That's kind of inspiring ngl. Genuinely.

When I get it finalized I'll be sure to send it to you.

From a writing perspective these are things I've seen other authors do that I myself enjoy doing.

• First Person POV. I find that this works well with my writing style and feels most natural to me. It also helps solidify myself into the minds of the characters.
• Chapter titles. Usually following a format but not always.
• starting the book in the thick of it where the reader is just dropped into the middle of the action and what's going on is slowly revealed over the course of the book. My aim: to make the reader go, 'what the FUCK is going on?'
• I aspire to throw a map in the beginning but I'm shit at cartography as my d&d group can attest
• love the Good All Along trope
• switching up the speaking patterns of characters so you can recognize who is speaking even before you're told. This takes some work on psychological linguistics but is fascinating and so worth it
• introducing new phrases or slang that fit in the world
• I love it when I learn something from a novel so I always try to insert (not shoehorn) some facts

I love me some maps! I mean I glance at it a few times and understand almost nothing but I just dig having it there. Like the vibes

I know 1st person gets a lot of hate but I love it so much that I primarily write in it. I write a lot of romantic comedies and thrillers and both lend themselves well to the format. For a romcom it feels like a person is telling you their story and it kind of helps the humor (I like standup comedy and this feels like that as well). For thrillers, you get to experience the rush, the fear, the disgust, the terror, all ok this sort of claustrophobic way which heightens everything I think.

But that's just what works for me. I have no issue with the other perspectives or those who choose to write them. This is just what I find works for me

Oh me too. That's something I loved about the whole Silence Will Fall plotline in doctor who