geez…that remind me of an episode of Buffy the vampire Slayer . Where she end up split like in the world where we know there are vampires and such…but she was also in this other world…in a medical facility…where they are telling her…she was hallucinating everything…the vampires…her school…
and in the end she had to make a choice…which one she had to stay in .
I was thinking of that episode, too, when I was developing the concept for the story. However, the distinguishing feature of the Buffy episode is that we, the viewers, have five years of investment in one of those realities over the other. If I continue developing this story, I would aim to make it very difficult for readers/players to choose one and dismiss the other.
Got hooked right from the description, definitely gonna buy this if it were to be made.
Is the disease you’re pertaining to the ability to experience two realities or is it some aftereffect of sort?
lol that episode , we were invested in the world we know her she belong in . And the other universe…was a normal life…she could never have . It was distressing to watch…
It’s classified as a sleep disorder. Some practitioners classify it as a conversion disorder, a dissociative disorder, etc. etc… But probably you want to know if there are any physical symptoms, other than sleep loss. I’m leaning towards probably not, but I might change my mind.
That reminds me “Polaris”, one of my favorites stories of Howard P. Lovecraft. In the story, an unnamed narrator describes his recurring dreams of a city under siege and struggles with determining whether his reality is real, or if his dream is the true reality 
This is really cool and I’m already invested in this idea!
Well, hi! This is my first post here, and I’m not even an English speaker so this is really hard for me because I’m insecure as hell, but I’m willing to try!
It has been a while since I had the idea of writing something that can be barely called a wip, but the idea it’s something like a blessed warrior who is born from a prophecy and that shit, sounds super cliché but I’m really willing to try something, there will be 8 romances, 4 males and 4 females, with different sexual orientations and races, I want to show different cultures and religions as well, and I want to include something like ‘personal missions’ for each companion, with different endings for each one of them, my idea of the story is really big, so I don’t think that there will be only one book, but before I get hyped I want to know what you people think!
PS: It is taking more than I thought because the choicescript is hell and I’m hyped as hell desinging the romances and other characters, don’t hate me!
I would love to read that. Maybe add a poll 
Its sounds interesting! And don’t worry about your english, it’s pretty fluent to me 
To revisit this idea, I’ve been considering the possibilities of structuring the alt-world or dream-world as a variation on classic fantasy or gaslamp fantasy. I’d been planning for the MC to appear physically mostly the same in both worlds, w/r/t age, gender etc. but then I considered the implication of letting the MC be inhuman in one of the worlds.
It all depends on what would incentivize readers to choose one world over the other, or consider one “realer” than the other. Other than where their family, friends or LI are.
I recommend telling a smaller, more personal story for your first WIP. Mine is really big and I still like it but I think it would’ve been better to do a smaller project first.
This sounds a bit similar to Welcome to Moreytown? Maybe I’m misremembering the game, its been a while since I’ve played/read it.
Hello,
My first time writing so, please bear with me. I have two ideas so far that I’m thinking about making into a series but wanted people opinions first.
Redwood University is a prestigious college home to the rich, famous, and unknown to the public, the Supernatural. On your 18th birthday, a mystery scholarship arrives to attend Redwood University but after accepting it; your life upside down. It turns out somebody sent the award to lure you into the school for an evil mastermind plan.
You are a doppelgänger of the founder of the school, and somebody wants to use your body to act as the founder so they can control the school and the supernatural students who attend. You must try to figure out who is after you with the help of your new friends and put a stop to them. Can you survive until your graduation?
When a group of strangers needs a witch to help them fight off vampire after them, they arrive at the home of Skylar Cloven, a beginner witch. Skylar agreed to help them, which unwilling includes you, so she can finally prove her worth. You are Skylar Familiar, her trusty servant, and with her deciding to help them it’s your job to ensure she stays alive, which might be hard since your only abilities don’t help in a fight.
With your abilities, would you and Skylar survive with your new friends or will it be the end for you all?
A “low-key” story, that focuses primarily on romance.
The story takes place in a modern, bustling city (I envision it much like New York, but it is a made-up place) where you will take up shop as one of the rarities of the world: A Magician! A magic user, the name of what you are may change to something else. Like… Enchanter! I will leave an option for you to decide, or maybe the inhabitants of the City will decide for you, depending on how you treat them. Like, being known as “The evil Witch,” “The good Magister,” ect, ect!
You will have your quaint little shop in the middle of the city, where you’ll decide how you want to run your shop and how you interact with the customers you get! Scam them out of their money, or be an honest merchant! Specialise in potions, curses, glimpses of the future, or maybe you prefer just selling herbs and ingredients. Keep a hidden stash of illegal wares, deadly potions and generally frowned-upon magic items, you can either get a license or try to not draw too much attention.
As I mentioned, this will be a romance-focused story, so you will get a chance to date some magical creatures! -and a human cop, but helloooo supernaturals?!
Edit: The Romance Options will have have their preferences when it comes to gender and sexuality, and will therefor NOT be player-sexual!
Most don’t have names yet, since I haven’t fleshed all of them out — and there will be more choices once I can settle on some races! As always, you guys are more than welcome to request a supernatural race since I’m unsure if people prefer the regular Vampire/Werewolf/Succubus batch, or if you’d enjoy some other races? Like harpies… and… uhm…
Edit: The story will primarily be focusing on your character’s personal life - how they work in their shop, and how they tackle romance. I’m not counting on having an ocean on stats, but those you do have will likely be personality based, as well as a “reputation” stat.
I’m not expecting to have your character move mountains, but I am hoping to create situations where you will have to engage with the city you’re living in! Showing up to social events, creating your own events, or ditch the concept all together to keep that mysterious potion-seller aesthetic!
To expand on this idea:
Your wip sounds amazing, but I have one question.
Is this wip based off the subgenre isekai?
Is that a subgenre of manga? I’m not very familiar with the field. I’m more building on Western/Anglophone “portal fantasy”, e.g. the Narnia books, Alice in Wonderland, and more modern example like Seanen Macguire’s Wayward Children series. I would imagine the conventions and expectations are quite different.
Yeah it’s a sub genre where someone is transported to another world so, I was wondering if you was basing your wip off that
So, I’ve been thinking about a story for quite some time now, and I’m writing this post in the hope that someone actually gives a shit about what I could be able to write.
The story would be set in a world in which everyone has superpowers, and, as always, heroes rise. Of course, you want to be a hero, but there are a lot of people who want to become one too, and, to be honest, your power is not precisely the best of them. You have the incredible ability of (drums banging…)
Control every single brain cell in your body. It is an awesome power, but when you are among people that is able to control fire, you are being constantly looked down at. The thing is that, with your power, you are nearly invincible in hand to hand combat, you have perfect memory, and a whole lot of things that I would like to keep to myself. Of courae, you go to an academy, and, of course, you meet people with incredible powers. If I get this going, I’m thinking about putting romance, a lot of hardcore stuff, really messed up pasts and a lot of references to videogames, anime, and movies, so as to make it fun. Please let me know if you’re willing to give me a chance or if you think its too topical to actually stand out, I would very much like the advice. Sorry if I’ve misspelled something, English is not my first language and all that, although I hate bad grammar, so please let me know about any of that too.