ON THIS DAY, TWO YEARS AGO, THE PROLOGUE TO STARLING WAS POSTED. I doubt any of you remember my old cringey dragon story I tried to start, but listen to me yap anyways lol Starling’s storyline has been changed more times than I can count, but one thing remains the same: The impact it had on how I create. Starling is a recreation of my very first story and world I ever created, when I was around 8. Aside from that, it was the first story I have where I really focused on world building and complicated characters and situations. It was the first multi-protagonist story I’d written, and the first story where major characters get killed off. Starling made me realize that there were SO many story elements I hadn’t even addressed or considered. Starling led me to creating religions, sports, monarchies, species, and even a whole functioning language for a world that had seemed so flat and bland before. Starling has forever changed the way I will build my silly stories, and for that it will always be close in my heart. 2 years (plus the time before that when I was forming concepts) is a long time, and it’s honestly kind of crazy how much I and Starling itself have changed. Anyways, enjoy some snippets of chapter 2 I might actually finish!!
