Chapter 9: Apology
Hello,
It pains me to greet you and give you news after such a long time. I could apologize and beg you to forgive me for this, tell you the various details of my life and explain that the workload in my profession has doubled, even tripled. However, I won't do it, for the little respect I have for myself, for your time and so that I don't end up writing more than I'm supposed to
Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint is a Korean online novel whose first chapter was published online by Sing Shong on January 6, 2018. I still remember when my eyes landed on it, much to my surprise. At that time, I was still a high school student lucky enough to know and understand Korean, in addition to an imprecise understanding of English. Without waiting for anything, I started reading the first chapter, and quickly moved on to the next ones. Within days, the last chapters had been read and I was eagerly awaiting the publication of the next ones. He gave me my start in the world of online novels, for which I'm eternally grateful
I've greatly enjoyed watching it become more and more widely known and shared by others, and the fact that webtoon, e-book and, more recently, side stories are still so popular is unimaginable (even if there have been some rather difficult times, particularly with people taking too much to heart the creation of love relationships and more between characters). As a beginner in writing and wanting to do my bit, I started writing short stories with a handful of words. Then I put ideas together, created a main character as well as a backstory, a plot and so on
Omniscient Author's Viewpoint was born
One day, by a happy coincidence, I came across this platform. I decided to post the first three chapters that had been sitting in my phone's notes for several years, and prepared myself to expect the worst... for nothing. I judged the quality of my writing to be disastrous, unpleasant and many other words. Yet I was instantly noticed and praised by readers. I couldn't believe my eyes, my hands were shaking and the soul of the young boy inside me was jumping up and down with joy
I can't thank you enough
Motivated by the messages and interactions with some of my readers, I got back to work after so long and started to pursue what the old me had left as behind. Having a more pronounced familiarity with English, I gave my best to each chapter
Comments appeared, and I continued to put everything I was capable of into my sentences, before encountering my worst enemy, myself
Each time a new chapter came out, I'd pause to read the entirety of the chapters already published, and I'd be enraged. I would find my writing style flat, find mistakes where there were none and force myself to rework those old chapters over and over again, almost to the point of becoming haunted by it. I'm ashamed to admit it, but it still haunts me today. It's like a disease that won't heal, the mental illness of striving for perfection
One day, I felt that it was no longer possible to be like that. So I decided to take a break from it all for a while, and then stopped for a long time. However, this barely begun work and its chapters remained in the corner of my mind whenever I did anything to do with writing or literature
So I broke down and started writing again
Reading the comments left in the meantime, I reworked everything into a new plot and started publishing chapters, as before. Of course, I soon fell victim once again to my obsession with perfection, and took my leave. I had to, it was no longer possible. It was only a few days after posting the last available chapter
In the meantime, I concentrated on my life in general, my work and myself. To my surprise, I even tried writing things that came to mind, and several little stories of adventure, reflection, real life and romance were born. It was so unexpected, I read them and couldn't believe I was the author. Maybe one day I'll publish them here, who knows? Then you'll tell me I haven't changed a bit, hahaha!
After all these adventures, here we are, today, the night I'm writing these few lines, illuminated by the light of a bedside lamp on a shabby wooden desk. This draft novel and its few chapters are calling to me, even though I'm not cured of my perfection complex
So I decided to pick it up again
Some of you may have noticed, but a few changes have been made to the chapters. I can't help it, and I'm confused. But I want you to know that I intend to write and move forward with this story, even if I end up hating what I do. Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint is a book that I feel very strongly about, and I'd like to pay tribute to it. A few things need to be mentioned here, however:
- The chapters will not have a fixed day or date of publication. This will only be when I want to and can
- Changes within the chapters are likely to occur regularly. Even if I take the necessary steps, many will have lost their bearings. I invite you to take some time for yourself, and then come back and read this novel from chapter one
- As before, I will take into account any comments posted under the chapters. Whether it's comments, advice or even reactions to certain passages, I'll read and take time to interact with some of you. It's only right that I should do this for my dear readers
I've written so much that I don't know what to say to end it all in a nice way. A thank you is the least I can do, so thank you, all of you
I'd like to thank you for everything you've done for me. Sincerely, you're the best, and I thank you for keeping alive that carefree child soul living in each and every one of us
Let's all move forward together towards the epilogue,
Redaliart (RED)
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