The Boys And Her

Author's Note

Date: April 2, 2020

It is currently 10:23 PM, Pacific Time, as I'm writing this, although you didn't ask.

First, I want to thank you, the reader, for reading through my terrible and unedited story. It means a lot that this many people have viewed it, even if they didn't finish. That really makes me happy because I like writing and I like writing for other people, so knowing that you like it makes you feel like I'm not that bad.

Second, I just saw a comment talking about Mars' love for Hazel and how it stems from not having a maternal figure in his life. I completely agree with this. 100%. Like I saw this comment and I was like 'what the heck. thank you.' So anyway that comment is the whole reason I'm writing this right now.

The Boys and Her was written when I was in 6th grade (for all you non-Americans that's when I was 11 or 12 years old) and to be completely honest I was just writing to be writing. This story didn't have a plot or I had no idea where this was going when I had started writing, which is why it has so many mistakes.

I like to think my writing has improved since then and looking back on this story, I really like it, however, there's a lot I want to change about it. There are mistakes that I want to clear up and some details that I want to change completely.

This story is pretty much the "gateway" if you will into all the other stories I want to write/or have written. The other stories can be read as a stand-alone though. It's just they all happen in the same town and sometimes at the same time. It's a paracosm or an imaginary world called Aldcrest. Obviously, these stories have not been shared yet as I'm still writing or editing them. (Peter's Secret is under heavy editing, but you should check it out anyway).

Anyway, I've been thinking for a really long time that I've wanted to edit this story and I really should. I just didn't know how to go about it. I wasn't sure if I should completely take it down or go chapter by chapter, but all I know is now I'm gonna start actually editing this story.

In advance, I'd like to say that there will be things that have changed in the story and I was thinking about changing the plot because I've been reading comments about the predictions that people have—since this story doesn't have an actual plot—and I really like those predictions, so I was thinking about changing the story to make it have a plot.

I'm pretty sure that was repetitive.

But anyway, I was wondering as a person who is still learning how to navigate and improve on Wattpad, how do you think I should go about editing the story? 

Taking it down completely or going chapter by chapter?

And 'chapter by chapter' I mean not taking down the story, but editing the chapter while it's still published on Wattpad. Hopefully, that made sense.

Either what is come up with, the book is beginning to be edited in Google Docs for the time of publishing.

That's all I really wanted to say.

So, if you read this far or even read this at all, thanks because I really had no reason to write all of this to tell you I'm just editing the story. I'm a little dramatic and unnecessary when it comes to, like, anything.

Also, I'd like to bring up that the spin-off, Me And Her, has a while to make its way to Wattpad because of the timeline I've come up with for this made-up world, but it's already halfway written. I promise I will start updating my page. Like, what else do I have to do? Go outside? (Stay safe btw).

Anyway, that's all I have to say. So now, I'm probably going to edit this story right now and then in like an hour I'll go to bed, so goodnight.

Or good morning?