So, I have been messing around with formatting and styling for my forgotten notebook style novel. What do you think? Is this something you'd read? The font was recommended because it's one of the more readable "handwritten" fonts.

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I'm starting a new project. It shouldn't take too long, but it's something that's special to me. Would anyone read this as a YA based on the first few paragraphs?

TW: Depression. Please don't read if you're not in a good headspace.

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I've been distracted playing AION 2
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I did a lot of plotting yesterday. Going through the stuff I've written and putting it into an organized thing. I'm a pantser, but I want to be a plotter. Or even plantser haha

Should I write something sifferent for my debut book? I have a 2 (maybe 3) book series in mind. I heard a lot of others talking about their troubles with publishing multibook series as a debut.

I could get this to 1 book if I cut out part of the universal(gods) conflict and write that into book 2

It's so weird working a 9-5 as a writer. Like sure a god is trying to kill the world, but I guess I'll pretend everything's normal. 🤷‍♂️

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Not a lot done yesterday, but every word is a step forward!

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I didn't write anything yesterday 😕

11-11-2025

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Slow day yesterday. I have pretty bad depression and the characters feel like they don't want to tell the story to me.

11-10-2025

Yesterday's word could was bad yesterday, but it was saved by the work I did past midnight the night before.

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How do you other writers keep going everyday? My average is 2-3k a day, but today I've only written 200. I am struggling to find motivation when my depression hits.

I need advice.

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I have been slightly depressed today, which is good because I had to write a chapter where the Female MC was depressed. Life works in funny ways.

11-08-2025

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I think its very nice when you're depression flair up the same day you want to write a depressing scene. Gives you the perspective on how characters should feel or act.

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Today is slightly skewed in the add/remove count. I had to rewrite the last 2 chapters since I switched the MC weapon from bow to sword.

11-07-2025

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Like I said, today's stats will be skewed since I transferred the last 4 chapter into the new editing software I'm using.

Excited to be almost 70% done with it!

I edit as I go, so I hopefully when I give it a final read everything will fall into place!

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Today's stats are going to be skewed since I took chapters 31-35 from LibreOffice (what I was using before) and copied and am editing them into Reedsy. I am, however, having to write a new intro scene for chapter 30 as I added 3 chapters before chapter 30!

Does anyone have any advice for a first time author who is looking for beta readers or even just anyone to read it? None of my immediate friends or family like fantasy books.
I want someone to read the first 5 chapters to see if they like it (Out of 33 chapters)
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The Fallen Skies Book 1
Writing stats for 11-05-2025

It's so frustrating trying to write for a character I never intended to have major dialogue. I have to find their voice...

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The Fallen Skies Book 1
Writing stats for 11-04-2025

This is my first book, but I have went over the chapters so many times that I think my self edits will be pretty minimum.

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