Jared Gilmore Imagines

should i keep writing? + explanation

hey guys!

so yeah. i've been missing for a long, long time. probably haven't uploaded an imagine in about a year or so.

honestly, i don't know how many of you will read this but can i just say how grateful i am for every single one of you? 121k views. that's just unbelieveable. you guys are amazing.

when i first began this book, i simply did it because there weren't enough writings on either jared gilmore or henry mills, so i decided, why not give it a shot? i never in a million years, thought my work would be read by so many. maybe a couple 100, but 121k and growing? that simply leaves me speechless. it just brings so much bliss and euphoria into my life knowing that so many people actually read my work and enjoyed it?? that's crazy and i'm forever grateful!

back then i was thirteen, my english was pretty good for a girl whose first language is spanish, but of course, it wasn't the best. many of the scenarios i wrote were purely straight out of my head and thoughts, but others were inspired off something i came across while on the internet and i made sure to credit it.

so addressing me being missing for the longest time, these were the main reasons why

1. school played a huge part in my "disappearance". as expected, as one gets older, their responsibilities only increase. not only did i have to deal with the huge amounts of studying that i had to do, but also prepare for a really important debate that lasted one week.

2. in addition to school work, ballet also played a big role. if you read the "author's note" that i left after every chapter, you would probably know that i do competitive ballet. i had practice every day for long periods of time.

3. i volunteered a lot more this year when i had some free time. that + piano lessons, and photography and film club.

as you can probably tell, i no longer found the time to balance it all out: my studies, long and energy draining ballet rehearsals, volunteering and other extracurricular activities + writing. and in addition, i was seriously lacking tons of sleep. going to sleep at around 4:30 in the morning, and sometimes not even finishing my studies, so i had to wake up at 5am to resume my learnings. keep in mind that i wake up at 5:30am on a daily basis, on a normal school day. therefore, the most sleep i got was 30 minutes to 2 hours.

and truthfully, i don't wanna publish something i'm not proud of because i deeply believe that you guys deserve something i'm 100% proud of calling my own. i wanted to come up with great ideas and fulfill your requests, but i wasn't gonna allow myself to publish something that turned out rubbish just to get it out of the way. no, even if i took a long time, i wanted to pour my soul and heart into every word and be able to say "i wrote this," in the end.

important
4. i did stop watching once upon a time. right around the time season 5b (?) was released, i had gotten so busy that i had completely forgotten that i had to catch up on the show until i lost interest. though, i most likely will finish watching the remaining seasons, once i get the chance to.
pretty bummed that jared isn't in s7. 

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but now onto the important question

should i keep writing? or should i just leave it as it is?

because it would be pretty amazing to get back into writing on a daily basis and in a way, i feel like i owe it to you guys for being long gone.

+ i still remember the drabble game. where, can i just say, you guys came up with such great ideas! i'm would be so excited to write down some of your requests.

i'm just curious to see if any of you would read my work, if i did begin to write some more.

so, let me know if i should continue on writing more scenarios or just leave it as it is.

ps: the chapter limit is 200 and we're around 80 chapters so we still have a lot more of parts to fill. (if you do want me to keep on writing)

thank you thank you thank you guys.
for the endless support and love.