u/Available_Slip9171 — reddlx

This is my first chapter, it remains not that unchanged from when I first wrote it. Seeing it, I feel it gives me a sense of accomplishment and awe, because it’s uniquely me.

But looking at the later chapters, though they’re longer and have more action, it lacks the same tension this one had; not to mention how bad I used to be at dialogue eight months ago.

I had to rewrite chapter IV and V from scratch because it didn’t stand up to the standards I have now, and seeing chapter II and III is disheartening, knowing that I can’t really change them because it’ll mess up the story a lot and because I’ve already made them public.

I just can’t feel good knowing that the first impressions people get from my story isn’t representative of my current skill as a writer, and I end up hating my work.

I also just wanted to share my writing, since this specific chapter is something I’ve been proud of for a while.