The Punmaster

sorry i haven't updated in a few months. working on an actual published novel lol the worms have consumed me

me: man i'm in the mood to write what should i do
          my brain: children of chaos
          me: great, so work on chapter 3?
          brain: nope! chapter 6
          me:
          me: why

children of chaos is over 5 years old now
          i never dated the original draft, but i think the old chapter five was posted september 2019, so the first chapter was posted... jeez, it could have been sometime mid-july, but i suppose it might have been august...?
          since there's literally no way to pin down the exact date, i'll say the anniversary of children of chaos (as in, the notebook-paper first draft, the catalyst for an incredibly long journey of writing and pain) is july 13th.
          
          so happy late anniversary to the best idea i've ever had!

should i be working on children of chaos? yes
          am i writing a chilaios oneshot set in me and my friends' fnaf:sb au of dungeon meshi instead? also yes
          maybe this will get the creative juices flowing enough to start on the chapter 2 edit

oh man people are reading the latest chapter
          i was kind of expecting that most people who used to read children of chaos have all but abandoned it by now (and no shame to them! that's perfectly valid). i'm really excited that it's already gotten so many views and stuff!
          i have a lot of time on my hands and i'm in a better mental state than i have been since before the quarantine, so i'm expecting to stay pretty active on this account for the foreseeable long time

hi yes they're up!!!!! i'm so excited!!!!!

by the way, i will preserve all the old chapters! I'm planning on possibly uploading a copy of them as i go, mostly so i can compare my old chapters with my new ones.
          
          unfortunately the pre-first-rewrite versions of chapters 1 to 3 (and maybe 4) are lost to time, but i can upload the current versions of them when i change things
          
          there's also the firstest first version of Children of Chaos that exists solely as a stack of notebook paper stuffed inside a clipboard in my desk. it has spoilers right now, but when we get past everything i covered in it i'm planning to copy it over and upload it to make sure it's not lost
          
          i think it's important for authors to look back on their early works sometimes to see how they grew, and i think it can help aspiring writers not to get discouraged when they see other writers improving. everyone starts somewhere you know?

the total for chapter five is a monstrous SIX THOUSAND, FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN words
          
          that's like three entire pre-rewrite chapters all packed into one
          
          unsurprisingly, a lot happens, most of which absolutely did not happen in the pre-rewrite version

hi!! it's done!! chapter 5 will be up as soon as i get off of work!

wow the wattpad editor is horrible on mobile
          i knew it was bad, but even just pasting in a super short story i wrote elsewhere and trying to fix all of the formatting it messed up literally took 2 hours
          definitely not using that again, i'm glad i can upload children of chaos on my computer lol