Oh, boy. This is a good one. The novel that I really regret a lot about. If you haven’t read it then a link is right here, you can also check the last post about why I stopped writing it if you want:
https://www.webnovel.com/book/13986248705804505/The-Four-Guardians
As always, spoilers ahead.
So why do I regret this?
It’s a simple question with a complex answer. But to sum it up, I pushed myself into a corner.
If you’ve read it all then you know it technically hasn’t ended, it’s really just on indefinite hiatus.
The reason for this was because the story that is shown is the ‘main story’ but what I should have done was have side stories. What I wanted was for several side stories. Even though I have got fully-fledged backstories for each character, they’ll probably never be known. You can kinda work out some but you won’t get the full story.
The characters were the problem. I had a problem writing them. In my opinion, the issue was that they were too powerful. I didn’t want to have constant enemy after enemy, each being stronger than the last because it doesn’t make sense as the main characters are supposed to be some of the strongest people in the world. And having constant people that are stronger than them, in my opinion, is boring.
The jester masks were, and are, the main villains. But they were also the cause of another problem.
The way The Four Guardian’s ended was how it was meant to end. It was meant to be the end of season 1 and then season 2 would start at some point. I wanted it to be this way for a while but my issue was with the weapons. If all 7 weapons were needed to revive Brio, then how was I supposed to have them lose? The only way, which was the way that it kinda went, was to have them be utterly defeated. If I had the Guardian’s acquire all the weapons it made no sense for them to lose and the series would be over with them winning. It may sound confusing but this was not what I wanted. I wanted them to lose, and they did, but I hated the way I did it. I backed myself into a corner rushing into it. I wanted tons more. King Arthur was supposed to have a more dominant role and be a villain at some point. He even played a key role in a backstory and was supposed to be the next great villain. But I made the plan for the first great villains to stupid.
Ultimately, it could all come down to that I was very underprepared and rushed it. I didn’t think about the long run. Unlike with continuous school where the goal is graduation, there was no clear goal. I think when writing it’s good to have an idea of how it ends. The creator of One Piece probably knew what one piece was early on in writing and this way all you need to do is write the journey. The journey can be as quick or as short as you want. There is no problem with that at all.
What I intend to do with The Story of A Hero Named Fishy, is fix my mistakes from The Four Guardians. Planning it out more and thinking about the world clearly. I don’t come from a writing background and sucked at it during school. If I want to write things I should probably slow down and take a step back. I get so absorbed with pumping out chapters often that I release more than my schedule. I am always several chapters ahead and sometimes I just want to post everything I have. It’s a somewhat bad habit that has backfired, as I just mentioned.
I think that’s all for this one. I’ll maybe do one for Gang Wars, or the short stories. I’m enjoying writing these but know I need more other stuff. For now, thanks for reading.
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