That Update Blog: The Eventual Move from FiM Fiction · 3:48pm Oct 26th, 2019
Worry not! This isn't my farewell blog! When I plan to leave will be explained!
Eyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!
My break away from writing fanfiction has been a good breather if I am going to be honest. I have also uploaded a new story that has been in the works for over a year. It is a mature story and I'm not sure how to do the whole "mature link hidden" doohicky, so if anyone is at all interested AND OF AGE, give it a look in my library of stories.
But onto the plans for the future.
I will be leaving the fanfiction writing scene after at least two more stories are complete (there is one I need to discuss with a person about if I should write it or give it to them). These are the stories are the mature story, An Urge to Feel, that is currently published, and No Hugs. I cannot promise the other two stories that I have on the back burner because feelings may change along the way.
Before I explain why I want to leave, I want to do this blog because I don't want to throw that spontaneous "farewell everyone" blog no one expects that some have done. It is better if my readers saw the inevitable retiring of fanfiction writing with the conclusion of ongoing stories.
Now onto why. I will be blunt about my thoughts, however, no finger-pointing or names will be mentioned here; I don't want to leave on a bad note. Besides, I have not bad beef with anyone.
First and foremost, I am working on a webcomic. That's right! I am doing something original now! Ever since July, I've been working with an artist about a comic series. We are, however, going into this not expecting it to blow up with popularity. The first issue will be the pilot. Even if it does not get traction, I'd be a nice check off of my list and say I did a comic. There is some concept art I can share, too.
So now onto the second point, which is related to the first: I want to work on making original ideas into original stories. There are some stories here on Fimfiction that have excellent premises. However, they are clouded by the fanfiction stigma. There are times when I have talked about my stories to other people before, but the instant I tell them it is fanfiction, there is an air of awkwardness. But now that I have this comic idea, people I've spoken to have shown a genuine interest. I will say I am not ashamed of being a fanfic writer. It has made me the way I am today. I just want to be free from the shackles of some negative stigma, especially when some of my stories involve an OC protagonist.
Thirdly, I love writing about OCs. Really, I do. It nearly always involves a character no one knows nothing about and requires building upon. Out of all of my OCs that I've written about, Mineral Water takes the cake. I love how he has turned out to be. But let's be honest with ourselves. OCs, especially a male OC, are given heavy criticism; even more so when they are paired with a character from the show. There are some OCs that have been successful and received praise. OCs tend to have that wafting air of unease with readers, worrying them about having another OC being overpowered, or being the herum hero, or not being interesting. I get it. That does not hold me back from writing about them. I love to give them personality, a backstory, a reason for being, why they are in their situation, and all of the above. With the comic I'm doing, I can create not OCs, but real original characters and be taken more seriously by anyone who doesn't read fan fictions.
Fanfictions are my grassroots. If anyone would ever ask me where I started, I would exclaim with no shame and tell them where I began. I started really sitting down and writing in 2012. That was over 7 years ago. Over that span, I've improved drastically to even my own surprise. It's time to take a risk. Trust me when I say I'm nervous and even doubtful at times as I work on my comic, asking myself, "Is it going to be good?" "Will this work? "Is this a good punchline?" "How impactful is this chapter?" The list goes on.
But I want to start walking and not just talk about original works. I want to get at least something original out there. Time to spread those wings. I have faith that I can handle the gusts of the world.
To my more observant and closer readers, I'm sure it upsets you to see me close the book on this website. I will say that I am nothing without your support. To those who've commented and left feedback, I cannot be without them. Regardless if any comment has praise or criticism, good or bad, constructive or not, it all helped. And I want to take all that I can and all that are interested along for the ride. I will keep everyone up to date about the comic. Even when I'm gone, if the comic is still going, posts will be made on FimFiction; I'm going to need all the publicity I can get.
Another blog will be made about the genre, comic series title, who the two sheep characters are. This blog needed to be said and put out there. I just want to keep those who are patiently waiting for updates informed about me.
No Hugs still needs some time. It is all very close. But to me, it requires to be impactful. Everything that has built up now has to make sense. There's a lot of things to add in the final chapters to this story. Give me some more time to breathe. And if I can manage at least a good conclusion to No Hugs, I will have more faith in my original works.
That's all for now. Be safe this holiday season, everyone.
Freak, out.
Always sad to see a great writer go
wishing you the best of the luck with the comic and anything else you get up to though! Looking forward to seeing what it's about!
Take your time, you've already done a wonderful job of building things up, if you need a little more time to stick the landing then by all means take some extra time.
Though I am sad to see you preparing for your departure, I'm happy to see you're moving on to making original content with original characters that you've created.
And, please, keep us updated on your comic. I'm sure I'm not the only one who'd love to check it out once it's ready.
Also the concept art is really cool, though I'm a bit curious on your choice to use anthro looking characters. Is that a part of your style or just a creative choice for this specific comic?
My apologizes if you can't say anything about that right now, I just thought it was an interesting choice and thought I'd ask. 
Truth be told, you've made a lot of interesting characters and picking one character as your best would be hard, but I agree with your choice in words here. I do hope at some point you can maybe do a blog about your creative process, I've often wondered what you, as well as a few others, do when creating a character.
And this is why you are a good writer whom I believe has unlimited potential to go out and write in whatever genre you chose to write for, and not just do well, but do great. Please don't ever lose your ability to focus in on characters, it's one of the reasons you've kept me as a reader for all this time, and with a genre I don't usually pick up to often.
Thanks for the update and I look forward to hearing more about No Hugs and your comic.