Reading a Chinese story about Go. They really are hyping up the first 4 moves. As for the 5th, it makes sense to hype it up considering that the MC transmigrated 20+ years ago, but not this much….
Does anyone else occasionally get migraines where you have 2+ songs/sounds overlapping in your head, like an earworm/song stuck in your head? It plays on loop until it fades or another sound/song replaces it, and overwhelms any other thoughts in your mind, and you feel pressure on the back oof the left or right side of your head. Sometimes a temple instead.
The pacing issues in Higurashi are in the beginning of CH2 and the repetitiveness of CH7. I strongly disagree, however, with those who think that CH1 has pacing issues. Yes, it is slow in the first half, but this is not a detriment but it the strength of the chapter. The contrast between the slow and happy half and the frantic paranoia of the second half strengthens the characters, setting, atmosphere, etc.
Currently feeling a bit satisfied with my explanation of what I think is happening in Umineko so far. It is 788 words long. I haven’t written anything in any of my stories for about a week now….