It's Just Me - 1 week later

So... This has been a project that was asleep for a long time. At least a year, because I remember starting to write it after December 2018, during a time that was not really fun for me. It was first supposed to be called "It follows me", but I felt it was just right to call it "It's just me". I abandoned the story when I felt better, until January. I finally got the courage to look back on it, on what Twilight was going through, on what I was going through, and finished it. I wanted to accomplish this once in my life : finish a story. And I did. When I realised that this was it, that it was the end of my story, I rushed to FiMfiction to create an account and publish the story. I'm still not used to the interface, but I got the basics. I didn't even know until 3 days after I published "It's Just Me" that I figured out how to put stories into groups, which helped me quite a bit with getting views.

I was mostly inspired by Lovecraft at the time, since it was my bedside book back in the day. A bit of Salinger and Philip K. Dick as well. When I went back to it, I was a bit confused, but I think I managed to make it my own story by mixing it all together. I'm particularly proud of the end, how rushed it feels, how it all goes downhill in a matter of a few words, how it goes from anxiety to full-blown panic. The whole story could've been better, I know, but I'm just glad it was done how I wanted it to be done. I can put it behind me, although this is just the beginning.

As I write, more than 90 people read my first story "It's Just Me". Well, maybe some of them only happened to glance at it before clicking on something else, but I prefer to imagine everyone's read it all. It's more than I could have ever hoped for. It game me a bit of confidence.

Thank you all. Especially thanks to those 7 people who put a like anonymously. It gives me the proof that at least 7 people enjoyed reading it and didn't hesitate to award me in a way. Thanks to that one person who commented on it. Thanks to that one person who put my story on a personal list he made especially for my story that was called something like "Incredible story - Can't read it again". It was exactly the reaction I was hoping for, in a way. That it shook so much the reader that they couldn't possibly read it again. So yeah, thanks. Thanks also to that one person who welcomed me by putting a message in my user page - know that your message has been appreciated. And finally, thanks to that one person who decided to follow me - someone who actually thought I was worth following because I made one good enough story. That's a weird kind of pressure.

Just know that this won't be the end of me. I was sceptical at first, but seeing this feedback makes me want to write more. Maybe it'll be funnier, maybe it'll be more heartwarming, maybe it'll be sadder, maybe it'll be even more filled with anxiety and despair. Maybe I'll be back with a new story next year, maybe next week. Who knows ? I have a lot of ideas, but to create an entire story is the hardest part. I still have to manage my college life too. But I'll do it someday.

See you next time, bye !