Nicely done and congrats on another finished story on Substack. I was able finally catch up to it and I enjoyed it.
I'm not surprised that you wanted to bring back Shogun again. Out of all the characters, he's the most dynamic in many ways. Though I can't help but wonder if it came at the cost of the rest of the cast.
Now personally, I'm not a fan of when written media introduce characters all at once or within a short period of time. Visual media can get away with it because of the medium but in literature it has the effect of making the characters blend together. With Hunted, I think the characters worked out well enough. I found the the female characters distinctive enough not to have any problem identifying them, but the guys were a blur to me, with me only remembering Padoan the Captain (probably because he's the main character, or at least that's how he was presented to me).
Anyways, I'm looking forward to see what else you have in store. I have been a little slacking with fiction reading on this site, so hopefully I can get back into that.
If/When Shogun returns there will be a smaller crew around him. It was only half-way through when I realised there were too many characters for the story, awkward problem and good to know for future serials. It might have worked if I'd made them more distinct earlier on but I still don't think the story needed as many characters.
Me too, I go through bursts of reading on SubStack and not. Lots to catch up on!
Nicely done and congrats on another finished story on Substack. I was able finally catch up to it and I enjoyed it.
I'm not surprised that you wanted to bring back Shogun again. Out of all the characters, he's the most dynamic in many ways. Though I can't help but wonder if it came at the cost of the rest of the cast.
Now personally, I'm not a fan of when written media introduce characters all at once or within a short period of time. Visual media can get away with it because of the medium but in literature it has the effect of making the characters blend together. With Hunted, I think the characters worked out well enough. I found the the female characters distinctive enough not to have any problem identifying them, but the guys were a blur to me, with me only remembering Padoan the Captain (probably because he's the main character, or at least that's how he was presented to me).
Anyways, I'm looking forward to see what else you have in store. I have been a little slacking with fiction reading on this site, so hopefully I can get back into that.
Thank you! Happy to hear you enjoyed it.
If/When Shogun returns there will be a smaller crew around him. It was only half-way through when I realised there were too many characters for the story, awkward problem and good to know for future serials. It might have worked if I'd made them more distinct earlier on but I still don't think the story needed as many characters.
Me too, I go through bursts of reading on SubStack and not. Lots to catch up on!
Looking forward to what comes next! This was a fun read and one of my first reads of serial fiction in years.
Thank you! Glad to hear you enjoyed it.
Thank you!!