Alright, well..
I've got one story I've been working with on and off. Mainly, because I'm unsure of how events should take place. I know the order of the events, of course, but...

Well, let me explain, I suppose.
In this world, there are two places you can go after you die; basically, a Heaven and a Hell. Not necessarily called that, but just so you get the idea. However, if a certain seal is placed on a person as they are dying, then they will come back to the 'living' world for their next life. Though, with remnants of where they should have been. Horns or something to that nature for Hell, or wings or something for Heaven. If you die unnaturally in this form, then you're gone for good.
It's mostly used to bring criminals back. Basically to get rid of them for good. They can't be reborn, or sneak back in the living world as a demon to cause havoc. (This is a problem in this world.)
The Main character is Odyssius.
Now, here is where the problem comes. I have two things in mind.

I can start from his childhood and move on through his life, or I can start at a certain point, and move story like through his childhood.

If I go from his childhood, It will move through him being Royalty, getting kicked out and working with a band of thieves/bandits. He tries to take 'his' kingdom back in a way, gets killed, and a gets thrown in a Well that belongs to this girl. That's a vague summery, at least. There's more after that, of course, to end the story. But I don't want to give more away~

If I start where he's in the well, then Odyssius will be trying to convince the girl that he was Royalty. He'll go through telling what happened to him ( What I just mentioned), and I can have breaks between parts of the story for different things, I suppose. That would make it easier for transitions in time and things like that.


I'd like to know what people would find most appealing, and if the story idea is...overdone? Sorta like " ...and I woke up, and found it was all a dream. The End." sort of thing. ( Don't get me wrong. Sometimes those endings can come out okay. But you get the point.[/i] )

Thanks.

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No. Actually read the post and find out it's not writers block. I'm searching for opinions.
Don't just spread out promotion for your own topic.

Well, is this a short story, (Under thirty pages), or Novel length?

Because if it's supposed to be shorter, then starting with him IN the well and the girl finding him means that he has to relate his story to her. It allows you to edit out stuff like eating and sleeping and all the random transitions you'd need if you told it in long prose. If he's telling her the story, he can edit (or color) the story himself.

This way, while he's talking to her and trying to get her help or whatever, you don't have to let the reader know the whole story ahead of time, then REPEAT it again.

True, true. Though, I would probably do, when he's telling her ( If I go from the beginning) as " Oh and he told her what had happened" And not really go into him actually explaining it all, but like...mention that she was interested, that he does certain things, et cetera.

Though, if he edits the story to make himself look better ( Because, he would be one to do it ) I would like the reader to know what actually happened, so that the 'villain' just doesn't seem like a jackass to be a jackass.

But, if I start from the beginning, then I get to tell about parts where he's not there, too.

Bah, there are so many pros and cons to each XD

Perhaps... I throw out this possibly useless idea. You might want another narrator to tell the other half?