Bloody Hands

by Valor Above All

A man dies haunted by his past. He had so many opportunities to do good, yet chose wrong whenever it mattered. Suddenly, he finds himself reborn as a baby in a new world. Unsure whether he can do what is right or if his hands are too stained with blood. Will he be drowned in despair and waste his second chance, or will he realize that bloody hands can still do what is right?

3. Update July 14th 2023

Answer to Reviews:

-I will break the paragraphs as instructed; thanks for the advice.

-Chapter volume is something I am working on. I need to do more practice on some of my writing to try and make it feel natural; right now, it would feel super forced if they were much longer.

-No harem, monogamy for the win

Update(7/12/2023):

-I rewrote the Prologue to change a few things and to give it more volume; I increased its length by about a thousand words. I took some advice and split the paragraphs for a better reading experience.

-I will also be toning down the emotional parts. I am used to writing short prose, not full-length stories, so I can usually go crazy with the existential dread, but I want to spread it around some.'

-So, the plan going forward is to spend the rest of the week rewriting Chapters 1 and 2. I want to have a more solid foundation before I keep writing.

-I will make the time pass quicker when I rewrite. So I will make the Teleportation event happen at fifteen rather than ten; I don't like writing super young characters(bodily or mentally) longer than I need to.

-I will be giving chapters more time to stew as well. I want to let them sit before going through them to add more. I was going too quickly when I started.

-This coming Monday(17th), I will be traveling until Wednesday(19th) and driving or visiting with family for most of this time, so I won't have time to write. I will be back to writing Friday if all goes to plan.

-Thanks to the reviewers so far. I hope that with the reviews, I can become a better story writer!

I have been enjoying doing this and look forward to doing more.

-Look forward to the rewrites, I will be able to finish Chapter 1 this week, and hopefully, I can get Chapter 2 done.

-I changed the Title and Summary to be more cohesive with the Prologue changes. I will still be playing around with similar themes as before. I just wanted it to be less explicit and more typological.

-I added an image so that it wasn't just a cool owl picture.

Update(7/14/2023):

I finished rewriting Chapter 1, and just like the Prologue, some parts changed, and some stayed the same, though I definitely changed this chapter way more than the Prologue.

-Sorry for the cliffhanger, but it seemed like the best ending point. I started writing more, but I didn't want to end up writing a ten thousand word chapter(I am not too big of super long chapters)

-I decided to aim for 5000-word chapters since they are the ideal length for me to write.