BlakeAstor

I'll republish Two Mazes, but I don't think I'll promote it again. I tried that, and it ended in disaster, due to the negative feedback about it being a rip-off of The Maze Runner series. That happened on TikTok.
          
          I have to write Two Mazes. It might get negative feedback again, but this story refuses to remain unpublished. I have to complete it and then republish it, which I intend to do.
          
          Two Mazes will be back. Eventually.
          
          Thanks for reading.
          
          Your friend, Blake Astor.

I've done some thinking about Two Mazes, and I decided I should republic it. Yes, it's a blatant rip-off of The Maze Runner, but I can't stop thinking about Two Mazes, and I don't want all the time I put into writing it to be for nothing. I'll republish it after I finish writing the whole thing.
          
          My life feels too empty without Two Mazes, so I might as well continue writing it. I might get some hate from The Maze Runner fans, but oh well. Whatever happens, happens. I'm going to continue writing this dang story.

I deleted Two Mazes on every website I published it on, including this one. I deleted it because of negative feedback I was getting about it on TikTok. People were calling it a rip-off of The Maze Runner and such, when TM was more than just that. I couldn't stop thinking about the negative comments and how similar my story was to The Maze Runner, so I chose to delete it.
          
          I still have the chapters and outline for Two Mazes, of course. But I highly doubt I'll republish this story. There's no point. If the general consensus is that it's just a rip-off of TMR book series and nothing more, what's the point in having it available to the public? At this point, TM is lost media. Only available to me.
          
          I'll keep writing. I just won't be writing TM anymore, and I don't know what I should write. I'm worried people will see my story Grim as a rip-off of Lorien Legacies, so I can't go back to writing that. Even if that wasn't the case, I'm not even ready to continue writing Grim.
          
          Simply put, I'm not sure what to do now. I just know I'm in a terrible mood now that Two Mazes had to be unpublished.
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          

I might discontinue Two Mazes, maybe even delete it. A TikTok I made for it got some hostility, and it recently got more hostility. People are seeing Two Mazes as just a rip-off of The Maze Runner, when I wanted it to be more than that. People were also hating on me because of the AI images I used in the post, images I didn't create myself and simply found online.
          
          When this is the feedback I'm getting from people who haven't even read the story yet, it's hard to see the point in writing it. Nowadays, I can't even write TM without thinking of how similar it is to The Maze Runner. It makes me feel like a talentless hack writer. It makes me feel ashamed and embarrassed.
          
          I'm considering pulling the plug on Two Mazes. I already deleted that TikTok account. I might as well delete Two Mazes too. It's a precious story to me, but because of the intense negative feedback for it, I think the best case scenario is me just deleting it. I'm sure this is what I'll do.
          
          I apologize to anyone who actually liked this thing, but TM has to go. I'm official done with writing anything that might be seen as a blatant rip-off. From now on, any new story I write will be so original that no one will be able to call it a rip-off.
          
          Honestly, having to delete TM does make me angry and sad, but this is the way it has to be. I'm not sure what I should write now. Definitely not my other story, Grim. Even Grim might be seen as a rip-off. After all, it was based on an old story of mine that was actually based on the Lorien Legacies series.
          
          Having to delete Two Mazes is a major loss for me. But life goes on, I guess. I have to keep moving forward, no matter what happens.
          
          Thanks for reading.
          
          Your friend, Blake Astor.