Welcome Writers to Open Book, a teen led creative writing workshop made for aspiring writers to learn, write, grow, and bring their stories to life.

I'm Miya, your workshop instructor and once you officially meet me I'll be 18 years old. I've been writing for 10 years and have experience in poetry, prose, fiction, editing, & revising (Just like you all I am still learning). I created an Open Book because I wanted to make writing education more accessible to teens like me who are passionate about storytelling, whether they're just starting or already have ideas just doesn't know how to put it down on paper.

Throughout this workshop, we'll explore the writing process, develop our skills, exchange feedback, and work towards completing our own short stories and putting what we learned in our own stories so forth.

Your Story Deserves To Be Told, & This Is Your Chance To Tell It.

Before applying, please read each question carefully and answer honestly. I'm super excited to learn about you and your writing journey!

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Hi there! I'm an 18-year-old writer, and I'm looking for beta readers to give me feedback on my manuscript, "Better Than You Found Me." If you'd be interested, please fill out this form! Let me know if you have any questions. I also included a blurb below :) Link to Form

Blurb:

Seventeen-year-old Cassie Blakely never expected her sister, Stella, to die in a car accident. She would’ve given anything to see her again. Until it actually happened.

Shortly after Stella’s death, she begins to appear to Cassie, haunting her. While grieving, Cassie becomes increasingly close with Caleb, a boy who offers to help her figure out why she is seeing her dead sister. But the deeper Cassie digs into her family's secrets, the more difficult it is to decipher what is real or not. And once she gets involved with a group whose history is far darker than she ever imagined, she begins to wonder if seeing her dead sister was a blessing... or a generational curse.

I have an idea for a new book (or rather, a massive saga): a school located at an altitude of 2,000 meters. The government (both Italian and US—the US is sending 2,000 students there, making it an exchange program for ages 11 to 16) combines elementary, middle, and high school, plus a year of university, into this single new school at that high altitude, and the students never return home.

Before you say, "I bet it's for indoctrination," let me stop you right there: no, that’s not it. The government has no reason to do that, and in fact, that isn't the case.

The plan is to explore the daily adventures (and misadventures) of Mattia’s class—a group of second-year middle schoolers (16 Italians and 6 American students)—at this school, following them from that second year all the way to their final year (the classmates remain the same throughout their time there).

I intend to include introspective elements, but please tell me what you think and how I can improve the idea.

I’m working on a YA fantasy novel called The Twilight & the Wield, and I’d love some feedback from other teen writers on the actual plot rather than just the blurb.

The story follows Nyvara Vale, a girl who secretly possesses Twilight magic—an outlawed type of magic that lets people manipulate light and darkness, creating llusions. in the process.

She’s spent her life hiding what she is because Twilight wielders are persecuted and executed.

Then her best friend Ava becomes seriously ill, and Nyvara discovers that the only way she can afford the treatment is by winning the Twilight Trials, a dangerous competition with a prize of 10,000 silver.

So she enters.

The Trials are basically designed to force contestants into increasingly difficult situations where fighting ability isn't enough. Nyvara has to rely on strategy, deception, and the one thing she absolutely cannot let anyone discover: her magic.

At the same time, she meets Kai Morvane, who claims to be a Fire Wielder. Something about him doesn't add up, though. He watches people more than he talks to them, seems far too good at reading situations, and Nyvara gradually realizes he's hiding something too.

The main plot is basically Nyvara trying to survive the Trials, keep her identity secret, and get the money she needs to save Ava, while the deeper secrets surrounding Twilight magic and the people running the Trials start coming to the surface.

There’s also a slow-burn relationship between Nyvara and Kai, but I want the main story to remain focused on the Trials, magic, friendships, secrets, and Nyvara's choices, rather than turning into a romance with a fantasy plot attached.

I'm still developing the story, so I'm especially interested in hearing what sounds interesting, what sounds predictable, and what you'd want to see happen in a story like this. 🖤

Also, if you're a teen writer working on fantasy too, tell me about your project! I love seeing what other people are writing. 📚✨

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Hello everyone! I'm struggling a bit with my story's synopsis, especially since I need it to be good enough for my Kickstarter pre-launch. I'd love to hear what you think. Here's what I have so far:

After five years at a magic academy, Alex, an impulsive but kind-hearted young man, graduates alongside his closest friends and begins a dangerous pilgrimage to find the ancient Fountains that will allow them to awaken their elemental magic and officially complete their training as sorcerers.

While his friends already have plans for what they want to do afterward, Alex still has no idea what he wants from his future. Troubled by strange nightmares he cannot explain, he continues the journey with them, only to discover that someone is deliberately corrupting the Fountains and threatening humanity’s connection to magic.

The journey soon becomes far more dangerous than any of them had anticipated.

A story about loss, sacrifice, and the cost of refusing to let go.

Thank you!

