Lookingforthis
Virgin
'ello, my name is Lookingforthis and I am it's author.
https://chyoa.com/story/The-Inheritance.19133
While looking for whatever feedback anyone tries to give me, I'd also like to take the chance to explain, exactly, what I am trying to attempt here and what I am doing towards that end. And while I am not going to reveal everything, I do think that talking at least about some of the central ideas behind the "Black" story line might be helpful in understanding it.
For starters, the central "instigator" of the story, whatever is it that the father did to make these events necessary, is a Macguffin and, as such, is never going to be revealed Pulp Fiction style. I'll allude to it, do callbacks and even lampshade it, but I will never elaborate on it and this is for one simple reason; To make the emergent sexual relationship between the mother and the son seem within the realm of possibility. The less I reveal, the less I break the illusion I am crafting. And the less the story becomes about resolving that "plot thread" and more about the relationship in question. I'll see about putting that in the guidelines in the future once the story becomes popular enough to attract contributors.
My choice of an omniscient third person here is purely due to how quickly it allows me to go from events to events without the need to smooth the "seams" in the narrative. Honestly, for CYOA a 2nd pov would have been ideal, and maybe I'll do one for one of the other story lines, but there was a story I wanted to tell here and it would not have benefited from it. 1st person point of view would have also been more immersive then what I am going with, but that one would require more a bit more sequences in the story to not make it seem half assed.
3 chapters, as of the creation of this thread, is not enough to judge one of this stories, I know, but for anyone watching and reading, please allow me the satisfaction of one simple question: Is it a good start? And if you would be so kind, please leave your reasoning behind.
Other then that, it's great being here and it's nice to meet you all!
https://chyoa.com/story/The-Inheritance.19133
While looking for whatever feedback anyone tries to give me, I'd also like to take the chance to explain, exactly, what I am trying to attempt here and what I am doing towards that end. And while I am not going to reveal everything, I do think that talking at least about some of the central ideas behind the "Black" story line might be helpful in understanding it.
For starters, the central "instigator" of the story, whatever is it that the father did to make these events necessary, is a Macguffin and, as such, is never going to be revealed Pulp Fiction style. I'll allude to it, do callbacks and even lampshade it, but I will never elaborate on it and this is for one simple reason; To make the emergent sexual relationship between the mother and the son seem within the realm of possibility. The less I reveal, the less I break the illusion I am crafting. And the less the story becomes about resolving that "plot thread" and more about the relationship in question. I'll see about putting that in the guidelines in the future once the story becomes popular enough to attract contributors.
My choice of an omniscient third person here is purely due to how quickly it allows me to go from events to events without the need to smooth the "seams" in the narrative. Honestly, for CYOA a 2nd pov would have been ideal, and maybe I'll do one for one of the other story lines, but there was a story I wanted to tell here and it would not have benefited from it. 1st person point of view would have also been more immersive then what I am going with, but that one would require more a bit more sequences in the story to not make it seem half assed.
3 chapters, as of the creation of this thread, is not enough to judge one of this stories, I know, but for anyone watching and reading, please allow me the satisfaction of one simple question: Is it a good start? And if you would be so kind, please leave your reasoning behind.
Other then that, it's great being here and it's nice to meet you all!
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