Howl meats Y/N by a complete accident. After a long journey of discovery and love, he has feelings towards Y/N.
RETIRED. NO NEW CONTENT IS PLANNED OR COMING.
Hi everyone. I am not sure if you read my announcement on the same day I am releasing this. But I basically said I am retiring this story. It's still going to exist here as long as I keep my account running. (No, do not worry. I am not going anywhere anytime soon.) But I am not going to be writing new content for this. Not even when this story reaches new milestones and other things. But this story has been slowing down in general. And I said I would be releasing a longer statement on this. On why I am deciding to retire this story.
Howl's Moving Castle will always be my favorite Studio Ghibli movie. Howl will always be the anime man that pulled me into loving anime men. Fictional men in general, too. Howl will always have a special place in my heart, but I feel that I cannot tend to this story with the love and attention as I do now with my current works. Maybe it is because I no longer feel that "attraction" to him anymore. Whatever it is, I cannot continue to write this. I really and truly wanted to keep this going. I tried so hard to force myself to at least finish the sixth chapter of the rewrite and see how things go from there. But I couldn't even finish that.
And while you may think that forcing myself to do something is a bad thing, but it works for me. If I force myself to sit down and do what I am dreading to do, I will actually get it done and get more done as well. I just couldn't with this. With going on 3 years with no new content on this story, aside from celebrating a milestone and giving periodical updates, I knew the time would be coming to say my last and final goodbye to this story.
It's been real. Truly it has. I honestly didn't think that a friend's idea would reach a wide audience as it did. I was just writing it for fun and that is something this story lost. I lost the fun in writing this story. Unlike the current stories I am writing, I am having fun with it. I am entertaining myself with writing something new for people to enjoy, but still go with the same formula. As a writer, I learned a couple things from one of my favorite authors.
"A story should entertain the writer, too."
"Writing isn't about making money, getting famous, getting dates, getting laid, or making friends. In the end, it's about enriching the lives of those who will read your work, and enriching your own life, as well. It's about getting up, getting well, and getting over. Getting happy, okay? Getting happy."
Both are by Stephen King. And I hope that my fellow writers and readers, you can take something away from that. Because it really does boil down to that. Being happy and entertaining one's self. And as you could tell from all of this, this story no longer entertained me and I no longer felt happy with this story.
With a heavy heart, and a heart is a heavy burden, this is goodbye. I bid this story adieu. Thank you all for taking the time to read this and to understand where I am coming from and why I must say goodbye to this story. If I don't, it will eat me alive.
Thank you all for the wonderful memories and the comments you have left on this story. I will cherish every single one of them and how I made an impact. I look forward to many more memories with you and the more comments you have. I do hope I continue to impact all those who read my works.
Thank you.
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