Honestly surprised that I caught one of these, but what the hell. I've seen people doing this all the time on DA and Tumblr, it was only a matter of time until it hit Fimfic and, consequently, me. Honestly, a little bit of me actually wants to do this. It feels good toShould I stay or should I go? · 1:48pm Jan 14th, 2012
Figured I need to air some concerns and where better than on the blog right? I'm beginning to think it may be better to do a "hard reset" and just drop everything so far. I'm beginning to realise that... well... things are going downhill, slowly, chapter by chapter. It may be because, frankly, I'm losing enthusiasm in the plot. I'm not feeling it anymore, I still have ideas and I write them, but it grows more tiresome and less fun, hence why the time taken for these things is steadily growing longer. This has been my first serious fic where I have had plenty of critique and, as such, I have definitely learned some stuff that may help with a new story. A non-Halo one.
But all you guys actually like this story and I don't feel its quite finished yet. Well obviously, it isn't, I mean look at it, we're only like halfway through the plot. But you know what I mean, right? I'm basically beseeching those that actually enjoyed this story to answer a simple question:
Should I push on with this story and stop being such a baby?
Should I write something new and then get tired of that and shoot myself for never finishing anything?
Should I rewrite what I've done so far, in what might be a vain attempt to fix this story?
Should I not have made a blog post because nopony will ever actually see it?
I don't know, I'm conflicted. I'm more than willing to continue with this story if people want me to, don't think that you're being cruel by forcing me back into it... I honestly don't mind. But I've noticed that a fair amount of my followers believe that Halo: Contact Equestria has become flawed recently and I wonder if they might prefer I put my talents elsewhere. I don't know, sometimes I think I should just keep going until it's all done, then I get bored after like two or three hours and play some Skyrim... accursed game being so damn good. But yeah I'm always very conflicted and have the self-esteem of a wet sponge, so any input would be useful. I mean, Gah! should I really post this? I don't know. Truth is I really appreciate you guys, and I wouldn't want to disappoint you. But I need HONEST opinions and a lot of people try and encourage people to write/draw/sing new stuff, and then harbour resentment at the fact the story they liked got overlooked. I know that RandomPerson23 would prefer I kept writing as I kind of swore I would. But that's not to say I might just write some short one-offs and then jump back into this story. Blargh! I can never make hard decisions, probably why I'll never go anywhere in life... but please comment and have your say. I will probably agree with the most eloquently put points, I'm a sucker for a silver tongue... or keyboard in this case. So, yeah... I hope these neurotic scrawlings don't put you off the author... he's okay really, just y'know.
I really enjoy HCE, but it's you who takes the time out of your day to write it for our enjoyment, without benefit. It is entirely your decision. And whichever one you chose, I will not be disappoint.
The weak points I've noticed weren't that bad. The chapter that switched arcs every paragraph and a half was the only 'bad' chapter, and even them the formatting was all that had an issue. The plot was still good.
The plot is still strong. It's getting distracted, but it is still strong and can be corrected pretty easily. If you really can't bring yourself to write willingly, play Halo instead of Skyrim.
It is a good game though. :P
Definitely stay. Once you kill off / merge some plot arcs, you'll find the writing becomes easier.
Guys, I had a sweet idea while checking out some pony earlier. Did anyone ever play Rise of Legends, the much scorned sequel of Rise of Nations? Well I just figured, three distinct nations, each with their own strengths and weaknesses, much like Equestria. There could be the Magical Unicorns (Alin), the ancient god worshipping tribal Earth Ponies (Cuotl) and the Steampunk Technologist Pegasi (Vinci). It could be pretty cool, alter the basic plot of the Campaign a little and it could be sweet. Just an idea, I may jot up a quick chapter and see if people like it. If it falls through then back to Halo: Contact Equestria, no harm in a little experimentation, right?
4912 4929 Thanks for that guys, was feeling insecure about that yesterday. I'm one of those guys who needs feedback on everything, it a real flaw sometimes and highlights my lack of initiative. I want to experiment with some things, one-shot stories. I'm just feeling drained from H:CE. (Awesome abbreviation by the way) I'm not abandoning it, hell I'll probably be writing it alongside these one-shots. I know I need to finish it. That's a given, maybe I should just stick with it until its finished, it's only taken two months to get this far, what's two more. It's just the underwhelming lack of comments on chapter six makes me think that everyone who read and hated chapter five and abandoned it. But that shouldn't affect me. I should be writing for myself, but its just so damn nice to be recognised. I'm doing it again, ignore me.
I will continue with this story but I my experiment with some short stories in between, so expect chapters to take longer, around three weeks instead of two.
Cainiam, signing off.