Crucible Briefly 'On Hiatus' · 1:46pm Mar 28th, 2013
Due to super-happy-fun (lies) happenings on the non-pony side of the screen, I've set Crucible to On Hiatus for a brief period.
I probably should have done it a month ago, but I can be exceptionally stubborn.
The next chapter, Rarity's, being so close to completion has been a constant tease, for me. But the time and mindset for the final few thousand words have been lacking. And now that things are starting to settle, I'm intending to do some overhauling on it, to bring it a level of quality and refinement that I'm satisfied with, before release. It is a Rarity chapter after all. One simply can't settle for less.
Hang in there for a little while yet, dearest readers. Normality will soon return. We'll be tying up a few threads, spinning up a few more, and seeing some ponies (mostly on the blue/purple end of the colour table) kick flank as we get into the mid-story heights.
Worst possible thing!
No wait, I'm actually glad we heard from you. Not having the best of time myself, so I can understand a slow return to normality, if ever.
Take your time, you lovely pony you.
I was a little worried when I saw Crucible set to hiatus status, glad to see its expected to be a short one. I wish you well with the not fun real life stuff, hope it all works out.
So... status? This kind of delay is pretty much par for the course whenever anyone announces a "brief" hiatus, but it'd be good to know what kind of trouble we're looking at. Real life problems? Loss of interest? Stalled at some scene you can't write or some plot point you can't resolve?
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The hiatus will last.... FOREVER! MWAHAHAHA!
Yeah, it has gone on longer than planned. Embarrassingly so.
A lot of it is just real life not been as conducive to writing as it was before. I get a lot of little shreds of time, with frequent stops. And my writing urge never survives that abuse. And truthfully, it probably didn't help that I burned myself pretty hard on writing, after some surgery, when I was in bad shape. Stressed and killed myself to get Trixie's chapter out.
I still prod fitfully at Crucible, from time to time. But a lot of my writing time has gone to pre-reading, of late. Since that is much more friendly to the sort of pauses I described. And in its own way, I think it helps me as a writer to do sort of analysis. So I'm confident that my skills will be improved when I do return.
Damn it though, I really do want to get back to it. I really miss it. And I still want to tell the story. Especially the next few chapters. Knowing me, I'll suck it up and start writing again the second I stop stressing about it.
At the very least I should put out another blog. Just to get this embarrassment off and do something useful with the space.
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I can understand where you're coming from when you say you were stressed after surgery; I had a similar case a couple years ago. Not sure if the life issues you're having are linked but I wouldn't be surprised if they were. I personally love Crucible and would love with equal measure for you to return to writing. However if you don't have time or just aren't feeling like it then I understand too.
Hope things get better for you.
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