Still here · 4:50pm Jun 12th, 2023
Yeah, I'm still here.
A few messages have come my way over the recent years to continue Journey. But its been a long time and I'm a different person now. I still like G4 of MLP, G5 not so much, but I wouldn't call me a "brony" any more. I'm way to out of the loop. The one thing I still do is read a lot of stories here and that's it. So I want to ask my readers, if they're still around, what they want. Do you still want the story to continue or should I write a summery of what would happen from the point it is now until the end. Think of it like one long chapters that is really, really compressed. I want to do something to have that beast completed.
On a other note, I recently got into AI and fed it a very old drawing of Thiemo I did when I was writing the first chapters. Here is a "AI enhanced" version for you. Cheers.
I would be interested in seeing a new normal chapter for the story if you are up to it.
Keep going with the story
I understand the feeling of no longer feeling like a brony. Honestly, I have seen so many stories just die that the idea of suggesting that you give up feels wrong. However, I also understand that stories can fall apart if they are coming from a place where it feels forced. Personally, I feel that while short term, a summary could allow people, (possibly yourself included) to move on, long term it could also leave an empty hole due to 'unfinished business.'
Keep going i just got back into it after it got buried in the bookselves!
This is a complex answer, but it essentially says: no, don't continue; only if you are ready.
Like GhostRighter have outlined, dead passion is a massive hill to overcome. Writing an outline is a short term solution, but in the long term, it harms the image of your story.
It is more tragic here for everyone, especially when it wields 500,000 words of hard work that could be toppled by an unsatisfying send off.
I haven't read this story, apparently I had already read six chapters years ago, but this seems like your Magnum Opus. It would be sad if this story ends abruptly after years of inactivity.
There are two options I can see how this story concludes properly: you feel ready to write at the same level inspite of the lack of interest, OR, you outsource your remaining story to another writter and linking it as a sequel.
For the first part, it is self explantory: when you feel ready. If you got the determination and at least some level of passion or inspiration for writting this, then I would say yes, continue. Stop if you are feeling drained to continue; it doesn't matter if this story finally concludes 50 real years later. Having a negative passion is the ultimate killer.
For the second part, outsourcing, you could do it either paid or through the community. Your story has to be marked complete but it must link to the "sequel" that your approved writter's story. As for the community part, you could go on to relavant groups and post a forum to try and spotlight this story and your issue. Maybe someone has time and is interested to pick up where you left off.
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But, if none of these are satisfactory, you could leave the story as unfinished, with the potential to come back any time. Or you could give a disclaimer and label it as cancelled. Though, the last option is the nuclear path.
I would be delighted to have this story keep going until it's finished, but I'd rather have a large outline of the rest of the story than nothing. this was my first long story and it would mean a lot to see all these loose threads wrapped up
My thoughts:
Try doing a normal chapter as if you were going to finish it for real. If it sparks that inspiration again, go for it. If it doesn't, then option two.
I'd much rather an author enjoy finishing a story, than slogging along and hating the experience. It makes a big difference in my opinion as a reader.
Regardless, I would love resolution on the story somehow pleeeze
Plz continue journey plz plz plz
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Thank you all for providing your opinion so far. What I gathered from this that you want the story to go an, but only when I fell up to it. At the moment that would mean forcing myself, but it is what I will do. Maybe writing a few chapters, or the same one over and over again, will spark something again. I can't give a date or anything but I will try not to take to long. (Already did that. Taking too long I mean.)
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Good luck!
The fan boy in me would love to see Journey continue, but the pragmatist in me would settle for the summary.
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thanks for giving it a shot, it's good to see you're still into writing, whatever you chose to do with it. are there any other stories you've written in the meantime?