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About the Writing Lately... I said I'd address this after people had a bit of time to digest Tsunade 5 and it's been a few days, so let's talk about the writing. It's long to the point where I had to post it as text attachments, but none of it is very important so don't feel pressured to read this or anything. It's just a mix of thoughts on my end about writing and these stories in general. A few people have been very vocal about the writing lately. Characterization/plot issues in Naruto, inconsistencies in OP, strange or conflicting actions taken by various characters, rushed production and/or lower quality in general. Now, I don't mind the criticism for the most part- it shows that the critics were clearly invested in the story and actually cared about the various plot developments; and I can't be too mad about that. However, I want to clear the air a bit and address some of these criticisms particularly about Tsunade 5 and OP 22 because I'm starting to see a pattern and I don't want this to be a trend going forward. I've said it before that I don't consider myself a particularly strong writer, so even though a lot of this post is me defending certain aspects of my writing/style, I still very much appreciate your thoughtful comments and critiques and I definitely want to know if I screwed up somewhere. I changed some lines from the last OP chapter as a direct response to criticism, so don't hold back. (But try to keep it constructive please...)

Published: March 17th 2025, 3:07:28 pm

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About the Writing Lately... I said I'd address this after people had a bit of time to digest Tsunade 5 and it's been a few days, so let's talk about the writing. It's long to the point where I had to post it as text attachments, but none of it is very important so don't feel pressured to read this or anything. It's just a mix of thoughts on my end about writing and these stories in general. A few people have been very vocal about the writing lately. Characterization/plot issues in Naruto, inconsistencies in OP, strange or conflicting actions taken by various characters, rushed production and/or lower quality in general. Now, I don't mind the criticism for the most part- it shows that the critics were clearly invested in the story and actually cared about the various plot developments; and I can't be too mad about that. However, I want to clear the air a bit and address some of these criticisms particularly about Tsunade 5 and OP 22 because I'm starting to see a pattern and I don't want this to be a trend going forward. I've said it before that I don't consider myself a particularly strong writer, so even though a lot of this post is me defending certain aspects of my writing/style, I still very much appreciate your thoughtful comments and critiques and I definitely want to know if I screwed up somewhere. I changed some lines from the last OP chapter as a direct response to criticism, so don't hold back. (But try to keep it constructive please...)

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Originally we were going to be in Shippuden by part 2, but looking at my outline it seems like we still won't hit Shippuden until midway through part 5. Part.... 5? I was originally planning on ending this story by Part 5! I've had some fun setting up for later payoffs last chapter by introducing a lot of characters. I especially think seeing Sakura's shift in attitude will be fun as her initial confusion turns into possibly disgust towards Naruto, maybe a deeper friendship with him, or perhaps even jealousy of Naruto as he continues to get girlier.

However, if I were to introduce more Genin like Kiba/Neji/Hinata and expand the plot even further then the series might risk ballooning out of control. A plot point like Sasuke returning or Neji's clan being involved with Naruto is a possibility, but I'd really need to trim the fat to keep this in the 5-6 chapter range. The URP story I made earlier with Naruto was laser-focused and even that was 90+ pages (About 4  "monthly chapters" long.)

So here's the question: Do you guys WANT the story to be a longer one? 7-8 chapters or maybe even like 10 or something? I can goof around in pre-shippuden and set some more things up (while still having a decent amount of pg-13 fanservice) or I can jump right into Shippuden and get into the spicy stuff right away. I can play around with Naruto becoming "one of the girls," or I can focus on his lady training with Tsunade not letting her precious daughter associate with her former friends.

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