Something Different · 1:17am Feb 26th, 2019
Ok, so I think I found my problem.
First of all, hey, I know it was just a few weeks ago that I annouced my return to writing seriously and promised a new chapter to RWBY Shadows of Our Past by the end of the month along with revisions to the released chapters. That blog post was supposed to be my motivator to get this done, push myself, and finally get back to writing the story I want to write. Well, long story short, it didn't work.....but at the same time, I think it did, but not in the way I'm sure the vast majority of anyone who read and enjoyed the fic wants it to. Let me put it this way, I don't think I, as a person, do my best writing when I'm writing for expecting people. For every chapter after Chapter 2, I write with the constant thought in my head of, "I have to get this done, people are gonna wanna see this, I've started this, I can't just not finish it." And looking back at what I've written so far in RWBY: SoOP...I can see I rushed myself....without actually rushing myself. When I write, I write to get it done because I delay getting the writing done so much. Essentially, I'm creating my own problem. Even now, when I set a time limit for myself, I think I'm rushing myself, but at the same time, I can't spend forever on one chapter. But just today...I think I realized the solution. I don't think I can write to deadlines, unless I set them way far off to the point where they don't even matter, and writing without a deadline just makes me stress and rush myself even more, because I just want to get the next chapter out. So, my solution? I'm going to write RWBY Shadows of Our Past out in its entirety, and release the chapters one after the other once I finish, probably one every two days so I'll have time to reread the chapters. I think this will make the story the absolute best it can be, me writing at my own pace without anyone expecting anything out of me inbetween posts. I will make another blog when uploads will continue, but for now, all I can say is, I'm sorry, but this is what I'm going to do. To suppliment this, I might write more Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Harmony on the side and publish THAT when I finish writing a chapter, or something completely new, maybe much shorter stories just to feel like I'm making...something. I'll also still be helping CosmicAlchemist24 with his Pokemon Crossover, Twilight's Realm: Advanced Generation as a cowriter, so you'll still be seeing bits and pieces of me there if you are interested. Once again, I'm sorry, I'm not giving any dates or ideas on when the story will pick up again, but know that once it does, the updates will be constant and plentiful. Whether you stick around to read the story or not, know that it will be here someday, no matter who's reading.
Thank You
All chill. You gotta go at a pace and schedule that works for you. If that means "it happens when it happens," then so be it.