All Good Things... · 11:49pm Jul 6th, 2024
...must come to an end.
Hey guys. Ruthim345 here, or Alex, if you'd prefer.
When I first started writing A Crafter's Dream in 2019, I was 16 years old. I had never written a story before in my life, and it showed, but I went at it anyways because I had an idea and I wanted it to come to fruition.
Now in 2024, I'm 22 years old and its been three years since I ended it and a year-ish since I added those last two synopsis's.
Every so often, I look back over this story. I chuckle and fondly remember the good times. I cringe and wince at the bad. I read some of my favorite comments over and over like it's proof that somewhere in that mess of words and pain was a good story in the hands of a lacking author.
I miss it, sometimes.
I miss waking up the morning after posting a chapter, logging into the site to see 5, 10, maybe even 20 notifications that people had commented or liked or added my story to a collection.
I miss the drive, the motivation to get on with writing the next chapter, words flowing onto page effortlessly as I thought of future chapters still.
I miss you all. Funny to say that, as if I wasn't the one who left, as if I wasn't the one who drifted away from you all, the ones reading this. But it is true.
I'd love to come back. Oh, I so fucking wish I could come back and continue writing, posting, engaging with you all. You guys, who got me through some tough years of my life, who gave me some motivation to keep going, to push through, despite wanting to give in, to give up.
But I can't. I just can't. Things are so different now. I have a job, bills, errands to run. And I've been working hard on other, bigger projects that I've been working on for years, even before I started writing.
I would love to come back, but it just isn't possible right now, maybe ever.
So, as a farewell, I will be posting the different endings of A Crafter's Dream as full fledged chapters, based on the ideas proposed by Akira Dragonborne, since I really liked them. (If you're curious, check out the comments on A Crafter's Dream Synopsis: Part 2).
After that, I will be leaving this site as an author, permanently. I may still read from time to time, but my time as an author will have ended.
Once again, I'd like to thank you all for your time, both now and in the past, reading and commenting and everything. It truly meant the world to me.
Until next time,
-Alex
Good luck and farewell, crafter.
You blessed us with a great story. Don't apologize for having to do what you have to do. The memories and enjoyment from this series still ring in my head from time to time. I even go back and reread it. You did a good job. Be proud of your work, I'm proud to have read it. I wish you all the best in this adult life we stuck in now. Farewell miners and crafters!
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Take care of yourself out there. And thanks for a good story. The world always needs more of those.
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Have a good one. Wishing you the best that life can offer.
Dang, I pray you have a good life
Peace out homeslice, know that you are always welcome here.
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Hope to see you again someday, it was always nice to read your stories. It's so weird to know you are only a couple of years older than I am, I always imaged you as someone way older.