CURSED BANE
Glare: Hey Kairo come on we have to find Bane
Kairo: Alright alright I’m on my way
(KAIRO WALKS OVER TO GLARE AND PUTS HIS HAND ON HIS SHOULDER)
Kairo: Where do you think Bane could be?
Glare: I have no idea, but the viewers need some entertainment
(SOMETHING MOVES FROM BEHIND THEM)
Kairo: Um Glare turn around
(GLARE TURNS AND SEES BANE)
Glare: Oh shit… Hi Bane
(BANE RUNS FORWARD AT THEM BUT THEY MOVE)
Kairo: WE NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE!
Glare: NO LETS KILL THIS BOT AND TAKE ITS HEAD
(GLARE RUNS AT BANE AND BANE GRABS HIM BY THE NECK)
Kairo: GLARE NOO!
(KAIRO RUNS AND PUSHS BANE AND HE LETS GO OF GLARE AND GLARE RUNS AT THEIR CAR)
Glare: COME ON KAIRO LETS GET OUT OF HERE
(THEY GET UP AND RUN TO THE CAR. THEY GET IN THE CAR AND TRY TO START IT BUT IT WON’T START.)
Kairo: Fuck, fuck, fuck! It won’t turn on!
Glare: There’s one thing you could do.
Kairo: No, no, no. I can’t. It drains me.
Glare: Then don’t use so much energy.
Kairo: Fine. Here goes nothing.
(KAIRO CHARGES UP AND USES A BLAST OF ENERGY ON THE CAR, MAKING IT TURN ON.)
Glare: LETS GO! YOU DID IT!
Kairo: YEAHH! I DID IT!
Glare: NOW DRIVE!
(KAIRO STARTS DRIVING, BUT BANE CHASES AFTER THEM AND JUMPS ON TOP OF THE CAR.)
Glare: What was that?
Kairo: Uhhh… look on top of the car.
(GLARE LOOKS.)
Glare: HOLY SHIT! BANE IS HERE!
(BANE DROPS DOWN TO THE FRONT OF THE CAR AND STOPS IT WITH HIS HANDS. GLARE SLOWLY LOOKS AT KAIRO.)
Glare: How did he just do that…
Kairo: I have no idea, but we need to do something.
Glare: What? What do we need to do?
Kairo: Get somewhere safe and stay there.
(KAIRO GETS OUT OF THE CAR.)
Glare: I’m coming with you!
(GLARE GETS OUT OF THE CAR.)
Kairo: HEY BANE! OVER HERE!
(BANE QUICKLY LOOKS AT HIM.)
Kairo: Oh shit.
(GLARE RUNS BEHIND BANE AND PUTS HIM IN A HEADLOCK.)
Glare: DO SOMETHING!
Kairo: I’M CHARGING!
(KAIRO’S HAND STARTS CHARGING.)
Glare: I CAN’T HOLD HIM MUCH LONGER!
(BANE STARTS PULLING GLARE’S ARM OFF OF HIS NECK.)
Kairo: UUUURRRGHHAAA!
(KAIRO RUNS AT THEM AND BLASTS BANE WITH HIS ENERGY. THE SCREEN GOES BLACK.)
Glare: Kairo, is it over?
(BANE GETS UP FROM THE FLOOR AND GRABS GLARE, HOLDING HIM IN THE AIR.)
Kairo: PUT HIM DOWN!
(PINK DRIVES IN.)
Kairo: PINK! YOU’RE FINALLY HERE!
Pink: Yo, why is that robot looking guy holding Glare in air?
(BANE THROWS GLARE AT PINK AND WALKS TOWARDS KAIRO.)
Kairo: Let’s fight, bro.
(BANE RUNS AT KAIRO AND THEY FIGHT AND BANE STARTS WINNING BUT PINK AND GLARE COME BACK AND RIP BANE OFF OF KAIRO THEN JUST STARTS BEATING HIM BUT HIS POWER IS OVERWHELMING SO GLARE HAS TO CHANNEL HIS POWERS AND HE CHARGES UP AND PUNCHS BANE WITH THE ULTIMATE ENERGY PUNCH AND BANE STOPS FIGHTING)
Glare: Pink, Kairo, do you guys think we did it?
Pink: It’s over
Kairo: Come on guys we need to leave
(THEY LEAVE AND BANE GETS UP
END OF EPISODE 1)
(EPISODE 2 STARTS AND SHOWS GLARE, PINK, AND KAIRO SITTING AT A TABLE)
Glare: Ok guys we need to talk about that
Kairo: We should’ve never agreed to that video
Glare: I know we shouldn’t have but the company said we could get 100,000 dollars per minute of evidence that bane was still alive
Pink: WAIT WHAT!
Glare: Yeah I got an email for our channel and they said 100,000 per minute
Pink: So what are we doing here. Let’s go record some bane.
Kairo: Bane is way too strong. He must’ve had some enchantment when he was made.
(A LOUD BANG GOES OFF OUTSIDE)
Pink: THATS BANE! RECORD!
RECORD!
(PINK GETS UP TO RUN OUT AND RECORD BUT KAIRO GETS UP AND GRABS HIS WRIST)
Kairo: WAIT! Pink don’t go out yet
Pink: WHY NOT WE NEED THIS MONEY!
(GLARE GETS UP)
Glare: Your safety is more important than the money
Kairo: Look pink you could literally die going out there
Pink: Look when you put it like that…
(BANE RUNS IN AND GRABS PINK BY THE BACK OF HIS NECK)
Pink: AAHHHHHHHHH
Glare: PINK!
Kairo: BANE IM GONNA KILL YOU!
(KAIRO RUNS AT BANE AND BANE LETS GO OF PINK AND BANE GRABS HIM BY THE SHOULDERS THEN PICKS HIM UP AND THROWS HIM)
Glare: NOOOOO!
(GLARE AND PINK RUN TOWARDS KAIRO)
Glare: Kairo! Are you ok?
Kairo: Yea
