The Last Survivors of Westpoint - A zombie survival short story.
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Title: The Last Survivors of Westpoint - A project zomboid fan story.
Description: The Last Survivors of Westpoint is a vivid tale of survival, resilience, and humanity in the face of a zombie apocalypse. The story is set in the fictional town of Westpoint, where three survivors must navigate their way through a world filled with danger and uncertainty.
The story is filled with detailed descriptions of the survivors' struggles and triumphs as they face zombie encounters, scavenge for supplies, and build a new life for themselves in the midst of chaos. From exploring abandoned buildings to fishing in the backyard of their new base, the story is full of vivid images that bring the world to life.
As the survivors face their own mortality and the loss of their friend Jack, they learn to rely on each other and find a sense of purpose in their new lives. The story is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the power of community in the face of adversity.
Overall, The Last Survivors of Westpoint is a captivating and emotional story that will keep readers on the edge of their seats until the very end.
Preview: "Sarah knew that they needed to find more medical supplies, but the thought of going out into the dangerous world beyond their fence made her nervous. She decided to see if there was anything she could do to make their current supply of medical items last longer.
Remembering the skillbooks that they had collected, Sarah searched through their bookshelf until she found "First Aid Vol. 1". She started reading it immediately, eager to learn anything that could help them in their current situation."
Hope you liked this short experimental story.
Donations are not needed but will help making a free visual novel based on survivor stories of Project Zomboid.
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Would love to have seen more show instead of tell, a lot of 'ands' and 'shes'.
Lot of sentences where you say Alice is getting [items] or Alice is going to [place]. Would like to have seen you write or prompt (Fyi using Ai img to get people to read is in weird ok-bad territory and may make people think the story is also just ai generated.)
For example in the first sentence you tell us that Alice had been traveling for days doing her best to avoid zombies, which sure tells us something but it is not particularly compelling.
You could have showed us that she was tired and had been traveling for a while by describing how her arms and legs ached hell you could have noted how she kept getting blisters as her shoes had worn through. When she enters the town you could have had her peer down at a map and have her note down where she thinks/ knows she is, or instead when she passes a sign which states 'Town name' with a comment about the text having started to wither away etc etc.
When she later realizes that the town is in fact severely infested with infected you could note the stench of death is more pungent or how a distant hum of groans seem to increase as she moved further into the town. If you want to be super direct you could have her moving through buildings and as she peers down the street or down below (depending on what angle she is viewing from) where she notices a crowd of infected have started to gather .
My examples above would still need to be turned into proper 'show' sentences.
Suffice to say in the future I would love to see you show us what your characters are doing, as a reader it is infinitely more valuable/interesting then being told that x grabbed y then went to z.
Best wishes for your future writing.