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Hadn't thought about that before. Good idea, thanks.

Not a bad idea. It should be a pretty easy to alter that a bit since right now most everyone is a bit age neutral. But I also should clarify a little bit on where I was already looking for my age range. I had placed my team at about 16 to 21, when I said teen. Not sure if that changes your opinion any, but trying out an few older people definitely couldn't hurt.

Size... sorry I missed that one. I was modelling them closer to the Gundam size: large enough to have a local pilot but still within reason, say 15 to 20 feet or so.

I was kind of working with a slightly mixed feel from Gundam, Code Geass, and Guilty Crown if you've seen all of those. Just a novel version. But that's the right idea. Less space stuff though.

As to the plot line: the kids already have the Mechs from where I'm currently starting. It is more of this back and forth between the two sides. I show some of both, specifically a rivalry I set up between the main teen pilot and an empire pilot. Personal life vs battle. Plus I have a more specific goal for the empire, some kind of energy source or something that could be used to upgrade the Mechs that I don't reveal for awhile.

Thanks so far for the input.

So I haven't seen too much about novel discussion in this forum, but I was hoping to get a little feedback, mostly to see if anyone thinks this would be a good idea or what I might be able to tweak.

In a few sentences: Seven years after the Mech Wars that divided up the world, one of the major empires begins pressing into one of the smaller countries it already has partially under its control. A group of rebellious teens get a hold of a powerful set of Mechs that they use to defend their country from the invaders.

Once again, just curious for a bit of feedback. Feel free to let me know what you think about what I have so far.

Just curious... what is the base of this story? Just curious about a bit of a plot or some background if you're willing to share.

I've always just found it easiest to write what I would like to read. I just figured that if I like to read books of a certain genre, as long as they are good I will read just about everything in my genres that I enjoy. If I write what I would like to read, I figure others would like it too, specifically the masses that read the same genres as I do... Not too confusing? Good luck with it all.
As to being a perfectionist, just try to get a rough draft finished and then go back to edit. The NaNoWriMo is a great way to keep to that course of just getting the words on paper.

Not too bad of a start from the sounds of it. Just a quick question: what is the brother trying to steal? I was just thinking if these were gloves that once belonged to a master thief or a bunch of them the main objective is to steal something with these gloves. His motivation would be the older brother which leads into the conflict there, blah blah blah. You have a great sounding idea though. Can't wait to hear a bit more about it.

Well. It's been forever since I've used Newgrounds... as in before the new site look, but whatever. I've been writing for awhile but now that I'm doing a bit more with film, I've gotten back into the forums a bit more to tweak my writing skills. Glad to be here and glad to get and give some help where I can.