The Cyclical Nature of Time

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Description

A girl’s life ends unexpectedly early, or so it would seem. Instead of eternal nothingness, she wakes up in an empty valley with no clue how she got there. Taking her predicament in stride, she sets out to do something about it. Unfortunately for her, the first couple of people she meets aren’t much help. They claim they haven’t heard of electricity and dress as if they were on a break from their job at a Viking-themed amusement park.

MC is a somewhat normal girl. She's pragmatic and not very angsty. The story is tagged with anti-hero, but to be clear, she is not a villain. She does good if she can, she just isn't morally motivated to do so.

The story starts out smelling of fantasy but will eventually shift towards sci-fi. It contains some supernatural elements and has a strong lead, but it is not your usual power trip. Expect a story that takes its time, but not to the point where entire chapters are spent on mindless chit-chat. I’m not into that.

This is my first serious attempt at writing and I've learnt a lot writing this. Unfortunately, that shows. Chapter 1-10 is slow and rather pointless. Things get better, but it is not until chapter 25 or so that I began understanding how to structure chapters and to make them support the larger story.

I publish about 3000 words a week (every sunday) but I write about 10000 words a week. Sticking to that pace, which is easy, the last chapter will be out by July.

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2018
Author: hsteinvall

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.2/ 5.0
Followers: 57
Views: 24,439

Chapters(33 total)

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Community Reviews(1)

ThyFilthyNoobRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
Alright so first off i never leave reviews... Like ever im to lazy plus i usually read from my phone so this is a real hassle but seeing as how your a new writer like myself i thought to give your story a read.
I'll be honest Im not a fan of female MC but this story managed to hold my interest. Now on to the review.
Style: The style the author uses is decent they explain the surroundings making it very easy to picture the different places in your mind. Esspecially in the first 4-5 chapters. Although the surroundings are very well detailed I have troubling actually picturing the characters, I think giving more description to them would enhance the story quite a bit. Not saying you don't describe your characters but give a little more then the basics, make them easy to remember and picture. I gave 4 stars because it isnt bad but can be improved (like everything in life).
Story: I have to say i love the story/plot that your revealing. Personally i prefer snail paced stories, ones that hold the suspense. Rather then fast paced kill 100 goblins and become a god in 10 chaps etc. It's well paced and leaves sprinkles of mystery through each chapter which I like.
Grammer: not hard to follow although you do have quite a few grammer mistakes. Im not to sure about any tense issues and etc. (still trying to work that out on my own stories) but overall there isn't anything tbat disrupts the story, maybe a few rereads of a sentence or 2 but thats it.
Character: loving the MC i get a good feel for the type of character you created here. They aren't a know it all who can instantly adapt to anything in the world. Mc is created beautifully and looking forward to the rest of the characters development.
So overall it's a good read i enjoyed it. The reason I actually wrote this review is because I know I disappointing it is to spend hours on a chapter and have no one leave a comment/ review. I hope this motivates you to keep on writing!