*Insert lengthy advertisement for "Another Side" here*

*Insert sentimental "Please read my story and give feedback" comment here*

Alright, here's the thing. I'll be typing up a fight scene (yaaay...), and it'll take up the majority of the chapter (double yaaay...); however, I'll be experimenting with the concept of "filler fights" (quadruple yaaay...). Basically, no preview chapter and lots of editing (YAY!), so yeah. Something to look forward to I guess?

Honestly, I wouldn't say that it's stressing me out. It's just a little odd for me to revert to a more uniform style of writing after all the bizarre things I've done w/ World to Understand and whatnot. I feel so... sophisticated (can you hear my groaning?) with the usage of plot devices and descriptive language while setting the tone in an amateurish fashion (blah blah blah etc etc) to make a good (decent) story. Well, I suppose I am being slightly serious about writing this time around- it's not just all fun.

A World to Understand was meant to be my main medium of "preaching my opinions" about stuff, but it's quite the light hearted story (for now... fufufufu). I guess that's the main reason why I started another story centered around war. Of course, I'm not saying that I'm an expert or anything on such a topic. I've never served (though I will have to register a year from now) in the army, so I can't truly justify my own opinions. Then again, if you think about it, nobody can completely put themselves in the "right". So then, what do I hope to accomplish with this story (besides doing some shameless advertising in the ABA2018 contest)?

I want to make any reader who stumbles across my story, even if it's only for a few minutes, to stop and think about the meaning behind love, hate, life, death, or anything really. I just want to make the reader think about the other side of the spectrum- sorta like how there are two sides to the coin. There's good and bad, or maybe there is neither. One person wants to kill because another person stole his cake. But then that person stole the cake because he was hungry and needed food. But then that person was only hungry because his girlfriend put him on a low carb diet. But then etc. 

I'm not saying that we should doubt every decision we make just because there's another side to the story. I simply believe that it would be nice (highly idealistic and naive) to at least think about it- to at least have a tinge of compassion somewhere in the heart. After all, this world is already quite fucked up with all the problems in the world (wow... that sounded dumb). Helping yourself first is, of course, quite the normal priority. However, to be able to feel sympathy for one another and helping one another is something that could be beautiful in human nature. 

Enough of those idealistic ramblings that would continue to go on. In the end, it's a dream to aim for, but that's that.

I'll also be revamping the first chapter of "Another Side" (again) in order to make poor Arturo-dono seem like a relevant character (because he isn't yet). Thank you @MWP for the  advice. I have concluded that Arturo's development by the fifth chapter (Phase the First, Act 5) would be moving too slowly. I do want the book to be fairly fast-paced in the end. That way, I can get back to A World to Understand.

As for other projects, I'll be postponing my random anime genre one-shots for a while. "This Alone... Is My Reason" will be updated at random (whenever I'm in that cynical mood). 

I guess that wraps up everything nicely. Until next time! (I haven't used that line in forever haha)