RainySubz

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I FORGOT TO DO MY FUCKING ANNOUNCEMENT AGAIN GODDAMMIT.
          	
          	Anyways though. We are back as always, and I'm here to say that the writing stage of Chapter 6 is officially done and editing has begun. There are a few scenes that I need to touch up on but overall editing shouldn't take too long. My current estimation for the final product will be around 30k words which while that number is absolutely insane, I think you guys deserve an amount like that after dealing with my lazy bullshit for nearly 5 months lol.
          	
          	This chapter is packed with character explorations, new ideas, new styles, and action that I hope will satisfy you guys after all that projectile-dodging stuff that I wrote previously (which I will attempt to fix once I get to editing those chapters respectively).
          	
          	I don't want to toot my horn too much but I genuinely believe that this hunk of a chapter will keep you guys well-fed once it's out. Editing is still hell and it'll probably be at least a couple months until I start writing Chapter 7, but I will try my absolute hardest to keep the story delivering despite the lack of completely new content.
          	
          	I still suck at writing announcements so as always, my apologies lol, but if you took some time out of your day to read either this or my book then I thank you very much.  This story means a lot and I want to make sure it's at its absolute best before I continue into the deeper stuff.
          	
          	Kohan is a lot more interesting and developed, and the other characters that aren't mine I hope I can do them better justice than I did before, Satoru especially. No offense to the guy but it was 100% a mistake on my behalf to not make him more egotistical. He's not asshole, he has a heart, it's just that his ego blinds him sometimes. I dont have too many original characters of my own so its pretty important that I represent these characters similar to how they were intended.
          	
          	That's all for today folks. Keep living, keep smiling, and I promise to not make you guys wait too long. Cya.

RainySubz

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I FORGOT TO DO MY FUCKING ANNOUNCEMENT AGAIN GODDAMMIT.
          
          Anyways though. We are back as always, and I'm here to say that the writing stage of Chapter 6 is officially done and editing has begun. There are a few scenes that I need to touch up on but overall editing shouldn't take too long. My current estimation for the final product will be around 30k words which while that number is absolutely insane, I think you guys deserve an amount like that after dealing with my lazy bullshit for nearly 5 months lol.
          
          This chapter is packed with character explorations, new ideas, new styles, and action that I hope will satisfy you guys after all that projectile-dodging stuff that I wrote previously (which I will attempt to fix once I get to editing those chapters respectively).
          
          I don't want to toot my horn too much but I genuinely believe that this hunk of a chapter will keep you guys well-fed once it's out. Editing is still hell and it'll probably be at least a couple months until I start writing Chapter 7, but I will try my absolute hardest to keep the story delivering despite the lack of completely new content.
          
          I still suck at writing announcements so as always, my apologies lol, but if you took some time out of your day to read either this or my book then I thank you very much.  This story means a lot and I want to make sure it's at its absolute best before I continue into the deeper stuff.
          
          Kohan is a lot more interesting and developed, and the other characters that aren't mine I hope I can do them better justice than I did before, Satoru especially. No offense to the guy but it was 100% a mistake on my behalf to not make him more egotistical. He's not asshole, he has a heart, it's just that his ego blinds him sometimes. I dont have too many original characters of my own so its pretty important that I represent these characters similar to how they were intended.
          
          That's all for today folks. Keep living, keep smiling, and I promise to not make you guys wait too long. Cya.

RainySubz

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Please forgive me for my tardiness. I was gonna do this yesterday but I got bummed out and couldn't find the motivation to write anything, not even my own book. I'm still the same today but I have enough will to force myself into posting this so uh, yeah.
          
          Anyways though. For the monthly update, Chapter 6's progress has been fine, I guess. It's nearly complete and I just need to finish up on a few scenes and we should be ready to post (that is if editing goes smoothly as well). It's been difficult finding the motivation to write these past few days but I am trying to get something down every day. Life has been an absolute bitch to me and although I am riddled with doubt and insecurity, I'm trying to keep everything I have in tact.
          
          The chapter will be posted when it's finished, despite some of its content being connected to what I have planned for the revamps, stuff that I haven't put on a page yet. It's nothing too major, just a few dialogues and mentions. I thought it'd be cruel of me to make you guys wait even longer for everything else to be revamped so I'll be leaving y'all with something at least.
          
          Speaking of the revamps, I have decided that I will be doing it for all the current chapters, even ones I said that were only getting partial touch-ups like 4 and 5. It'll take a little while for me to move on to truly new content, but I'll probably drop each chapter revamp individually instead of in one single pack like I had planned originally.
          
          This year has been quite the struggle for me so far, and I'm very sorry that I let it impact my writing. Days have been slower, thoughts have been heavier. It's hard trying to balance all this with my own issues and I can't emphasis enough how shitty I feel about forcing you guys to wait longer so I can get my shit together.
          
          Content will come. I just need time. Chapter 6 is nearly complete so look forward to that. I can gurantee that it will come out before the end of the month.
          
          That should be all, I will cya soon. Peace

RainySubz

(god I'm so ass at writing these lmao)
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MelonLegs

What on God's green Earth is a panopticon.

MelonLegs

@RainySubz 
            
            YOU PUT ME AND BOB IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT!?!?!?!
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RainySubz

@MelonLegs Directly taken from Google:
            
            "a circular prison with cells arranged around a central well, from which prisoners could at all times be observed."
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RainySubz

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I thought it'd be good to do one of those every month so, just so you guys aren't left completely in the dark whenever I go silent. Anyways, not only has it been 7 months since I started writing Macabre Requiem back in august, it's also been 3 godforsaken ones since I first worked on Chapter 6. Really sucks that I've been working on this piece of shit since  December, but just so you guys know, my prediction of when it'll come out before was DEAD FUCKING WRONG, lmao.
          
