Autumn's Fugitives (가을의 도망자) 제 두번 째 스토리!
Added 2025-09-05 11:57:42 +0000 UTC한국어 버전도 있습니다! 밑에 PDF를 다운로드하면 읽을 수 있어요! (번역기를 썼으니까 꼭 좀 이상한 표현이나 오타가 있을것 같지만, 아무튼 잘 읽을 수 있으면 좋겠어요!)
Hey everyone!
It has been a little while since I last shared some of my writing here (here's the previous story), and I just recently finished my second story titled 'Autumn's Fugitives'.
Please click here if you'd like to read!
This piece is far different in tone and genre, leaning more towards historical literary fiction, and follows a young couple named Hyeon-woo and Youngmi set against the backdrop of the Korean War.
I'd really recommend reading it in one sitting, as that's how I wanted to share it originally (but the platform made me divide it into chapters 😣), but I hope you can give it a read and tell me what you thought down below!
Big love to all of you who read these always, and happy reading!
~ Lok
Comments
용호님, 읽어주셔서 정말 감사합니다! 이 댓글을 보고 조금 울컥했어요 ㅎㅎ ^^ 용호님께서 이 글이 한국적인 글이라고 생각하신다고 하셔서 저도 감동이에요. 어차피 저는 외국인이라서 제 마음을 잘 이해하실 수 있을까, 이런 글을 써도 될까 하고 걱정이 되기도 했거든요. 늘 응원해주셔서 감사하고, 앞으로도 더 많은 글을 쓸게요! 🫶
LKTV 록희 ロッキー
2025-09-10 14:55:04 +0000 UTC이렇게 한국적인 글일 거라고는 생각 못했는데, 감동이에요. 늘 멀리서나마 응원하고 있습니다. 앞으로도 좋은 글 기대할게요! :-)
Yongho Lee
2025-09-10 10:56:14 +0000 UTC오 진짜예요?! 정말 감사합니다! 😭❤️ 한국인 구독자 분들 위해 번역하고 싶었지만 잘 안나올 것 같아서 안했어요. 다행이에요! 읽어주셔서 감사합니다!
LKTV 록희 ロッキー
2025-09-08 06:08:59 +0000 UTC한글로 번역해서 봤어요!ㅋㅋ몰랐는데 글도 잘 쓰네요 로키 👍
k_s_r28
2025-09-08 01:15:18 +0000 UTCThanks so much for reading again, my man! 🥹 I'm really glad to hear that you think so, because I think I learned a lot through this piece as well! I like the fact that I switched it up as well and was kind of challenged to write to a different cultural setting but also era. I totally agree that trying new things and growth is super important and I'm already working on another story which is like fucking SO DIFFERENT to this even, but like you mentioned, there is a through line kind of visible already so that's really interesting and exciting to see. You've been such an encouragement, man! I really appreciate it! Ahahaha curiosity and cats! I think I had a lot of inspirations with this one, but the main drivers were I think my love for Korean history and the tragedy of it, the love that I have for my partner, which I think is reflected a lot in Hyunwoo and Youngmi's relationship, and also just some recent meditations I've had on agency and life. The latter is the most ambiguous, but I have been realising a lot lately that whilst we may not choose when or why we come into this world, we can choose how we want to go out...and I think that's really important. In my eyes, whether Hyunwoo and Youngmi die or live, their relationship and their choices are an act of defiance against a world that wants them gone. They can't control a single thing around them, except for how they frame the situation, and how they frame their last moments (or their lives from then on) is also, in a way, a mirror of the wishes of their families and country. So that even if they go, they hold all the power in protecting something as simple as a promise or a vow, which no war can take from them. I hope that makes sense? That's at least how I read into it after I'd written it haha! Thanks so much for the love and for reading always man. It means so much! <3
LKTV 록희 ロッキー
2025-09-06 03:13:38 +0000 UTCAhh it means the world that you took the time to read this one as well, man! Thank you! Yeah the inevitability of it all kind of begins to hit like a ton of bricks once you figure it out, but I'm really glad you were able to feel that tightness. My main focus is making sure the core of the story is felt and not just said, so I'm glad to hear you say that! Also thanks man! I personally really REALLY don't like flowery / purple prose because for me it gets in the way of the actual story. I like to be able to lean into description and 'paint' the scene but not drown people in it if that makes sense? So I'm really glad you appreciated that too! I get distracted easily too and I'm starting to think that the flowery prose emerges when the author doesn't fully trust the reader's imagination? Glad you were able to keep up well with the pacing too! This one was about 4-5 times longer than the other story and I wanted to give readers enough space to care about the characters, so I wrote a lot, haha. I didn't ever want to dump though, and was curious as to how the pacing would be received so that's a relief as well, too! I still have to read The Hobbit and what not bahaha but I can already imagine. I just found that the flashbacks kind of mirrored 'life flashing before your eyes' in a way too though, and decided to really tell most of the story through them. They were like, a reprieve from the chase physically, but were the emotional gut punch that made it all worth caring about. Thanks so much for reading again man! Big love always bro <3
LKTV 록희 ロッキー
2025-09-06 02:58:08 +0000 UTCOnce I realized where you were heading with the ending I had a tightness in my chest the whole time. I couldn't help but read every character detail, flashback moment, etc. with a really somber tone after that. The two things from the first story stuck out again in this one. 1) You are quite good at setting a scene/detailing the characters without being too wordy. As someone who doesn't really enjoy reading that much (lmao), I tend to get distracted and lose steam if the author drones on in their flowery language. 2) The non-linear story telling, even for a short story, gives the reading a nice, quick pace. Never really gets bogged down in a lingering scene or moment. Again, probably an issue with my attention span but it does give the story momentum. (I always think of The Hobbit as my biggest example of bad pacing. They are just travelling for SO long.) I really enjoyed this one even though now I'm sad. Glad you are continuing to write!
ThisIsHowIFight
2025-09-05 22:04:28 +0000 UTCYou're really coming into your own. The more you write, the more your style and personality shine through. This has been a good sad (my oxymoron lol) gripping story. I enjoyed that you stepped into a different time period. From your first story to this, it may be different, but it is the right thing to do as a writer. Always trying something new so you can grow as a writer. May it be professional or amateur. It's an excersize a muscle that must be worked out regularly. Even the best writers have hundreds of pieces of work we will never see. Cause it's about finding your “voice,” so keep it up, my guy, you're doing great. Even though you snuck in 4 well-written chapters, you sneaky guy, and I'm looking forward to your next piece. Question: In your first story, we discussed your inspiration and what we have in common with our beliefs. What was your inspiration behind this story? Curiosity and cats 😉
Justin_AndaKage
2025-09-05 18:43:33 +0000 UTC
