On my stories... · 7:59am Apr 16th, 2014
I have changed my two unfinished stories, "Surviving in a Strange Two-Legged World" and "Rainbow Dash Makes Sweet Love to Rainbow Dash" to the "On-Hiatus" category. There are a few reasons why I've done this:
1. I don't have the motivation to finish them. I've never felt like anyone really enjoyed them but me, so when I stopped enjoying writing them, I just stopped writing them. I may be completely wrong, but such are the limitations of this system. People liking or favoriting the story don't tell me anything. Only the comments did that, and quite frankly, the comments had been dwindling off even before I stopped updating.
2. I read over the story, and I decided it needed some changes, with either one of two solutions. Either I needed to reorganize the whole thing so I can give more time to the individual characters to make them more three dimensional, or delete the non-human parts altogether. I have no idea what I would decide to do in the long run, if either.
That's not to say I will never finish this story. I have a very definite story arc planned, and if I might say so, it is rather interesting and rewarding. However, I don't think I have the drive to finish it by myself. I'm just too broken of a man in general. Therefore, I have one of two courses of actions in mind. The first is that someone who enjoys this story and has free time will help me finish the story as a co-author. I don't know if anyone cares enough, but if anyone with a decent writing talent is interest, please PM me. It may very well motivate me to complete the story if I have someone to partner with.
The other option is to just publish a synopsis of what would happen in the remaining chapters as the final chapter. I really don't want to do this, but I'm afraid that's what might have to happen if I can't get my motivation up. As always, my readers are always at the front of my considerations and I will listen to what all of you think with the utmost gravity.
Your friend,
CB
I only recently discovered your story and I very much enjoy it! It's a shame that your motivation has left you, but I understand how these things go.
The best thing you can do before you make any rash decisions is to take a month or two to just relax, do other things, and let yourself recover from this malaise. If, after that time, you still feel like you can't finish the story on your own, then you might consider a co-author, but do NOT go down the second path! You'll hate yourself forever if you just give up altogether.
Sorry about thw no comments thing, i tend to be a ghost reader, in the background, not saying anything.
i genuinely enjoy your stories and i hope the hiatus ends soon!
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I wasn't calling you out directly. It's just the fact that I would write for two days straight and got maybe one comment on a chapter. And then I stopped for two months and nobody said anything. It just got to the point where it didn't feel very rewarding.
I just want to say, that much like Rainbow87dash, I generally don't comment. I just don't think about it/don't have much to say.