So, a little while ago my English student-teacher (the full-time teacher was out sick) gave us an assignment where we were all given a square piece of an art print and told to write a short story about our square. I was at a loss, so I tried to make a story that focused on the most abstract and broad topics I could think of that still connected to the piece at hand. These turned out to be "survival", "humanity", and "social interaction". After brainstorming for a bit and then scrapping all of the brainstorming and just setting finger to key, I started to write Prewar, a short story about a man named Joseph Prewar (originally Prewer, before I spotted the opportunity for plot development) who is trying to make it on a planet that has lost all of its intelligent life and spends his days trying to find out about what happened there. The first chapter was the original story, and the next two (the third is in progress as of writing this post) are additions since then. I'd love to know what you think of it as it progresses.

The link to the Google Doc is here. I have set it to view only, so don't complain about not being able to edit it.

I hope you enjoy it.

Ch. 3 is done. I'll try to get it all on one page, but there might not be enough to cut, so it might look super strange.

I would really like to see some responses...

I'll read it buddy! Just not now, I got some fucking work to do and I am currently procrastinating hard.

>>5 Thank you, Yolo.

Are you the green Anonymous Aurochs, YoloLord?

Hey, just so y'all know, if I'm editing the document, it's fine for you to stay...

Ch. 4 finished! Language barrier, yay!

>>7 Nope, I don't have a Google account. This was actually surprisingly well written. I found the part about politics and the use of the word constants a little bit odd, but please don't change anything because of me. I'm currently up to page 4, I'll read a little bit more tomorrow morning.

I was really trying to go for an odd, disjointed, half-thoughtful feel. I especially wanted to convey how personal beliefs could be so vigorous that, even when you have to tell yourself your name every morning, you can still hate politics.

I'm glad you're liking it so far!

Woowoowoo working later tonight

Yo I read a little bit more, I just finished it. I liked the part with the French, that was unexpected and I feel like the story is getting really interesting now. If you update it let us know here!

>>13 Thank you for the response, Yolo! I'll be working on it sometime in the next week, as soon as I can think about what I want to happen next.

I added some new stuff, but it's going to take a bit to finish up this chapter. If you want to read, you're welcome to, but keep in mind that what is present is not present or even final.

Going to be editing this later in the day. I think I have an idea of how to continue from this point.

Post-edit net gain: One word. XD

Just a short question: How long do you intend for your story to be? Depending on its length, you might want to read up on some plotting theories. A novella's dynamic differs significantly from a novel's.