I need a break... · 4:41am Aug 26th, 2023
I'm sorry guys, but once again, I cannot deliver tomorrow. I'm just gonna say it right now: the whole one-chapter-a-week thing was a bad idea and it's starting to hurt me. I am officially doing away with it and just going back to more spontaneous uploads.
I procrastinated from doing some work for the Wellsboro Comic Con this summer, and that probably is part of what hurt my sales, since I could have had more pics if I had started earlier. I also let Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom be a distraction even if I did enjoy it, and now I'm getting burnt out with writing because I'm at a road-block.
This next chapter is about half-way done and I might have to rewrite it because it's getting too confusing. When I think of how the events go in these stories, I have moments where I realize, "Oh hey, there's a plot-hole. I best explain things or write around it to make sense of things" and that is both a blessing and a curse for me. On one hand, my writing feels more logical to some readers than the show sometimes may be; on the other hand, my story drags on and gets too complicated. I don't want to speed through my writing, but I think I try to be too logical with them and end up losing sight of what I'm doing.
I need a break to just fix a few things and think it out. My summary for the whole battle scene here didn't go over a lot of things in between when Chrysalis transforms and when they eventually beat her (bit of a spoiler, but we all expected it). Now that I am writing it, I have to include some explanations as to how all the captured Element wielders will come back to help and I was not prepared. The way the heroes solve the problem with the changelings is not that simple and they have to go through several different tries till they get it right. This isn't going to go well for me if I set a 1-week deadline for each chapter. I had similar issues with "Oh Mother Where Art Thou", but luckily I came up with some ideas along the way that saved it, it was just different than what I was expecting it to be.
Deadlines never sat well with me at all and it's hurting my stories, so the best thing right now for me is to just slow down my output. I don't know when I'll have the next chapter out. Hopefully it will be soon, but it'll be up when it's up. Again, I'm not doing an upload every Saturday from now on. I'm just uploading whenever. I will try to not have long waits like with some previous stories, but it's better than pressuring myself to put them out in 1-week intervals. Plus, I'm stressing myself out with several issues I have in my life right now outside of writing and I might need to work on those first.
Thank you for being patient, but there will be no new chapter this weekend. I need some time to figure out how the story plays out and just relax.
Hey it’s ok, maybe you can come up with a better schedule that works. Like for example allow yourself to completely write the full story and one that’s done you could release the chapters on a weekly basis
is fine man
No worries Alex, just go at your own pace & don't feel pressured about finishing it quickly. We can wait!
Take a break then! It's not like were paying you for this so really, no pressure mate.
All good, take your time and recollect your thoughts! No shame in taking a break
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This might be a better idea. I might release them over the course of a few days instead, but that would probably be a little less stressful for me and allow my readers to enjoy the whole thing in a shorter amount of time.
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But do whatever works best for you
Im glad I could help