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I don't know if I'd call it a synopsis, but it is a fairly interesting teaser. The formatting was a bit odd, too many line breaks make it harder to read than it needs to be, but it's far from the worst I've read. Interestingly, what caught my attention the most was the references to the...

Considering the terminology came about from portside being the side of the ship that faced the port when docked, and starboard came from steer board since it was the side on which the steering board was located, it is entirely feasible that different terminology would be used if the...

Even if I was a nautical expert, I feel I could forgive certain inaccuracies so long as they weren't too glaringly obvious. For instance, a ship casually sailing against the wind without tacking (or magic shenanigans, in which case all bets are off), or a frigate being crewed by only twenty...

I am, but usually I suppress it. The inside of my head is a perfect storm of well ackshuallys whenever I run into inaccurate information. :blob_evil:

That's really cool, you had me disappointed that it ended. :blob_popcorn_two:

I second this. It's a masterpiece, in both animation and story.

This is a very good point. It's not as though I couldn't write it without doing the single POV swap, but I wanted to gather some opinions on the idea, since I've never seen it done myself. I think I'll take the suggestion above and write it out first to see how it feels before I commit to...

The swapping POVs in and of itself isn't what I'm curious about; it's the thought of swapping from one to the other once and only once, about halfway through the story. Have you ever seen a book that does that? And if so, did you like the way it was done? I'll check out your work for sure...

Good points. I'm no stranger to swapping perspectives here and there, my main story does it semi-frequently, as have a lot of stories that I've read. One thing I don't recall having seen before is having the swap once and only once, which is why I asked. You could be right; possibly the only way...

I like it. :blobthumbsup:

Roombas are the superior floor cleaning tool, since they can double as home defense if properly modified. :blob_sir:

So I recently had this idea for a story, and I also had the idea to swap perspective from one to the other about halfway through. Note that the story would focus heavily on these two characters and their relationship with each other, to the point that any other characters would be fairly minor...

:blob_shock: That is truly unfortunate.

I love Valentines Day! All the chocolate's on sale the day after. :blob_sir:

Both a writer and a reader. I'm relatively new to the scene, discovered scribblehub roughly a month(?) ago but I already recognize the majority of posters in the forums, most of whom have at least one story linked in their bio. 'Course there is that statistic that says the ratio of posters to...

There's no one right way to write. Me, I figure out a basic premise and an ending, then I write and figure everything else out as I go. So far it's worked out for me, though admittedly I'm still fairly early on in my journey as a writer. For writing, the end result is what matters, not how you...

5-10 minutes, usually. It's not unheard of that I simply can't fall asleep for whatever reason and thus take up to an hour to fall asleep, but in that case I usually get back up and do something to try to tire myself out a bit more. My go-to method is to brainstorm story ideas while I wait to...

Good point. A good story will make that pretty easy on you though, unless the world is something truly unique. I generally view that as a plus, actually, because if the author's using their own world they have more room to craft a really good story, though that could go the other way as well. I...

Well, since we're all promoting ourselves, I'll throw my hat in the ring as well. Feel free to check out my story in my bio ...if you don't mind smut with your plot. :blob_uwu: That aside, what feels weird about reading original fiction again? Do you know?

I'll generally prefer a slow burn as well, but I also need a reason to care about the characters early on. If the story reads like a history book, it probably won't hold my attention (notable exceptions include The Silmarillion.) Now that said, if you're talking about the story you have linked...