4 Years and the Future · 4:16pm Apr 15th, 2022
Today now marks the four year anniversary of me creating my FiMFiction profile, and boy, what a time it has been. From the publish of the first chapter of "Growing Sun," to the release of chapter twelve of "Sunset's Hellish Adventure," (SHA further on) I think it's safe to say that I've put out quite a bit. But sometimes I wonder to myself how much longer I plan on doing it.
Now, I've not been thinking of quitting or anything like that, but lately I've been in quite a slump, you could call it. Not nearly as many stories are coming out, progress on SHA has slowed down tremendously, I just feel that I've lost something that I did have back in 2018 and 19. I've got plenty of WIPs on my profile, ready to be made, but for some reason I just can't bring myself to complete anything.
I don't know if it's because I've grown more as a writer so my level of standard is much higher, but some of these are stories that I, to this day, want to see the light of day, and I can't. There are projects of small and even slightly bigger things I've promised, sequels I've have or haven't announced that have been ready for two to three years. It's just become so difficult that now I wonder what point there is left in continuing.
As for what I have been doing, progress has been ongoing (slowly) for the latest chapter of SHA and the rest of the story that follows it. Chapter thirteen is the next to release and I am really not sure when that is going to be finished. The release of the last chapter was back in January, so I'm overdue about two months for the next chapter. That is because what I am currently writing is the hardest thing I have ever had to do for this story thus far. I have been looking forward to this new chapter for well over a year, and now since I am finally here, I want to make sure that what I put out is absolutely perfect. I don't want to mess up a single thing about it. It will come. I don't know when, but I am not going to give up.
SHA has been the one thing I have been consistently working on the most. At this point, with the large scale it has and with it already being my longest story, despite having less chapters than "As the Moon Rises," (My last large project) yet having almost double the word count so far, this story has become somewhat of a passion project you could say. I am putting my absolute everything into each story element and arc. When the time comes that I must say goodbye, the last thing I at least want to do is finish SHA, and that is still a long ways away. I might be over a fifth of the way through it all, but that was done over the span 1 year and 8 months. I'll be staying for a long time!
I have no idea what the future holds for my profile. I won't be promising any more stories to release apart from future chapters of SHA. If anything does come then that'll be great, but right now, in terms of writing, my heart solely lies in completing SHA right now.
I think that's everything on my mind right now, so I'll end things here. Before I go, I can't thank my followers enough for the support. 74, to some, may not look like a lot, but the fact that there are this many people who were generous enough to leave my profile a follow, you really have made me so happy and I can't thank you enough. Whatever way this profile sees its end, I won't be regretting a single thing as I move on.
Thank you all, and until next time.
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