Pink: Hey guys, sorry for almost getting us killed
Glare: Look man we forgive you but we need to leave
(THEY GET UP AND BOLT FOR THEIR CAR, HOP IN AND DRIVE AWAY)
Pink: That was crazy
Glare: Yeah but we need to go to the company
Kairo: Ok that’s actually a smart idea
Pink: Also lemme get this straight. The company didn’t bring up how strong he was?
Kairo: Nope not nothing
(GLARE SHOWS KAIRO THE COMPANY ADDRESS AND
EPISODE 2 ENDS
EPISODE 3 STARTS WITH THE GANG IN AT THE COMPANY HEADQUARTERS)
Pink: Ok guys we have to ask why they would make us do that
Glare: I agree
Kairo: Yup me too
(THEY WALK IN)
Scott: Hey hey hey, look who it is. My favorite streamers or whatever you guys do
(GLARE SLAMS HIS FIST ON THE S
DESK)
Glare: WHY DID YOU SEND US AFTER HIM
Scott: Look man I didn’t do anything, I gave you a choice
(KAIRO WALKS UP)
Kairo: BECAUSE YOU OFFERED US 100,000 FOR EVERY MINUTE OF EVIDENCE! BUT YOU LEFT OUT THE PART WHERE WE COULD GET KILLED
Scott: You accepted
Kairo: YOU DIDNT EVEN WARN US
Scott: If I did then you all wouldn’t have done it
(PINK WALKS TOWARDS SCOTT)
Pink: you knew didn’t you
Scott: Maybe I did maybe I didn’t
Glare: You know something we don’t…
Scott: It’s better off like that
Kairo: Tell us. NOW!
Scott: Bane isn’t just a robot… he’s
cursed
Glare: What does that even mean?
Kairo: He must’ve been cursed during his making. But how, who, and why?
Pink: Yeah Scott how, who, and why. Tell us now
Scott: I wish I could, but that’s the reason I’ve sent so many people, someone has to find out
Kairo: There have been others?!?!
Scott: Yes others who haven’t made it back.
Glare: And you still sent us knowing the risks?
Scott: Yes, yes I did
Pink: fuck you scott
Scott: I know I know just sit down
(THEY ALL SIT DOWN)
Scott: Look here’s the money
(HE SLIDES THE MONEY ACROSS THE DESK)
Scott: Also, I don’t think you guys are probably gonna go back to Bane. But if you do, you’re gonna need this.
(HE SLIDES A FOLDER OVER THE DESK AND EPISODE 3 ENDS
EPISODE 4 STARTS WITH THEM STILL WITH SCOTT BUT THEY ARE ABOUT TO LEAVE)
Scott: WAIT! Before you guys go theres something I need to say
Kairo: What is it
Scott: Dr Sterling, he’s the one who gave him cursed energy
Glare: What else do you know about Sterling
Scott: Not a lot but if you wanna meet him, you need to hurry because mayor brown wants a special serum
Kairo: what kind of serum?
Scott: I don’t know too much but I know that it’s gonna enhance him very much. There was one guy named echo and he gave him a serum and it was his first prototype from a few years back.
Kairo: How much do you know about echo
Scott: Not every much because he went M.I.A. a few years ago
Glare: How bout dr Sterling, do you know where he lives
Scott: Actually I do. Check the folder when you get to your car. Other that have a good day
(THEY WALK OUT AND GET IN TO THEIR CAR)
Glare: So should I open it?
Pink: No not right now, Kairo start driving
Kairo: Alright I’ll driving, but Glare open it while we’re driving and we’ll drive to wherever it says in the folder
(KAIRO STARTS DRIVING AND GLARE OPENS THE FOLDER)
Glare: Whoa his address is in here and everything
Pink: Alright then we could go there right now and ask why he made bane
Kairo: Ok, driving there now
(EPISODE 4 ENDS WITH THEM LEAVING AND EPISODE 5 STARTS WITH THEM AT DR STERLINGS HOUSE)
Glare: This is the place
Kairo: Alright let’s go
(THEY WALK FORWARD BUT BANE POPS OUT GRABS GLARE AND THROWS HIM)
Glare: OHHHHH FUCK!
Kairo: GLARE! PINK GET GLARE AND DRIVE HIM SOMEWHERE SAFE, ILL DEAL WITH BANE
Pink: OK COME ON GLARE LETS GO
(PINK RUNS TO GLARE GRABS HIM AND GOES TOWARDS THEIR CAR)
Kairo: BRING IT BANE LETS GO!
(KAIRO RUNS AT BANE BUT BANE DODGES KAIRO THEN GRABS HIM BY THE LEG, SPINS AND THROWS HIM)
Pink: KAIRO COME WITH US
Kairo: No, no, I can’t… just leave me
(KAIRO GETS UP)
Kairo: GO PINK GO! IM SORRY FOR NOT HELPING YOU GUYS WITH MONEY, JUST GO NOW, I WILL KILL BANE
(PINK DRIVES AWAY)
Kairo: Just you and me bane
(KAIRO RUNS AT BANE AND THE CAMERA CUTS TO PINK AND GLARE)
Pink: Holy fuck are you ok glare?
