dawn: choose your story

introduction // important information

a/n: hello! Thanks for choosing to read my story. Hopefully it can bring some form of entertainment, even in it's unfinished and ongoing state. Before we start, there are a few things I would like to address. Of course it is totally optional so don't feel obliged to read it, but it may answer a few of your questions and concerns.

Structure

Currently, the book will be split into many chapters, and you as the reader will have to go to the corresponding chapter depending on your choices. However, I understand that this can be disruptive and so I'm considering merging the chapters together into several long chapters. But this would mean you would have to scroll to find the part you need, and you could end up reading the other choices instead.

If you're reading this, I would appreciate if you share your opinions on this so that I can adjust the story to your preference.

The first couple of chapters are going to be told in the third person pov as its an introduction, but after that it will mostly be told from the second person perspective (referring to the character as 'you') but if this is disruptive I can change it.

The protagonist / you in the story

The protagonist, Dawn, may not resemble you very well but there is only so much I can do as the reader's personalities greatly differ. However, as the story continues the personality of the character will be shaped by your choices, and so their personality may shift to match yours. Of course at the beginning their personality is only influenced by their backstory, leading them to appear as shy and awkward due to their lack of social interactions.

You may also be wondering, why do I have to be called Dawn? There are numerous reasons for this, the first being that it gives the character a cannon appearance in case I decide to draw her. Secondly, the name has some relevance to the storyline,, I can't say too much as I don't want to give anything away, but it becomes quite significant at a later point. Thirdly, it helps with the imagery and descriptions. Personally, I find it confusing when there is a long line of reader inserts, so in this story I gave myself something to use instead. for example,,

Dawn's playful green eyes danced around the clearing, tail twitching from anticipation. The small tabby she-cat hugged the ground, camouflaging in with the foliage etc, could become...

[warrior name]'s [eye colour] eyes danced around the clearing, tail twitching from anticipation. The [size] [pelt colour/patterning] [gender] hugged the ground, camouflaging in with the foliage etc

I find the second example confusing, and your character may be missing some of the attributes (such as an eye or tail) and so it wouldn't even fit, and if they're a muscular bright pink cat with neon spots, they probably wouldn't camouflage very well :')

Language

As I'm from the UK, spellings such as colour/color and favourite/favorite may be different, but I will be using the spellings from the UK as its easier for me to remember and helps keep the writing consistent. Dates in my country are written in the format of date/month/year, so if I put a date of 02/05/2020 for example, it means the second of May rather than February the fifth.

Updates

I don't have an official updating schedule, so I will just be updating this whenever I have the time and motivation. All chapters will be a minimum of around 800 - 1000 words, unless I merge chapters together in which case they will be a lot longer for obvious reasons.

I hope you are all doing well and staying safe from the virus. If you need a friend I'm always here to talk.

- vi