Hiatus for one, writing for another · 3:03pm Oct 20th, 2015
So, Elemental ReSearch is going on hiatus. Just for a while.
I like the story, but I can't pretend I'm making any progress right now. I know what the next part of ReSearch is going to be, although not exactly how to do it, but... I'm just not making any progress. Not even a couple hundred words a week.
... That doesn't mean I've stopped writing, though. I'm doing what I did a--wow it's been a year since Just an Assistant, hasn't it? What I did a year ago. I'm writing a oneshot. A bit longer, I think, than Just.
I even have a name and everything! Scratch that! It doesn't! The name was no good. Hopefully you don't remember it if you already read it.
Current (rather modest) goal is 1000 words a week on it, and for it to be done about a month from now. More if I decide to get a custom cover and am waiting for that.
Could a sequel work for Just an Assistant?
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I have two ideas for followups, one for the Luna half (which is the thoughtful, naval gazing, theoretical one), and one for the Spike half (regarding how things are progressing now that Twilight wants to treat him differently... and the struggles when she inevitably stumbles or misreads Spike.)
Neither are exactly sequels in that, while it follows the characterization of Just, it won't be necessary to read Just to get them, but that it follows the setup from Just.
The thing is I don't think either are ready, although the Spike one is significantly further along than the other one, so if I made a dedicated effort I could probably get the concept ready.
3484332 I'd be happy to read through them, if you need help.
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Well, by "far along" I mean the ideas, not the writing. The writing hasn't begun in either case, but I think I know what conclusion I wanted for the Spike ending, as well as the theme, but still am iffy about both on the Luna version.
3484447 Maybe it would help if you finished writing out the Spike one.