Weekly Update 20

Weekly Update 20

Hey guys! What a milestone, twenty weeks of updates. What a nice round number! Well, no good news yet when it comes to finding an agent, but I do have something cool to tell you.

I got brave and sent my book to some of my mothers’ friends, and one of them responded! He gave me some of the best feedback I have ever gotten in this whole process. He told me he liked it, gave me a helpful list of things to change, and gave me a lot of motivation. My favorite part is the quote he left me with:

“Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors.” -Ernest Hemmingway.

It was amazing to read feedback from a stranger, and I feel very good about the future of my story.

In other news, TEARS OF THE KINGDOM WAS REALSED! I finally got to play one of the most anticipated games of my generation and it is not disappointing… so far. There is an odd feeling playing on the same map with the same base mechanics as the first game, Breath of the Wild. I have to remind myself sometimes that it is a sequel, especially when the story isn’t at the forefront, which is most of the game. Just like BotW, most of the gameplay is adventuring through Hyrule. This is largely the same as the first game, but it tries to separate itself with Zonai devices scattered around the surface. But the game does feel like a sequel when I am flying above or crawling below Hyrule. The sky islands high above the ground are beautiful and very fun to explore. When I left the tutorial island, I felt a little conflicted because I didn’t want to leave the beautiful scenery and fun Zonai devices. The Depths, the caves under Hyrule, are very fun which is surprising because I usually hate games with parts that are unnecessarily difficult for no reason. The Depths feel balanced between danger and fairness. In conclusion, I don’t know how I feel about Tears of the Kingdom, ask me when I finish it.

That’s it for this week’s update, now I have to go and pack more clothes into boxes while dreaming of the open skies over Hyrule.