Don't unlock this if you don't want to read yapping for an unreasonable number of words. The main point goes like this: Thank you all so much for reading! I hope to see you all in the next adventure as well! Anyway, let change the tone for the people that want to read it. I'm going to try my best to be serious, I promise. So, it's finally over. 2,500,258 words later, we find ourselves here. I shall now fulfill my sacred duty to leave a 1000 word long yap session for you all to enjoy, or in fancier terms, an "Author's Note."
From what I've seen, I'm supposed to talk about a lot of fancy things here, but I'm not very good at that. How do I explain it best? VES started because so of my friends gave a push and told to try writing. I did exactly that and found my love for it. This book was what was born from that. In essence, I was a reader who decided to write the story I wanted to read. I wanted to see a main character with spatial powers. I wanted to see the creative imagination I'd ford by reading so many books manifested in a story of my own creation.
It was a good outlet. Even if I wasn't very good at it when I started, it was sothing I really enjoyed doing and sothing I encourage others with similar minds to try even if they never end up pursuing it.
When I started writing VES, I never thought it would reach a place like this. Back then, I was thinking Damien's story would end a long, long ti ago.
However, as ti passed and as the world grew bigger, I fell too far in love with writing. I ended up treating this book as my personal playground where ideas could run wild. At tis it was fantasy, at tis it was sci-fi, and at tis it was just plain cultivation (though a lot of people didn't take well to that part.) The world developed into sothing just as magical as it was massive because my ideas were forced to weave together to beco one big picture. In part, I guess it was an accident, but I like to think that it ended up this way because it was always ant to be like that. Damien went from a character I created because I wanted to see an mc who used space as his main power to an absurd being that's literally hard to describe in words. Trust , I struggled enough to realize that in the depths of my soul. I an, even you guys didn't expect that we'd end with literally controlling everything, did you? For , it was a learning experience more than anything else. It's been 2 years, but this was still my first ti trying to write anything that wasn't a school essay. Seriously. First ti. Ever. It's genuinely insane to that things turned out this way. I feel the need to reiterate it infinitely. It's a book filled with mistakes. There were many tis when I looked back at old chapters (you know the ones) and cringed at my own writing. It is impossible to fathom the ntal state I was in when so of those things were written, I swear.
I had the chance to edit things and make them acceptable, too, but I made the conscious decision not to. It has affected and will continue to affect incoming traffic to the book, but that doesn't really bother . After all, this book has so sentintal value to . It's my first real creative piece, and despite its flaws, I think I did a pretty damn good job.
This book is like a record of my first steps as an author. As Damien improved, my writing ability improved. You could even consider his developnt as a character to be a direct representation of learning how to maneuver my way around a plot.
The mistakes in this book and the cringe monts are all valuable monts, as when I co back to this book years later, those are the things that'll make smile.
People hated how long it took for Damien to reach a proper ntal state, but I thought it wouldn't do justice to him if I easily had him get over his issues. As hundreds of chapters turned into thousands, Damien Void beca clearer to , and even as a character in a book, I wanted him to have proper growth accompanied by all of the stumbles and falls that naturally happened along the way.
Regardless of how it turned out, I made a commitnt that I stood by for two years, and you guys made the sa commitnt to read through all the highs and lows to reach this stupid little note I'm attaching to the end for my own sake. I'm seriously appreciative of all of you, especially the ones who left comnts and interactions that let know that there were people who wanted to see the end of the story just as much as I did (special shoutout to the beppers. You know who you are.) Back to the point, whether it's a third-rate novel or the best masterpiece ever written, I don't care. I'm glad that I wrote it, and I'm glad that you read it. Thank you all for staying with until the end. I'll see you all again on the next one!
(It's called Tower of Heaven and it's out now. I promise that it will be at least moderately less cringe than VES since I have so experience now.)
The concept is a mix of cultivation and a tower story. It sounds a little cliche, but I had a lot of fun planning this story, so I hope you all give it a chance. I know it's a terrible plug, but what can I do? I'm not good at doing serious things. Anyway, if you're interested, go check it out. If not, then that's fine too.
Once again, thank you for enjoying Damien's story until now. Your support ans the world to :)
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