CYNEFIN- Lucas Sinclair ⁴

UPDATE

(PLEASE READ UNTIL THE END)

...hey y'all. it's been a while LMFAO. i know a lot of you have been waiting for the next chapter of cynefin, and probably hoped that this would be that. unfortunately, it's not, and instead it's some news i know a lot of you are going to be upset with.

after literal months of contemplation, i've decided to discontinue cynefin.

i started writing the acatalepsy series in the beginning of 2019 (before actually publishing it in december), which, as of today (october 16, 2022) makes it a work in progress of almost four years. of course, most of that was because i was waiting for st4 to come out, but even so, it's a long-ass time to be writing a fanfic series. 

in this time, i have, obviously, grown a lot as a person. i was a freshman in high school when i started; i'm now a freshman in university. so, yeah. obviously i'm not the same girl as i was when i began the series.

in the stretch between me finishing paroxysm and season four's release, i started growing out of the stranger things fandom. not entirely—i would still consider myself a fan of the show and i will support my friends' fanfics—but enough that i had no interest in writing any st fics of my own. i thought that this would go away when season four came out, and we got new content. unfortunately, this wasn't the case.

i started writing cynefin more out of obligation than an actual desire to continue alina and gabe's story. i didn't want to disappoint any of my readers, who have all been so supportive over the entirety of this journey. but there came a point where i just ran out of steam. suddenly, writing it became so unappealing that i was procrastinating it at every opportunity.

i thought if i waited a little, i'd get my motivation back, but it hasn't happened. honestly, at this point, i'm going to go right out and say it never will. if i pick up cynefin again, it won't be because i want to. it'll be because i feel like i have to, and i know that's going to affect the quality of my writing.

so i know a lot of you are going to be disappointed (and i'm definitely going to lose followers whoops). but i will no longer be writing cynefin anymore.

HOWEVER (and this is important), this does not mean you will not be getting more content! fun fact, i prewrite all of my chapters before posting them in order to get ahead and not feel so much pressure. so, i've actually got eight more chapters just sitting in my drafts, waiting to be posted.

if you guys want, i can post those eight chapters, and then put a close on cynefin for good. but before i do, i'd really like to hear your thoughts on that. would you prefer i just leave it as it is so you don't have to get into certain plotlines that'll never be finished, or do you want those eight chapters, anyway? please lmk!!

again, thank you all so much for the support on this series. i honestly never would've gotten as far as i did without your comments, votes, and edits(!) encouraging me to continue. this might sound stupid, but it's probably one of the reasons i've decided to pursue a major in creative writing. so, yeah. you guys are pretty frickin' awesome.

i love you all <33333