Revisiting Old Friends · 2:39pm Mar 13th, 2019
Storytelling is one of my favorite hobbies. I was looking back on my stories and found myself reading Taken In again. This story was a unique journey for me. I started it years ago. Then life happened. When I finally came back to it, a lot had happened in both my life AND the show.
So I continued the tale of Shade. I filled in the gaps as best as I could and wrapped up the story. I was happy with myself for finally finishing this particular story!
I then thought that I should continue the story. So I attempted a sequel, Letting Go. You may have noticed that it’s no longer published. I discovered rather quickly that I didn’t have the same passion for this story as I had had for Taken In. I couldn’t bring myself to continue the work. Time passed and I thought the journey was over.
And then I had an idea recently. I reread Taken In, realizing some missed opportunities and some poor creative choices. From there it was clear. I wanted to try to tell Shade’s story again, this time more in line with my vision.
So that’s where I am now! I have decided to completely rewrite Taken In! There will be a lot of plot changes. You’ll recognize some of the scenes, but things are going to be a bit different this time around. I hope you aren’t sick of my OC, Shade. He’s coming back for Round 2!
As a teaser, I’ve included a look at Shade’s redesign for the new story cover. I hope you like it!
Mmm.. I liked his old look better.