Chapter 1 - 01
33-year-old Adelaine Hammond sat in her cluttered study, surrounded by stacks of books and papers, the soft glow of her laptop screen casting a warm hue in the dimly lit room. She had just finished her latest novel, "Echoes of Time," a novel that she had only taken her six months to finish despite the deadline of one year. She leaned back in her chair, savoring the moment of accomplishment when a new email notification popped up on her screen.
Ding!
Ding!
Curious, Adelaine clicked on the message. It was from an anonymous sender. The subject line read: "Proposal for 'The Heroes' Dawn'."
With a mixture of hesitation and disappointment, Adelaine opened the email. The sender was an avid follower of the said title and asked if he could remake my novel. I was perplexed.
My novel 'The Heroes' Dawn' was in a paid serialization, and I also stopped writing that novel long ago. Even if I wanted to let him remake my novel, I couldn't convince myself to agree to it. Aside from the fact that it would be a breach of contract for the company that I signed into, it was also because I was embarrassed to continue it again.
This was the first novel that I wrote since I became an intern at a famous book writing and publishing company. I was young back then, so I didn't know much about writing, but I still want to accomplish my dream of becoming a famous author.
I was twenty when I first published my novel on a website, it was instantly popular with teenagers. It's also considered one of my greatest hits in my 13 years of writing.
I had published so many novels, but when I received this email, I was reminded of how awful that novel is. I never finished writing it. The reason? I had a writer's block.
I was so excited to create my first novel that I poured all my heart's content into writing every single Chapter. I didn't even proofread it. I was so full of energy that every time I was done with a Chapter, I immediately posted it on the website and created a new one.