May 12, 2025
To:Stief
Honestly, any exposition so far has felt fine to me... in part because there is so little. I would say don't be afraid of building your world. It's fantasy, after all, and it doesn't seem to be a cookie cutter isekai power fantasy where people fill in the blanks because of how little it matters there.
One of the best (imo) authors here told me that the first draft is us telling the stories to ourselves, and I'd say i stand by that. If you're writing on the fly (no pun intended) then inconsistencies are not only expected but inevitable. It's nothing editing can't fix, honestly. If you're pantsing it, you can always fill in the blanks as you go. For Uatchita I'd honestly suggest just getting rid of that scene since I don't see how she'd be so nonchalant about Kiyah eating a human in front of her after impersonating her but idk, I honestly thought Uatchita was fine with killing until the nightmare, and even then it was kind of unclear (since the first scene was also kind of unclear, or maybe i'm just dumb and missed the line explaining that Kiyah had lured the guy)