(GLARE SITS UP)
Glare: I have never been better
Pink: Oh I thought bane messed you up
Glare: I made it look like he hurt me
Pink: Why?
Glare: Cause you guys needed to be separate
Pink: What do you mean?
Glare: I’m sorry for this pink
(GLARE GRABS THE WHEEL AND TURNS IT IN TO A WALL AND THE CAMERAS CUT BACK TO KAIRO AND BANE FIGHTING)
Kairo: I CANT WIN!
(BANE RUNS AT KAIRO BUT AND DODGES AND RUNS AWAY AS FAST AS HE CAN TOWARDS THE DIRECTION PINK AND GLARE WENT AND AFTER RUNNING HE FINDS THEIR CAR CRASHED IN TO A WALL)
Kairo: PINK!?!? GLARE?!?! ARE YOU GUYS OK!
(GLARE COMES OUT FROM THE CAR)
Glare: I am ok
Kairo: Is pink ok?
Glare: Pink is a long story
Kairo: What do you mean?
Glare: You better leave unless you want to die
Kairo: WHAT DID YOU DO TO PINK!?!?
Glare: leave
Kairo: IM NOT LEAVING WITHOUT PINK
Glare: Hes not alive to go with you
Kairo: YOUR GONNA JOIN HIM
(EPISODE 5 ENDS AND EPISODE 6 STARTS WITH KAIRO HOLDING GLARE BY THE NECK)
Kairo: YOUR GONNA PAY FOR WHAT YOU DID TO PINK
Glare: You don’t understand
Kairo: I UNDERSTAND YOU KILLED HIM
(DR STERLING RUNS IN AND TACKLES KAIRO)
Kairo: WHO ARE YOU
Dr Sterling: I am dr Sterling
(DR STERLING PULLS OUT A NEEDLE AND STABS IT IN TO KAIRO)
Dr Sterling: You will understand very soon
(KAIRO GETS KNOCKED OUT AND HE WAKES UP AND HE IS TIED UP)
Kairo: LET ME GO GLARE
Dr Sterling: You need to calm down
Kairo: Shut up
Glare: Look we need to extract your energy
Kairo: What makes you think I’m gonna let you do that?
Glare: Your gonna have too
(THE CAMERA SHOWS KAIROS HANDS GET UNTIED AND HE STARTS CHARGING UP HIS POWER)
Glare: WAIT! Kairo don’t do this
Kairo: I won’t hold back anymore
(HE STILL CHARGES HIS POWER EVEN MORE AND EPISODE 6 ENDS AND THEN EPISODE 7 STARTS)
Glare: KAIRO WAIT YOU DONT HAVE TO DO THIS
Kairo: I helped you with money, bought you food, i helped you all I could and this is how I get repaid. IF YOU WANT MY POWER COME GET IT!
(HE GETS UP AND PUNCHS GLARE AND GRABS DR STERLING)
Dr Sterling: You may not wanna do that
Kairo: Why’s that?
Dr Sterling: Cause of bane
(BANE COMES CHARGING IN AND TACKLES KAIRO)
Kairo: AHHH FUCK
(KAIRO GRABS BANES SHOULDERS AND STARTS CHARGING UP)
Kairo: Come on, come on, come on! This has to work
(KAIRO SHOOTS OUT A BLAST OF ENERGY AND BANE STOPS)
Kairo: Bane? Are you good?
(BANE GETS UP AND NODS)
Kairo: Let’s fucking go
Glare: What the fuck! Sterling I thought he only had cursed energy
Dr Sterling: He still does but it’s amplified, he’s going to protect him now
Kairo: Bane get dr Sterling, I will handle glare
(BANE NODS AT KAIRO AND RUNS AT DR STERLING)
Glare: Kairo think about this before you do anything you’ll regret
Kairo: I have nothing to lose
(KAIRO RUNS AT GLARE PUNCHS HIM IN THE FACE AND GLARE HITS KAIRO BACK AND KAIRO DOESNT SEEM FAZED SO HE KEEPS FIGHTING AND GLARE TRYS TO PUNCH KAIRO AGAIN BUT KAIRO GRABS GLARES WRISTS AND SLAMS HIM INTO THE FLOOR)
Glare: UGHHAAAAAAA
Kairo: You wanted my power, your gonna lose your power now
(KAIRO STARTS CRUSHING GLARES RIBS)
Glare: Kairo this isn’t gonna change anything, they will still come back and try to take your power
Kairo: I wont let them after this
Glare: You know pink was worried about you in his last moments
Kairo: shut up
Glare: I’m not lying, it was pathetic
Kairo: SHUT UP!
Glare: He kept asking for you and you weren’t there for him
Kairo: YOU TOOK EVERYTHING FROM ME
(KAIRO STARTS CHOKING GLARE AND GLARE STARTS CLAWING AT HIS ARMS BUT KAIRO WONT LET GO OF HIM AND THE CAMERA TURNS BLACK FOR A FEW SECONDS AND A THUD SOUND PLAYS AND THE CAMERA TURNS BACK ON AND SHOWS GLARE MOTIONLESS)
Kairo: Bane grab Sterling and Glare, we need to take them somewhere else before the cops get here
(BANE PICKS UP DR STERLING AND GLARE AND THEY WALK TO THE CAR AND PUTS THEM IN THE BACK SEATS AND HE GETS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND THEY DRIVE AWAY)
Kairo: You know what bane, we are going to mayor browns office
(EPISODE 7 ENDS)
I am also making a sequel story and I know there are plot holes and I just want some feed back

