ANNOUNCEMENT
TOPIC: REWRITE
STATUS: ALREADY POSTED
Hello guys,
Ok... first things first...
I'm really, really sorry for not updating for a long, long while. Things have been really busy with my personal life. I had things to sort out (personal and mostly academic) and I actually had to take a break from the fanfiction world itself too not just with this fic. I haven't even read a fic for a few months which was actually quite surprising even for me. There were a few distractions too so... yeah... But now, I finally got my free time back and I've been spending the last few days reading my fics, getting familiar again with the planned plotlines I had in mind and well... writing.
The result: REWRITE
This HunterxHunter fic was actually something I started and gradually continued to write during my younger years. I usually write a few chapters then stop then write a few chapters again and then by chapter 15 or was it actually by chapter 12 that I finally posted it here on ffnet. By the time I finally posted this fic, I was a bit more older compared to when I actually started it and my writing style had changed a bit. I wasn't really conscious of it at that time though since reading my old work made me subconsciously 'copy it's style'. And so I continued on writing like that till I finally reached the 30 chapter mark and that's when I started to notice things but the hammer that really broke the nail was me finally managing to write my second fic. I was surprised by what I managed to write and by the way I wrote it. You can see the other fic on my profile, by the way. It's a My Hero Academia fic. Anyway at this point in time, it was getting harder for me to write as I did on this fic and I became really dissatisfied with it too.
I started thinking of a rewrite at that time but never really acted upon it till a bit more later. And this time, I wanted to plan it properly too (the OCs original plot points) and iron out the details of the fourth OC heroine (Leorio's pair). And then I got busy. The rewrite was stalled. Then I stopped writing altogether and now I'm trying to get back myself into it again by starting with this rewrite.
And so...
What will be the rewrite like?
1. Longer chapters and more events covered in a chapter: I decided to write it like my second fic. The chapters in my second fic had word counts that range from 7,000 to about 9,000 (at least chapters after the prologue) compared to the average 1,000 - 2,000 words of this fic per chapter. Some chapters will be fused into one chapter in the rewrite.
2. Hopefully improved grammar and writing. Hopefully.
3. The main OC heroines are still the same: Leila, Iris, and Eclair but I'll be making their personalities a bit more distinguishable and distinct even during the earlier chapters. Their personalities will be pretty much the same though. I'm quite fond already with the personalities I made for them.
4. The fourth OC heroine (Leorio's pair): You'll still be meeting her at the same timeline which is after the hunter exam. A hint for her character: She's already a hunter before the start of the story. And she's younger than Leorio (not by much though).
6. I'll be changing the OCs last names too. I made up the OCs' last names hurriedly last time so some of them really didn't fit.
7. There will be added scenes and conversations like the 'quiz trial' which I skipped in this one and few others more.
8. The humor of this fic will stay. I like smiling while writing.
9. I may have changed something in the OCs for a bit like thier backstories and stuff, just minor details and some other major things but those major things hasn't been revealed in this fic so it really won't make 'visible changes' if you happen to compare it with this one and the rewrite. Some things will be retained though like Leila's dream in the first chapter and there are some scenes that will be written differently.
10. Title changed to: Diverging Routes | Converging Paths (I still suck thinking up titles)
FINAL THING: REWRITE ALREADY POSTED
So if you guys are still interested with this story, you should be able to find it in my profile with its new title. It should be pretty easy considering there are only three stories there: this one, my second fic and the rewrite. I'm still writing the other ones. Hehehe.
Anyway, I already posted the first two chapters and it covers events from CHAPTER 1 to 4 of this fic with a few added scenes and conversations and some bits of changes here and there.
Thank you for reading this fic and I hope to see you guys in the rewrite!