26 announcement

Hello, everyone! This is Arthas, and I'm here to make an announcement about the overall situation of of Slytherin Devil. First and foremost, I'd like to thank you for following along this far. I feel grateful and happy with the amount of views and followers, around 400 thousand views and 1,400 people have added it to their library. That's a high number and it shows that the story I imagined and wrote here has managed to entertain, intrigue, and amuse many people, having some admirers.

This was my first time writing anything, except for writing exercises in high school. The process of imagining scenes, dialogues, interactions, the way things happen was captivating, challenging, and an incredible experience. I felt like a conductor leading an orchestra, creating the rhythm and choosing the next instrument to play. Writing is definitely a challenge, but the feeling of reward is indescribable.

Now let's get to the main point of the announcement.

Firstly, I'd like to apologize for not keeping a steady pace of chapters. This greatly hinders the rhythm and immersion in the story. As an avid reader of fanfics, I hate it when this happens with my favorite fanfics and understand how frustrating it can be due to the lack of chapters.

I will share with you the reasons for my delays. Many of the chapters were made without a well-made planning or structure. Yes, I have a general idea of the story, but I don't have a script. Each chapter is a leap in the dark, where sometimes even I don't know where it will lead, which in turn makes the process of creating a chapter time-consuming. It takes me 3 to 7 hours to make a chapter, divided between doing, redoing or editing. In addition, I have a full-time job to support myself.

There are problems with the story itself. The lack of planning and the long time between my chapters completely breaks the rhythm. The writing, at times, is too graphic in violence, some are too exaggerated, and this can offend many people. 'I believe that many, like me, enjoy this type of content, it can be very gratifying to see a character being punished even more cruelly than a villain would.' There are also problems with grammar and text structure, which makes some chapters inconsistent. This is due to my lack of skill and experience as a writer.

Over time, I have improved in some aspects and began to recognize my strengths and weaknesses when writing. For example, I have a facility to create engaging and immersive scenes, but I feel difficulty in writing natural and fluid dialogues.

One of the challenges I faced when writing was finding the right balance for the main character. Initially, he was conceived as a weak character, but thanks to his skills with demonic essence, he became powerful. Although I had planned a personality development for him, over time he would become more cunning, ambitious, and less simplistic, carrying the weight of his previous life and his sin of sloth. In the orphanage battle, he showed traits of loyalty and courage, risking himself for those people in a very un-Slytherin way, or his innocent simplicity in doing things without thinking about the consequences, as in the ritual.

I'm planning a big turnaround in his personality, where he'll go from being a simple Slytherin to a cunning and ambitious leader, capable of leading a true coven at Hogwarts. And that's where things get really interesting!

The conclusion of the first wizarding war will bring political consequences that will shake the noble families and forever change the landscape of the magical world. And that's where the main character comes into action, creating a completely different Slytherin than we know, with mature heirs who have grown up in difficult situations and are ready to fight for their rights and fortunes.

But not everything will be easy for our protagonist. The side of the light will become more oppressive, with strict laws imposed by Dumbledore, and he will have to deal with various challenges and obstacles to achieve his goals.

But I'll stop here, without too many spoilers!

I would like your opinion on what I should do with the story.

1: Should I rewrite it, correcting all the problematic points, making it less violent and graphic, with more fluid and refined writing, and adjusting Vincent's power to better fit the story, focusing more on character development, growth, and relationships?

2: Should I continue as it is, with the sole objective of concluding the story, in which Vincent would continue to be an increasingly powerful and "OP" character, for which the plot would develop in a more political manner, developing his coven, and possibly creating his own domain in the magical and Muggle world?

3: Should I drop the whole thing and start something new from scratch, something lighter and more suitable for a broader audience?

4: What do you suggest?