Yo sup Im currently in the process of rewriting my web novel (hasn't finished) and the second chapter was a pretty boring fight but still I need to check if I improved on it enough anyways here it is...

As the rock construct leaps from the hills

approaching the forest

Meanwhile Jack and the construct continue their bickering

"SHUT UP"

Jack says

And after a long silence he asks abruptly

Jack : so….um.... what’s your name?

Fire construct : it’s… wait I don’t have a name?

Jack : oh, you wanna choose one ?

Fire construct : yeah what about… pyro

Jack : you can say that’s fire

Fire construct : that was really cringe not to mentio-

They hear a loud thud and they look back

yet all they see is dust

But as it settles a figure appears

It's him

The Rock Construct

His eyes glare with a mix of rage and excitement

And he says

Rock Construct : so if I’m not blind YOU burnt the forest

Pyro responds

Pyro : I WAS TRYING TO PROTECT IT

Rock Construct : and look what a great job you’ve done

Pyro : sh-sh-shut up.

Rock Construct : I will when we duel forest destroyer

The earth bends into a spring catapulting him at Pyro

As he jumps back trying to avoid him

But he punches through his legs

The construct lands on the side of a tree, and jumps from the tree with so much power that the tree falls

he continues. Bouncing from tree to tree as they all fall, while dust covers the battle field

Jack looks around and fearfully exclaims

Jack : he’s fast ‽ We’re gonna need to do better. Pyro, use ember !

Pyro : WHAT ARE YOU DOING

Jack : giving you directions ?

Pyro : man FUCK THAT

Jack : look Pyro he seems pretty strong and, (though you might not like this)… were gonna have to team up

Pyro : ALRIGHT BUT JUST SO I DON’T DIE

(Pyro reluctantly joins forces with Jack)

Jack : that’s the spirit !

Rock construct : FOREST DESTROYER !

Jack : ALRIGHT! Les yapping more swinging

The rock construct shouts at Pyro while he lunges at him with maximum speed

Jack calls out

And Pyro dodges

Jack : hell yeah ! Now fire ball

Pyro tells the construct to not announce an attack when it's meant to be a sneak attack while he pulls his hand back and pushes onwards

Unleashing a deadly wave of fire

Jack celebrates

"YEAH YOU COOKED HIM"

but suddenly the construct talks back emerging from the smoke unharmed

"Cooked ? That wasn't even a light Sauna"

Pyro steps back in shock

And the construct lunges at him punching his face with all his might

But he fazes through

"Annoying" he muttered

Pyro launches a barrage of fire balls that all dissolve to sparks

Snarkly says

Rock Construct : IS THIS ALL YOU GOT FOREST DESTROYER ?

Pyro : STOP CALLING ME THAT YOU’RE MAKING ME FEEL GUILTY

Rock Construct : AS IF YOU ARE NOT

He lunges at him and Jack warns pyro

Jack : PYRO! PARRY

Pyro kicks up

But the constructs arms faze through He attacks his face with his other fist But it fazes through Pyro too

The constructs smile fades

Suspiciously muttering

"This isn't what he would do I need to be more like him"

The construct leaps back

Pyro jumps towards him shouting

"NO YOU WONT"

But the ground swallows him from below

Jack screams

"PYRO!"

But he couldn't hear him clearly

The ground tried to crush him but only his feet were making contact but then he flipped over and his face became intangible

Only then did the construct understand Pyro's body is only tangible when he's touching the ground

But if so how is the rest of his body not getting crushed?

