Currently over 60 pages into the first draft of Auran Legend. I paused for about a month to do some tweaking, but now after so much contemplation, I fear I may have to do some major re-writes. The material I have so far just isn't up to par with what I've like it to be. While I'm aware that such is the nature of a first draft, I honestly do not have confidence in how it's turning out as a whole.
This is a good thing, though! I means I won't be churning out a mediocre piece of prose. There are some character parts and dialogue that I can salvage, and the plot outline as a whole can stay roughly the same. What this story needs is a sense of wonder and uniqueness, traits that few decent fantasy stories lack. Ancient Raikonia is meant to be a fascinating world, but all I've shown so far are a bunch of generic towns and forests with nary any mention of local flavor in the various places the characters travel to. I seek to develop histories, cultures, belief systems, fauna, dialects, and vast, majestic landscapes. I want to show technologies that vary from place to place, languages that change as the characters journey further, and uncover secrets of this world that could bring even the toughest warrior to his knees in awe. Making up cool names and bringing characters to life is like second nature to me. Developing a world for them to inhabit is my challenge. I've made a sci-fi universe with a wondrous mythological background for Connection, but now I must bring that history to life.

Obviously... I'm going to need a lot more tweaking...