Okay, let's be serious here.
I'm going to totally rewrite this novel.
Why? The truth is: I've been dreaming of writing this time loop story since 2016, but this novel is bad, like really, really so bad. The plot is pretty well thought out, but honestly, the chapters themselves are mostly total TRASH!
Recently, I became aware that there were many balance problems, and I thought that these problems would create huge problems of world construction, and unacceptable gaps in the plot, which would prevent me from writing the sequel. I was right.
But the truth was crueler: This essay is a failure.
When I started writing this novel, it was the first time I was writing a story. I literally had ZERO experience or skill, I didn't know how to write a plot, describe a scene, write a fight, write a dialogue, describe a landscape, and others.
I put my soul into the design and construction of this world and the plot, but it made it even more frustrating my inability to unveil the depth it carries within, or to write the plot correctly.
To put it simply, I didn't even really know what to write to tell the story I had imagined, and to make matters worse, I hadn't even bothered to write a draft of my chapters. I was very frustrated, because I found myself unable to write the scenes I had imagined, and ended up writing something, which honestly very different from what I had imagined.
And the fact that I started learning English only recently, didn't help.
That's why I decided to rewrite this novel.
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The main plot and the construction of the world would be the same (except for a few details), the story will be just as cruel and dark, and Mars will keep the same personality, but there will be more humor and comedy, and the progression will be different.
By the way, at the time I'm writing this, I've already rewritten the first 9 chapters in my native language (French [we eat wild boar and drink cervoise, AHOU!]), and had the first 3 chapters read, which have been translated into English, and the truth is implacable.
The chapters have nothing to do with it. Everything is better, like, really fucking better, to the point that what you read almost looks like a draft you would have wiped your ass with because you ran out of toilet paper!
I've kept the backbone of the first 6 chapters, so some of the passages have stayed the same, but many things are: either told in a different way, or totally different.
When I get home in the evening, or on weekends, I invest all my free time to write the new version, and when I have time, I'll start translating them into English for posting. (I removed the three previously published new ones, because I wanted to be able to modify elements of the story, the plot or the construction of the world according to my ideas, and without being blocked by the fact that they have already been read).
In three weeks (approximately), I'll be on vacation, so I could start releasing the new chapters since I'll have time to translate them into English, and edit them to check that they're not riddled with errors. Translating a chapter and checking it takes me about 4 hours, so I usually do this on weekends, or when I'm full of energy.
I am happy and feel honored that so many of you have read chapters as bad as the ones I wrote, but even more lucky that you have been able to appreciate the story behind them. And thank you to all of you who supported me with your comments or to help me fix my bad grammar. The adventure you are about to read will not disappoint you.
I refuse to let this story die or sink into mediocrity because of my immaturity as a writer. I will write it until the final death of Mars, or my own! This is what I promised myself when I started writing this novel.
And I am a man who keeps his promises.
Here is the link of the new version: Souls war Apocalypse: Restart