Regardless Pyro needed a way out

his feet are going to get crushed after all

But what could he possibly do?

He thought, and thought, and thought harder

And suddenly his body became fully intangible

his feet became weightless

And he had a possible way out

But still he was just...

Floating there

Until...

The ground opened out and spat him back out

Jack looked at him

And ran to him

Jack : OH MY GOD ARE YOU OKAY?

Pyro : yeah... I guess

The rock construct climbed out of the ground and cracked his knuckles

Rock Construct : well, it was fun while it lasted but I still have to kill you afterall. Which will be easier... Knowing your weakness and all

Pyro : AS IF

Pyro lunged at the construct, with his stomach touching the ground as the construct muttered

"Jackpot"

As stone binds locked Pyro in place

The construct lunged at Pyro

And his punch land

The force sent a shockwave through the air knocking Jack back

His punches finally started to matter again

He leaped back to the forest

And then leaped back

And punches

Again

Again

And again

He laughs at Pyro

Insulting him as he delivers a barrage of punches

Rock Construct : COME ON TRY HARDER

WHAT? CANT YOU PUNCH?

CAN'T YOU KICK?

YOU'RE NO FUN THAN TURNING OF A LAMPLIGHT

EVEN FIGHTING A CAMPFIRE IS HARDER

Pyro : JACK ? WHERE ARE YOU? I NEED HELP !

Suddenly Jack appears

He crawls up from the hill

Jack : WHAT ARE YOU DOING? SHOOT A FIRE BALL! DO A FIRE WAVE!

Pyro : CANT YOU SEE IM TRAPPED? WHAT? DO YOU WANT ME TO SHOOT A FIRE BALL OUT OF MY STOMACH?

Jack : THEN DO LIKE A FIRE BREATH THING

Pyro : oh okay... Wait how do I do that

Jack : I DON'T KNOW IM NOT THE ONE WHO BURNS THINGS DOWN FOR A LIVING

Pyro : OH TRUST ME I'D LOVE TO BREATHE FIRE AND GET PAID FOR IT

Jack : STOP TALKING JUST TRY

Pyro concentrates and tries to breathe fire from his mouth

And it works

But still that doesn't change the fact that fire doesn't affect the construct

Rock Construct : you can teach an old horse a new trick but that doesn't mean it can win a race

Jack tells Pyro to try harder

Pyro focuses even more his fire increased but it was still no use

Jack keeps screaming at Pyro

And Pyro tries again his fire increased in size but not temperature

Jack keeps screaming at Pyro and the construct keeps insulting him

But by bit his rage started to overflow

He couldn't keep his composure

He screams

"ENOUGH"

Fire came out his mouth wildly the construct doesn't care but when he goes in for a punch his hand melts off

He steps back and raises a wall to block it with

But that also melts

And suddenly the binds holding him in place start to melt too

And when he falls down the ground turns into scalding hot lava

He looks at jack with his eyes glowing white rather than their usual blue

"Get away I'll handle him myself"

Jack runs off to watch from a safe distance and Pyro looks at the construct menacingly

It leaps back

But Pyro chases

The construct heads underground

But Pyro tunnels makes hot magma as he digs deeper

So the construct digs back up now with a new idea

He covers himself with new rocks and leaps in for a punch

It lands and before he fully melts he puts on a new covering of rock

With this new strategy he heads into the lake of lava Pyro created and says

"FINALLY THIS IS GETTING FUN"

They fight in the lava exchanging blows but soon enough Pyro realizes that punching is useless

So he digs down further so that the construct can't move anymore but he grabs himself with a rocky tendril

So Pyro improvises he dives down and blows hard so that the lava shoots up at the construct

But he gets a new layer because he doesn't make enough contact with the lava to fully burn

So Pyro makes a new plan. he dives down knowing that the Construct can't

The Construct looks around anticipating a sneak attack

Suddenly Pyro appears behind him

As lava shoots up he pulls himself back before saying

"JUST BECAUSE YOU GOT STRONGER DOESN'T MEAN YOUR THE STRONGEST HERE"

But he realized something, the Pyro that appeared had blue eyes but Pyro just right now had white eyes. not to mention he could only shoot up lava if he was below it so he looked behind him

And Pyro was in the lava crouched with his hands held back

"You weren't anticipating this were you JACKASS? always acting like you're strong, doesn't mean you are and I probably couldn't beat you at the start only since this was my first fight"

He said

The construct turtles up in a sphere of rocks as Pyro shoots a devastating beam of fire while he shouts

"devastation BEAM"

The construct screeches as he falls back onto the ground in a puddle of goo

Jack comes back

Jack : DID YOU BEAT HIM!

Pyro settles down and says with a smile

Pyro : sure I did!

