54:32)

Re: Myrias Part 1 - Chapter 1 Fantasy

Had an issue figuring out the chapter formatting.
I rewrote a new intro chapter which features the antagonist and provides more early engagement. It shows up on my book as Chapter 2, since it's the second thing I published. Not sure how to fix that.

As it lays out now, Chapter 2 is actually the new Chapter 1, the previous chapter 1 is now chapter 2, but is being rewritten since I don't like it, and chapter 3 is...chapter 3! Hopefully I can fix it. Sorry for being such a noob.

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Re: Myrias Part 1 - Chapter 1 Fantasy

just change chapter number up top when you’re in edit mode?

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Re: Myrias Part 1 - Chapter 1 Fantasy

T.C. Austin wrote:

Had an issue figuring out the chapter formatting.
I rewrote a new intro chapter which features the antagonist and provides more early engagement. It shows up on my book as Chapter 2, since it's the second thing I published. Not sure how to fix that.

As it lays out now, Chapter 2 is actually the new Chapter 1, the previous chapter 1 is now chapter 2, but is being rewritten since I don't like it, and chapter 3 is...chapter 3! Hopefully I can fix it. Sorry for being such a noob.

If you click Portfolio->Action->Edit from your home page, then Content->Action->Edit from there, you can change chapter number, version number, or both. That way you can change the sort order of the chapters. If you want to change the order of your first two chapters, change chapter 1 to 3, 2 to 1, and then 3 to 2.

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6 Reply by T.C. Austin (edited by T.C. Austin 2019-02-03 01:31:11)

Re: Myrias Part 1 - Chapter 1 Fantasy

Thanks for the help.  It should be in the proper order now.  Learning new things. It makes my brain hurt.

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