Business Week: Story Intro Poll
Added 2024-02-10 18:00:06 +0000 UTCThis is going all the way back to the beginning of the first book, but I wanted to revisit it. As you likely remember, the story begins in medias res - there have actually been two versions of this, one at the time of Kai's banishment and one at the moment his monstrous abilities awaken.
My intent with this was to present a mystery, giving the reader half the clues and letting them put the rest together. I think it also gives the early sections more focus, making clear that they're moving within a plot structure.
This has been a controversial decision for a few, based on comments on the first chapter. I think I've given too many opinions already, so I won't say more about my stance on this. There are some things central to my ideas for the story, but I'm entirely open to changing my mind on this one.
For those of you who are following and supporting the story, what effect, if any, did the introduction have on your desire to try the story? The poll is anonymous because I want to get all opinions.
Comments
Personally I think I would have enjoyed the story more without the intro, but I don’t think it was necessarily bad.
Scout Mills
2024-02-11 19:48:01 +0000 UTCI skipped the little intro. I didn’t want spoilers beyond the blurb for the story
Alex Galaitsis
2024-02-11 00:10:17 +0000 UTCValid response. If you skipped it, I'd actually count you as a negative vote. My intent was to tease the diversity of the world, but I'm fully open to the idea that it doesn't work that way for many or even most readers.
Cognosticon
2024-02-10 23:12:16 +0000 UTCAs someone who just recently picked up the story and gotten up to date; i think you handled it perfectly already, using the spoiler tag. I personally skipped it the first time i read the story, and have since read it to add some context to my second read. But just having the option was very refreshing! I do agree with the other comment though that it maybe shouldn’t be as much of a summary, though.
Kyle Cunnane
2024-02-10 22:44:19 +0000 UTC
