@aolwrites
Hi, i'm very confused about this series, i read it before and i remember i loved it so much, i came back to read it now and it's so different ? Idk if i'm missremembering or if it has been changed.
But ToL was a lot more character driven and slow paced which i find completly changed here.
Not to sound disrrspectful or entitled but is there anyway for us to have the old version ? It was.simply perfect
So, it was upon my discovery that I have no back ups of Symbol of War. The book is pretty much gone except for wattpad. My last computer broke (stopped turning on), I didn't save it in OneDrive (though if I did I don't remember my login), and my thumbdrive doesn't contain it. The only way I can rewrite it now is to take the current book from wattpad (my only copy left) and try to work with what I have. I literally lost years of plot work and worldbuilding. This will set me back on writing a lot, but thankfully I have one old copy of Token of Loyalty that I can continue writing. I have some worldbuilding for it and plot work. Hopefully, I can salvage what I can from this set back and try to get back to writing, eventually.
Note to everyone, save your writings somewhere you can get them if you lose access to them elsewhere.
Is there anybody out there? I haven't touched wattpad in so long. I'll be honest, every time I open up my stories to continue them, I find myself putting them down. I miss the joy that came with writing. Now it's all regrets and could-have-beens. I wanted to be published (I could have been published...) but I'm at square one again. How do you other authors on wattpad do this? I'm just hitting brick wall after brick wall. I want to be able to write again and give representation to people who are in desperate need of it in today's political chaos. I wish there was some magic cure to the invisible block in my mind that holds me back from writing.
@Aurora123xx we're just two peas in a pod. I haven't started a single new book because I know I'll abandon it. I've forced myself to just stay with the one's I'm currently working on and have been for going on 5 years.
Hey, I just wanted to ask you, what made you suddenly rewrite the book series of ToL? The entire series was perfect as is. The second rewrite I thought it couldn’t get better and you were almost done it seemed like, then you said you disliked the way it was written and deleted all of it. What caused that and do you have any intentions on finishing it or republishing it? I was pretty invested since the second time you rewrote this but now im starting to think it’s finished out.
@starfirerage the second rewrite was definitely the peak of the book and perhaps should've been left alone. I think I got mad after it didn't win the Wattys and decided to scrap it and rewrite it all over again. I'm a perfectionist (can't say this enough), but I am dialing it back and realizing that my book will never be "perfect".
I wouldn’t say it’s frustration just confusion. I love your books. The second rewrite was actually phenomenal. When you said you disliked it I was confused is all. I was just curious as to where your head is at. I used to write on Wattpad and experienced the same thing. However I just started writing in a notebook and not on Wattpad. It became less of an obligation and something I just wanted to do because I enjoy writing. Eventually I finished the notebook and wrote it all down on Wattpad (final draft). I posted it afterwards. But I deleted this book since I started writing at 14. It was very mediocre but I still enjoyed the process. Hitting a block happen to all of us but knowing hope to get past it is the not east part. This helped me but it may not help you. Im intending to stick with you to see this series complete. It has soo much potential and is so interesting and intriguing. I can’t let you go without you knowing you’re a fantastic author. You deserve to see your works published. Take your time, and once you’re ready, it will come back. It always does. @aolwrites
@starfirerage I'm sorry that my writing has caused this frustration. I looked back to see when I began to re-do ToL and it was around the time that I was experiencing a mental health crisis (a lot of my books, not just ToL suffered because of this. This was around Dec-Nov of 2023). I haven't begun to touch any of my writing recently because it is such a mess and has been a mess for well over a year or more. I believe I "quit" writing around June of last year and the mess that was and is left behind is very overwhelming. I hope to just spruce up the remainders of ToL (to make it accurate with the current plot), publish it, and then leave it alone for the rest of time lol.
I published chapter twenty one of ToK if anyone is interested. I feel like my writing has fallen off, but I guess that's to be expected when you haven't written in months.
https://www.wattpad.com/861167053-token-of-loyalty-chapter-twenty-one-wicked
Well, how is everyone? I hope the holidays treated everyone good. I've started to chip away at another chapter of Token of Loyalty. I know I've been promising chapters and content for awhile, but I struggle with a couple mental issues irl so it's difficult to maintain a consistent schedule. I'm trying to renew my sense of love for the world I've created with Token of Loyalty and sometimes I get too caught up in comparing myself or bashing my efforts. I'd truly love to know what drew you (my readers) to my books and my world.
@aolwrites the way u depict the character ,the environment its like I'm there physically when everything is going on I'm experience the war with sindri the smoke the blood & the things with calenthe his anger in the old version the shyness of his the laughter of children everything....
Hello is there a way to read any of your old books?
I see, thats too bad id love to re-read most of your old stories from the worlds of Nearrik and Gharash i read them long ago so i dont remember the book namess<3 hope you are doing well
@KwaCa3 Hello there! Sorry for the wait on a response. I'd like to know which books you speak of. I know I have a lot of books I removed from WP due to the content guidelines changing so if you speak of those, then those won't be coming back to WP unless I do some major changes to the stories themselves.
Time flies. I can't believe I haven't touched wattpad since July. I work fast food pretty much everyday of the week now, so I'm sorry that I have been gone. I don't even know if I remember how to write anymore, but hopefully I can produce something for you guys. I hope everyone had a happy and safe holiday!
Hello, how are you? Hope you're well!! x
Wow, I'm sorry for being gone for a month. I got a job irl and haven't had time to touch wattpad. I did notice that Token of Loyalty got added to Wattpad's Fantasy Serialized Spotlight list, which is pretty cool. I hope to get back to writing eventually but with work killing me, it's gonna be a minute.