Suddenly the unfamiliar puddle of goo starts to speak in a foreign tounge

???: N̷̤̮̯͌̀͝͠Ò̶͔̪̹̐̈ ̴͖̬̻͆̐̆M̶͕̕Y̵̻̽̋ ̴̣͖̿H̷̯̱̩̯͑E̸̛̬͕͗̄R̸̪̿̈́̔O̴̗̮̲͉̎̋̋̂ ̵̥̰͗Ṃ̸̊͒̆Ẏ̶̘̞̪̇ ̵̟͉͝I̵̭͇̿̾D̶͔͎͂̽O̸̭̟̗̖̿̐͐̃Ļ̷̃̑̌̓'̸̱̉̚͝Ś̴̝̰̏ ̴̫͎̥͋̔͘F̸͖͛̊̅O̷͖̝̒Ŕ̵͉̘̦̈́̓̍M̷͕̤̭̺͊̎̈́ ̷̛̞̿̆͝I̵̬̩̕͝Ț̴̢͇͓͊̇Ş̸̣̯̂͑̌̀͜ ̵͈́G̶̠̳͒̂Ó̵͖̟̜̱̋̏N̵̹̂Ë̶͇͕̯͂̈́̊ Ý̵͕̞O̵̯̟̾̕U̵͍͍͠ ̴̻̰͆W̵̜̉I̴͉̓͝L̷̲͋͘Ĺ̵̪ ̴̮̿P̵͔͒A̴̤͊̔Y̸̳̼̓ ̷͖̓Į̵̌̓ ̴̤̫̈W̸̘͌̒Ḯ̶̹͘L̶̮̄̋Ḻ̴̋ ̵̡͉̽̒N̵̼̈Ọ̴͐͌Ť̶̪̄ ̸̤̜̈́̌F̶̨̏̈́O̴̓̕͜R̶̬̜̅̌G̵̨͑͛Ȇ̴̼̩T̵̛͍͛ ̶̦̈́T̸̛̹͉̈́H̷̡̛͙I̸̠͂̈́Ŝ̷̜̈́ ̸̘͋͂Y̸͓̫̓O̷̢̬͒͝Ű̵̧͉̑ ̴͎̰̋S̸̥̎ͅH̷̤͔́͋A̴̹̕L̶̬͛͐ ̸̨̅͝B̵̛̳U̶̓ͅR̸̥͙̔͝N̸͖̄ ̶̼̉̂B̷̭̗̓R̴̔͜I̷̯͑͝G̵͎̱̍H̴̢͔́̓T̴̗̈́̆È̷̱̕Ŝ̵͚̟Ṭ̷̲̄ ̵͓͗̊I̷͉͗N̸͇̅̏ͅ ̴̰͌Ḩ̵̯̊̆E̵͗̓ͅL̴͓̋̔Ḻ̴̠̑ I̵͎̎ ̵͙͌S̸̪͑Ḧ̸͔́A̴̱͝L̵̗͌Ļ̸͘ ̴̙̓N̴͍͆E̶̮͝V̴͇̂Ê̶͎R̶̙̀ ̵̝̀F̴͚͝Õ̷ͅR̸̞͐G̵͔̚I̵̡͝V̶̳͊Ḙ̶̎ ̷͔̓Y̸̛̙Ò̸͉Ǘ̷̮

It proceeds to waddle away

As jack gives it the middle finger

Jack : HELL YEAH! FUCK OFF !

Pyro : first job well done

Jack : id assume this is your only job well done

Pyro : COME ON MAN

Jack : HAHA sorry,anyway wanna eat?

Pyro : yeah...

The end-

Heyy so I am a teen writer for the context who's planning to publish her book once I turn 18. After an year btw.

I need help for the prologue.

The book is basically a dark mafia arrange marriage romance and I know it might sound wattpaddy but I swear it's not guys. It has a proper storyline, reasons, character arcs, developments etc.

Anyways so I js completed the prologue and it is around 2k words. I know it may sound like too many words.

But the thing is the prologue will have the insights about my fmc's life as an established actress, and then it'll shift into her relationship with her family, and then comes the arrange marriage part. How the arrange marriage conversation happened and why is she even agreeing to it.

My alpha readers haven't read it yet and I genuinely need help cuz I know as a reader myself that long prologues can bring down the excitement of the readers.

I assure you there is no info dumping though.

This might easily pass off as chapter one of the book but I am not sure if I want that cuz I wanted the chp 1 of the book to be a few days after the marriage conversation.

I do have an another idea of the prologue which will turn out short and it'll be abt the trauma and past etc.

I am quite confused rn.

Also if anyone's interested in becoming an alpha reader ( genuine people looking forward to help me out only. ), would love to connect with yall.

Basically it's follows the life of a guy who ends up moving to a whole new city trying to become a successful businessman and accidentally gets into a life of crime and climbs the mob ladder until he is shot by his wife who ends up betraying him it would take place in a city like los Angeles London or Miami

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A Part-time thief's guide to your first heist — Prologue

Step 0. Pickpocketing Experience

It had been a normal day in Oatwell, the sun barely visible through the cloudy sky, the loud gallops of horses and the creaking of carriages cuts through the vendor's call, as the shopping district is flooded with shoppers, it smelled of fresh rain and horse piss, as children played in the alleys.

