Important Question/News · 2:08am Mar 5th, 2013
Greetings, readers! And anyone who may be reading this but for some reason is not a reader.
For some reason.
Anyways, I finally managed to get Chapter 13 out. Yay! Now, for the real reason I summoned you here today/night.
Omega is a long fic. I estimate that I'm about 1/6th of the way through, and it's already at 70k words. Woah. Anyways, I've become a much better writer since I first wrote those first three chapters and got them featured on EqD, and it shows. I've started considering aspects that never even crossed my mind when I wrote my earlier chapters, and I've begun wishing that I had written things with a more stream-of-consciousness style.
To summarize, the fic needs to be rewritten.
You see, things don't really take off till Chapter 4. I worry that I may be turning off new readers with my sub-par initial three chapters. And I really want to rewrite them better. I want to rewrite the whole fic, with a more personal narrative. I want to make things stream-of-consciousness. And I want to change a few small plot points.
What does this mean to you?
It means that the fic, in terms of continuation, will be going on a brief hiatus while I rewrite the 70k words which comprise it. No need to be upset, it should only last a couple of months, at most. As for the question: if you guys wish, I will continue writing new chapters (at a slower pace) in a form consistent to how the fic is now. I wouldn't want to abandon you guys, after all.
Anyways, the fic will seem slow for awhile, but rest assured I'm writing. I'm not just going to publish the rewrites one at a time (it would be jarring for anyone who's in the process of reading, and wierd and inconsistent), but will instead do them all at once, when I finish. I'll even include a little changelog, so you can catch up with the differences real quick and easy.
I'll make blog posts every now and then to update you on my progress.
Until later!
G'luck.
I had Omega on Read Later for awhile, been wanting to start on it. But I suppose I'll just wait for the rewrite.
But...the chapters
Oh well, I guess that's why it hasn't been updating as fast. A real shame though, this is currently my favorite fic. It has a fallout equestria feel without all the gore. And I love steampunk.
Oh well, I hate re-reading, but maybe I'll give it a try.