Long-Awaited Updates.... mughlgh

Well... NaNoWriMo came... and went.

And I got about... oh.... 10% done.

I did what I could. But then I realized something: I wasn't ready for it.

I can't handle more than 1k words per DAY. My schedule, especially in November, just doesn't cut it. And things will likely get more crazy now that I'm getting close to wrapping up my BSE in Mechanical Engineering.

Not only that, but the stress I was putting on myself wasn't healthy. Like, at all.

Furthermore, I found that if I tried to force myself to write, I immediately had a desire to correct things that I could clearly see were mistakes with what I had just written, which can be a good thing... IF ONE IS PATIENT. And NaNoWriMo just doesn't give me that opportunity. I am the kind of guy that, if I ever did a stream-of-consciousness piece, would never submit it to the public because it would suck terribly. Because my immediate thoughts and my immediate creative juices are pathetic. My writing is like a wine: it gets better the more I let it age. The longer I spend on something, the better it becomes as a result. Sure, I may feel the need to push for some kind of finished product, but that ultimately is a very bad idea if I don't time the push around my writing style rather than forcing an artificial limit on my creativity.

So, am I giving up?

OF COURSE THE F-WORD NOT.

I AM still writing My Little Poem. I AM, however, taking my time with that writing process. My Little Poem was planned for a full YEAR before I submitted it for publication, and even THEN I was still refining things and clearing up minor issues in the latter parts of what I had written at that time.

And I will continue.

At this point, I have also realized that whatever outreach or "marketing" I do, must also be done around my schedule, rather than trying to force it upon myself. My work on this is something that takes time, and I am sure that folks will be perfectly okay with the amount of time this is going to take if the result ultimately "satisfies", or at least is interesting in some way.

So with those thoughts, I bid you adieu this holiday season and wish the best for everyone here at FimFiction. I will be back once Chapter 4 is done, which should be... oh... I dunno... a week? Maybe two? Hell, I may even get it out to coincide with the New Year!

But the time-stamp doesn't matter. What matters is the result, at least to me.

Sincerely,

Mr. Album