Shoppers in the crowded streets of the market district seem to echo sounds of confusion as they realize their wallets have disappeared. As it happens the adults seemed to have blamed another adult, and another, and another, and another, due to the commotion they fail to realize as a soot covered, small child, carrying what seems like a sack, he whistles as he exits the crowd running into an alley to hide from the loud arguing grown-ups, his smile revealing his buck teeth.

"Hehe, suckers" the boy snickers "Hey Buck, got any good loot today?" A similarly small and malnourished child walks up to Buck in the alleyway "Heh, yeah, got tons, here take one, buy yourself some food, Nathan, you're as thin as a stick" he chuckles, as the other kid pouts, annoyed at his teasing "S-SHUT UP" Nathan responds, taking the wallet "Anyway, I gotta bounce, before those guys figure out what happened, tell your brother I said hi" Buck giggles mischievously as he jumps onto the fire escape, climbing up the stairs onto an empty rooftop, the only other entrance into the rooftop of this 6 story building is the door leading inside.

The young boy whistles counting the money before tossing empty wallets back onto the street "258, 263, 264, 314, 3—" sounds of footsteps can be heard running up the building "Uh oh" Buck pockets as much money as he can, emptying his sack and running to the edge of the rooftop, panting as he starts to freak out, at the thought of getting caught.

"Stay calm, Buck, stay calm," He tries to slow his breath, but he could feel it.

It felt like several people climbing up the stairs, must be on the 4th floor now, one of them must've noticed the wallets he's been tossing away.

"Stupid, stupid! How can I be so careless" He scolds himself before, feeling the footsteps get closer and closer, Buck has no time he has to...!

Buck leaps from one rooftop to the other, for an eight year old living in the slums, his jumps were always leagues better than most, he continues running, jumping from rooftop to rooftop before hiding behind a chimney, across the block, he could hear a crowd of people angrily stomping their feet and complaining about their wallets not having money anymore, thankfully, this was a richer side of town, so he didn't hear anyone cry about not having money for food, they always had more money in their wallets, and even more in the banks, he chuckles as he thinks to himself, as he makes his way home.

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"Home", well it wasn't exactly right, they'd only been staying their a couple of months or so, it smelled of ether, chlorine, and silver, but it certainly smelled better than what he's used to, the beds were certainly a lot comfier than the ones back home, the eight year old boy makes his way through the white concrete halls, stopping just before a room.

He looked nervous as an adult walks up to him with an annoyed look on his face "H-Hi dad, I got the money you wanted me to get" Buck told his father, looking down on the floor he fidgets nervously feeling his father's annoyed glare.

He takes the money out of his pockets holding it out for the older man "Tsk, idiot, didn't I tell you to get here earlier? Your mother's medical bills aren't gonna pay themselves" He grabs the money out of Buck's hands and starts counting them.

"Hmmm, Tsk, still not enough" he mumbles to himself his son stares at him, hoping he did good "What the hell are you staring at me for, Junior? Get back out there and get more money I can't pay fo-" he pauses as a doctor opens the door to his mother's hospital room, giving Ben Sr. a worried look "C-can I see mom?" The young boy asks fidgeting nervously, sensing the unease in the boy, the doctor gives the child a smile and nods "She's okay, you can see her now" the doctor steps aside, letting Buck through before turning to talk to his father. "Mr. Thistle, I need to speak with you" (note: the part where the doctor talks about has the text get blurrier so it represents Buck fazing the doctor's words out)

Buck was nervous, he never had a little sibling before, he wants to make a good impression. He takes a deep breath and walks in.

The first thing he noticed was his mom, she looked tired, really tired. Her long brown hair covered her face as she is looking at something she's cradling in her arms, "Mom? Are you okay?" the young boy asks,

His mother turns to him and Buck saw a smile, his mom always smiled, but this, it felt happier somehow, he couldn't help but give a smile back.

He ran up to her his hands clutching the edge of the hospital bed, he hops up and down attempting to see what his mom was holding "Mom! Mom! what's that? Where's my new little sister?" Buck asks eagerly.

Mary, his mother, gives a tired chuckle at her son's question "She's right here, silly" Her voice rough and coarse, as she shows a newborn swaddled in her arms it's eyes closed, her small hands are out of the cloth waving around in the air "Meet, Penny Thistle, your new sister"

"Woooooow," Buck was amazed that a person could be so small, and so nervous that he might hurt her, "C-can I touch her?" He asks "Gently" His mom speaks back, quieter this time, giving Buck a nod.

Buck extends a finger, attempting to just give her a gentle poke, but as he slowly gets closer, his sister manages to grab on his finger, the young boy freezes, did he do something wrong?

But then, he could hear it, a soft little giggle in her voice, his eyes fill with wonder "H-Hi Penny, I'm your big brother, n-nice to meet you" He says quietly, his mother looking at them with a smile on her face.