Remember Me

Time For It To Come To An End

Hey, my readers. It's been a while, hasn't it?

I'm sorry to say that I'm no longer working on this story. It's hard to say I'm stopping without finishing it, but it was bound to happen.

First of all, I got stuck. Really stuck. After I while, I didn't know where I was going with the story anymore. Without a goal, it just kept running on without a target. Then, when I ran out of ideas, it just stopped and stayed where it was for, what, two months now?

Second, I got other ideas. It's been about a year since I started working on this, and in that time I got ideas for two other stories, both of which I'm currently expanding upon. Plot bunnies, am I right? Remember Me was loosely based on the time I spent roleplaying with people on Toontown Online. Despite being VERY loosely based on it, at some points while writing it I felt limited. I could tell myself constantly that it didn't matter, I wasn't writing actual people, but something held me back. Another thing is, one part of this story was based on a dream I had. Only. One. Part. I started writing as a way to put it down on paper (or in this case on a screen), but it turned into something I didn't expect. Did I think I would get over a thousand reads? No. Did I expect my sister to find it and become the main supporter? Not at all. So basically the story was a spur-of-the-moment thing, and once I got to far, I didn't know what to do anymore.

Third, to put it bluntly, I lost interest. I haven't roleplayed in two years. It isn't something that I do anymore. I applied aspects of the Warriors series to this story, and it's been even longer since I read that. Now, if I decide to rewrite this story with my own basis and characters, that's different. I might be more interested. But for now this idea needs to be stepped away from.

Fourth, I'm sure any writer on here (or any site where you share your work) knows the pressure of updating at a certain rate. Whenever I hadn't updated for a while, it would weigh down on me whether I thought about it or not. Something would pick at me while I was doing other things, like schoolwork, hanging out with friends, or just getting some alone time. High school is enough stress, guys! I recently got through a six-week "game" that the English classes played while reading the Odyssey. Urgh. If that's the English department's idea of a game, they need to look up the definition of the word, because as a captain of one of the teams I don't think I've ever felt more drained. I'm no leader, and having to organize things for a group stresses me out with how forgetful and unorganized I am. So, I need to get things off my back before high school gets worse.

There you go, my reasoning. If you've read this far, congrats and thanks! I'd like people to know why I dropped this story. Let's not go off the map without an explanation, right?

There's a happier side to this, though! I have two entirely original stories in progress, since the ideas bugged me for so long. I'm a lot more invested in these, and I feel more relaxed and easily inspired while I write them. Also, my best friend (YOU GO TORY XD) has the best reactions when I give her a chapter, and it really makes me want to write more. If I find myself liking these stories, I'll share them here. One of them I've already shared the prologue in "Randomly Writing Stuff," but I've changed the title. It used to be Willow, but now the story title will be How Cracked Is Her Sanity. It might change again, considering I've altered it about five times now. The other story is Eversekai: True Reality. This is the one Tory's reading, and I'm about 17,500 words in. 

To avoid giving up and writing out another message like this one again, I'll write most or all of those two stories before publishing. That way my slowness doesn't hurt the schedule! It'd make me so happy if you all check out these works once I put them out there.

Thanks for reading if you got this far, and I'd appreciate your understanding. I hope to write for people again in the future! So, for the first time in a long time and the last time for a while...

LUV Y'ALL!

Eerie out.