: Re: Writing a short story in the same universe as my novel In my post-apocalyptic novel, the MC Eris navigates the world of survivors and grapples with her newly discovered abilities. The leader

@Pierce369

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That is a lot of questions. I will answer the last one.

You have a human being who is grieving and as such deserves sympathy, particularly since the loss is sudden and violent. Let the reader empathize with your character and they can even hate that kid who kills this woman - though they won’t because it is difficult to hate kids - even ones who are killers by nature.

Give them a three dimensional, fully fleshed character and let them feel her pain. I don’t know if you have suffered grief, but it manifests in many different ways. Some weep in a corner, others soldier on like nothing happened all the while shattered by the experience. Choose how your character will grieve.

Remember, everyone is a hero of their own story. Your antagonist is no different, seeing everything she does as justfied. She will be in pain, might lash out and this could darken her soul.

When writing this, you must not be on Eris’ side - this is not her story. Let your other character breathe and grow in this, but remember that she is your MC here.

Unless you plan on selling your book as a boxed set - write it so it can stand alone. This will probably be finished before your novel so having it rely too heavily on something unreleased will just leave the reader unsatisfied and, should they later encounter your novel, less likely to read it judging from previous disappointment.

After my novel got deleted, I started working on a prequel, which will be a stand alone novel that dovetails with the main work.

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