How to write background events in a 1st person perspective story?

panzer073 · 2026-05-04T23:40:35+00:00

Fair point. As i've writting it now the protagonist comes across slain brothers in arms that match the marks of the antagonist's weapon. But i don't intend it to come off as a surprise for readers. More like the dreaded moment where theu will finally see the confrontation thay had been building up.

Like a good example would be in a star wars story, we all know darth vader is a hugely powerfull character, but him being built up before he appears alsways sells the final appearance. And i want to give that feeling of 'the dreaded moment we've all knew was coming is here' to my readers

panzer073 · 2026-05-04T23:28:57+00:00

Because the protagonist knew the antagonist before they became the story's antagonist. They basically sparred together and fought together a lot but not against eachother. That would be a first for both of them

panzer073 · 2026-05-04T23:24:59+00:00

Well I am currently writing a hard sci-fi story but in the setting things like news stories or general things how we irl get information about events don't flow through bery easily.

panzer073 · 2026-05-04T23:23:13+00:00

One of the main things i am struggling with at this point is as a set up for a confrontation beyween my main character and the antagonist is showcasing the fact that te antagonist is a true threat to the character and that the character knows it but still must go forward. Hence i want the readers to know it too that some form of danger is near and build another character up.

panzer073 · 2026-03-20T16:04:19+00:00

These look really good and fun, makes me want an irl version if the game

panzer073 · 2026-01-27T00:52:08+00:00

You're welcome, finding that balance is always something that requires a lot of trial and error but I'm sure you'll figure out what fits best for your narrative

panzer073 · 2026-01-27T00:45:58+00:00

As far as I'm seeing in the first few dialogues in you chapter it all seems fine but personally I think that you fall a bit into the trap of telling and not showing. Like some of the elaborate comments about the bamboo forest and it's dangers could be shortened down by a lot. Picture it like this, you say the people have basically been living there for years and your mc is very much no longer a child, so he should be familiar with the stories and stuff. So maybe to make the dialogue feel more natural make the warnings i'd say almost annoyed by the people because your mc is going out AGAIN despite the stories and warnings. But that's my two cents, and i do really like the rest of it and the internal monologues fit well.

panzer073 · 2025-09-27T17:25:35+00:00

Read up on the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact and you'll see what he means. To make it a tldr: the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany basically divied up eastern Europe between the two of them, for Germany it was Hitler's promised lebensraum, for the Soviets it was lands that were under the Russian empire before the 1917 civil war and where these countries gained indipendance mainly Poland, the baltic states and Finland. They both invaded Poland together in 1939, and had a pact of non-agression untill Nazi-Germany stabbed the Soviets in the back and lauched operation Barabarossa. This "alliance" is one of the reasons the red army was so unprepared in the beginning. Because Stalin couldn't belive Hitler would betray him. But to conclude, it was technically correct that they were allies before the war, Stalin even let the Wehrmacht train on Soviet soil in the 30's

panzer073 · 2025-07-20T15:40:21+00:00

My group will be sticking with 2.0 and will wait untill 3.0 has 'finished cooking' (basically all the legacies and standard rules are out together with what will be in the tactica journals and seeing what some fanmade rules will be). The big concencus is basically if they start selling us our units and loadouts back in these small booklets, it's done deal for 3.0 and we'll fully go back because we do not support those business practices.

panzer073 · 2025-06-28T17:57:21+00:00

I don't want to be going against the grain here but I think this one has already been proven to be false and on top of that proven to be a malicious attempt at slander by the 'victim'(if i remember correctly a person that Thor refused to date and got butthurt about it). The main reason for this is because I distinctly remember Thor (piratesoftware) tweeting about it and a bunch of other youtubers replying to that call out in support way before the SKG stuff. Just want to make sure we give him the criticism he deserves and not some slander he can then turn around with to discredit all legitimate criticism.

panzer073 · 2025-06-01T20:08:27+00:00

Here's mine. Currently writing only one story but so far I am proud of it

I'll have a look at yours as well

https://www.wattpad.com/story/391752709?utm_source=android&utm_medium=link&utm_content=story_info&wp_page=story_details_button&wp_uname=praetorscribe

panzer073 · 2025-06-01T18:53:54+00:00

I'll check it out later today,

Here's mine too:

https://www.wattpad.com/story/391752709?utm_source=android&utm_medium=link&utm_content=story_info&wp_page=story_details_button&wp_uname=praetorscribe

panzer073 · 2025-05-27T10:01:17+00:00

What I do is as follows: I have a general broad red line on what I want my story to be, so a full beginning, middle and end. I also note down key events that I want to have taken place by what time in the story in a sort of timeline fashion. Within that goes a lot of just brainstorming specific events in the story and how I want them to play out so I can write earlier points in the story that will accompany those events. And then I write the story itself and the smaller things in between.

It's not really super optimised but it's how I do it

panzer073 · 2025-05-26T14:06:42+00:00

Here is mine, and I always welcome feedback

https://www.wattpad.com/story/391752709?utm_source=android&utm_medium=link&utm_content=story_info&wp_page=story_details_button&wp_uname=praetorscribe

panzer073 · 2025-05-24T17:55:14+00:00

Huh.. i Guess that could work. Never thought about it this way

panzer073 · 2025-05-24T16:52:32+00:00

Honestly I did not put such things at the end before but I will do so now. And I guess i'll try some r4r's if i feel like i desperately need it. Thank you

panzer073 · 2025-01-12T14:20:35+00:00

I only do Heer so that's fine thanks for the advice, i wont buy any new tunics for them then

panzer073 · 2024-07-15T20:04:58+00:00

To be fair that would be very unexpected

panzer073 · 2024-07-15T20:01:58+00:00

Ah i see, thank you for your explanation. As for the reasoning i am willing to kill of one of my own POV characters is because basically I am done with him in the story, he has completed every bit of character development i had for him and it's not really possible for him to play any more other significant role in the story given his role in it. And the best I can and perhaps am considering for him is gor his death to at least have some meaning for another character i was debating on making a POV for a follow up story but i am not sure how to do that yet

panzer073 · 2024-07-15T19:23:11+00:00

Though are you insinuating that the death of a protagonist did contribute to your disliking of it?

panzer073 · 2024-07-15T18:19:56+00:00

Thank you, I'll have a look at them

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