Recent content by Niraada

I appreciate the input, Kaida. As you might be able to tell, I'm quite inexperienced writing, but I've wanted to take it up for some time. Learning new ways to handle the various challenges it can present is really helpful. Thank you again!

I've taken another pass at it following your suggestion, Ohko, and I think you were 100% correct. I put it together as a conversation between some prominent forces that are influencing events, and (to me at least) it feels much more involved than how I tried it originally. If you have time to...

Thanks very much. I've been trying to find ways to introduce things in a way that feels natural, but it's been particularly tricky with backstory that doesn't relate directly to the main characters just yet. I'm going to do another pass at it, and see if I can make it work with less fluff.

Much like the title states, I'm trying to strike a balance between offering readers sufficient backstory without bogging things down with an infodump, but it's hard to judge it myself. At the same time, this particular bit of backstory references religions within a fictional world, some of which...