NealJohnstone

Blizzard - 27 + Professionally Edited Rewrite

Added 2020-01-14 08:27:02 +0000 UTC

If you've been reading Blizzard from the beginning, first: thank you!

Second: you might want to read it again! I've been working with an editor, and we've improved it considerably: not just fixing the missing/wrong/extra words, and the punctuation errors, but actual changes (above and beyond making Sam a brunette). We've smoothed out mischaracterizations ("Gene would NEVER do that! ... unless we present it like THIS!"), knitted together plot holes ("given what's revealed in this chapter, these events 6 chapters earlier don't make sense"), fixed minor inconsistencies in backstory, ("so, wait, did Wayne already know who Sam was, or not?") rewritten dialogue ("... you don't know what this line means EITHER?"), and completely replaced a whole bunch of scenes. And there's more Easter eggs.

Third: The backbone of the story, the theme and the conflict, remain very much intact. What you loved about Blizzard, what made it work, is still there and standing strong, augmented by every change for the better we could make!

Thank you all for your support! I welcome all comments, criticisms, and first-born sons.

Thank you DS for your incredible job! This more than twice the story it was because of your help!

You can access the Blizzard folder here:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1vnq7aPV2dobXdOPZRK5c90rrCCvg-fCK

Or jump straight into the new Chapter 1 here:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=149CYVxsZmRmbwY2EsX0g74G8czxfX7z1r6j4AknqESE

Tomorrow, after I finally get some needed sleep, I'll make sure there are links at the bottom of each chapter to go on to the next. And I'll make an index post to all the chapters. And I'll delete the older Blizzard posts because the links to the old versions should be dead.

The next update of Blizzard, on February 3rd, will contain the final chapter AND epilogue. I am excited to give it to you.