When Lightning Strikes- A Jack Frost Fanfiction

Reagrding this book (UPDATE)

I want to start this out by saying I'm sorry. I am sorry for how inactive it's been and I'm sorry for how almost lacking the chapters have been recently.

I started this book summer of 2022, during which I was writing a chapter almost daily. I was dedicated and loved what I was writing. This book was the beginning of a special interest...then ADHD struck.

I lost most of my motivation for this book after August of 2022.

To give a little bit of backstory on how this happened, I don't simp for fictional characters in their original medium. I don't read fanfics of fandoms I'm in. Instead, I develop crushes from reading fanfiction. I join fandoms by coming fan-made material.

My current fandom obsession? Marvel. The last time I watched a marvel movie or show: that's a great question.

Suffice to say, since there weren't many Jack Frost fics, I wasn't able to continue my crush, so I moved straight on to the next shiny thing.

I went to harry hook, then drarry, then Peter Parker, captain america, and now we are on to Bucky Barnes. If you look at my reading lists, it's like a chronological timeline of special interest characters. I haven't removed many (besides DNF which we don't talk about) so it's very clear to see that I hop around a bit.

For a long time the only reason I wrote was because of the one incredible and dedicated fan.
At this point TellMeWhatMyLifeIs is basically a co-author of this book. I would not have made it past chapter 9 without you.

The lack of motivation is not due to lack of planning; I have the entire book completely outlined. I know what is going to happen and I want to share it. But the second I try to put words down on a page, I can't. I've taken countless notes on how I want it to be, I have typed up character study after character study of Skylar, but I just couldn't seem to latch on to motivation.

I love this book. My first fanfiction has been taken down at this point and was never even finished. The writing was terrible, the characters were surface level, and the small conflicts were solved in paragraphs rather than chapters. This book isn't like that. When I go back to the first chapter I am proud of it. Yes, there are parts I would rewrite but younger me was onto something. It feels a disservice to leave it unfinished but even more of a disservice to force myself to keep writing when I don't want to.

So where does that all leave us? I guess for a long time I have considered never posting again but that never felt right. As long as I could add a tiny bit to the next chapter, it was worth it. But that's not sustainable. I've lost drive and lost the characters along the way, to the point where I just didn't know how to dialogue anymore.

I had one last idea: rewatching Rise of the Guardians.

We're back baby!

I now remember why I started this book in the first place; this book is a love letter to that movie, to the characters and details that I fell in love with.

Also Jack Frost is hot.

Anyway, I feel incredible again. I can't tell you when the next chapter will be posted, most likely the next time I remember this exists, but I'm not stopping this book (but I bet I had you there for a second).

Once the next chapter is posted this note will be removed. I want to deep dive into analyzing the characters, I want to get inside their heads (and jacks pants). So it may be a bit, but it won't be forever.

Thank you for the constant support. It means the world to me and I hope to see you soon.

ColdBolt will be back!