          Sorry if I sound grittier than usual. Life has been really rough for me these past few months and the fact that this thing has been in my backlog for so long just irks me. I've never been a discipline or responsible person so every time I slack off, or not write as much as I could for my dailt, I just feel like shit and that makes everything worse. Insecurity is a terrible thing that I'm trying to overcome, however, it's quite the arduous journey. Hell, looking back at my older works is what made me want to do all of these revamps and touch-ups, since I just couldn't continue knowing that there were obvious flaws in my work.
          
          As for the schedule, this is all I'll have to do before I can be expected to drop.
          -Revamps of Chapter 6
          -Full revamps of Chapter 1 and Chapter 2
          -and partial revamps of Chapters 3, 4, 5 (scene specific).
          
          I know that I'm just a silly guy on wattpad that can hardly be called an author, hardly be called a writer too tbh, but I genuinely have a story that I want to tell and I can't do that if the beginning of it is riddled with flaws. I'm not entirely sure about it myself, but I'd say the beginning of Macabre Requiem is decently important to the overall story of the book.
          
          So, just to wrap things up, I'm sorry that I always have to keep you guys waiting, and I apologise for going silent for so long yet again. Barely anybody is in my community so I probably sound like I'm talking to no one right now, but I promise to do my best to deliver, even if it takes until May or something lol.

RainySubz

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I appreciate the words and concern, man.
            
            I think this is the first time I've actually responded to someone on my board lol so apologies if I sound a little unorganized.
            
            Anyways though, I get that being so stingy can be self-destructive and I totally agree with that. No story will be perfect and expecting them to be as such will just ruin your enjoyment of everything. However, quite a few themes in my story are important and I need to make sure I get them right, otherwise I'll create a travestry that even I won't be satisfied with.
            
            For your worries, I do make sure to write every day. My goal daily is 600 words but I've learnt how to be happy with just putting stuff on the page. My schedule has been all over the place but as long as something is put down, I'm satisfied.
            
            It took me a while to learn how to be critical without being self-destructive, and I can asure you that all of these revamps are there by my own merit. Some of it is insecurity, yeah, but I'm still enjoying the process of doing as such and It's rare that I burn out.
            
            It's a heavy workload but I know how to get through it. Again, I appreciate your concern, but I promise you that I will be okay.  I'd let it be known if this book was gnawing away at me but so far, it isn't, and it's become a hobby of mine even throughout all the struggle.
            
            Sorry if I sound really preachy and pretentious in this, by the way. I'm sure you know me as just some random goober online so this might come off as really different to how I usually act.
            
            I will be fine, and I am okay as I am writing this. I think the main concern is why I'm so stingy over a fucking anime fanfiction of all things lol.
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MelonLegs

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@RainySubz 
            
            Honestly, it's a rare thing to have an author on Wattpad that actually gives a crap about what they pump out, but at the same time, I've learned through the hard way that trying to fix every little thing that went wrong is a highly destructive process
            
            That's the way by which you don't abandon your books for months, but for a year and more
            
            It's amazing to see you care for your art as much as you do, but it's important to remember that you'll never really be able to achieve perfection
            
            You'll get better at what you do, and when you do, you'll start thinking that what you did before was kind of shit and could be fixed
            
            Right now, you're only fixing six chapters so it's okay, but if I had to give some solid advice, I'd say:
            
            Just keep writing
            
            We can't spend all of our time looking over what could've been done better in the past, so after these six, just keep writing
            
            And hey, as a final perk, which I know you might not want to hear, but most audiences on Wattpad barely even care for the little things that authors like us stress over.
            
            For example, right now, I'm stressing over having to change the format of all my previous chapters and I'm 90% sure that barely anyone cares
            
            But, and here's another thing, I wanna do it cause it's quick, easy and I like it better this way
            
            So, basically, I encourage you to do whatever you want, but it's important to set boundaries and to know when to stop and accept and when to actually fix something
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RainySubz

Continuing on my point of my revamps since I'm dogshit at being concise, I'd say I'm about half-way done with them for Chapter 6. Kinda crazy how much the word count has increased from before but the writing compared to then is totally better.
            
            Oh and just for context, the schedule I listed was also the order I'm working on the chapters.
            
            That should be all I'll have to say today. I'll try to be more active but besides that, cya next time, yo.
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RainySubz

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An Update (I'm really bad at doing these announcements lmao):
          
          Sup guys, just coming on here to let you guys know that as of yesterday, the writing stage for Chapter 6: On The Shoulders Of Giants has been completed. Editing will begin tomorrow but as I'm writing, I am currently taking the day off. Progress has been decently smooth all throughout with a few hurdles, but this is only partially the reason why I'm here
          
          Before I get all gloomy again, I'd still like to thank you guys for your continued support on Macabre Requiem. "Support" seems like an overstatement considering how small my page is, but seeing even a single person vote on my book or add to their list warms my heart and makes my day a little better. My days are honestly pretty boring so seeing some action over something I made is really cool. Don't be like EasyQueasy though, otherwise I will crucify since he added my book to a list with MULTIPLE SATORU GOJO X READER FANFICTIONS!!!. Seriously, if you're reading this, I will FUCKING FIND YOU- kidding.
          
          But anyways, the reason I'm here in the first place is that I'd want it to be known that Chapter 6 will be coming out a little later. I realized that some of my older work is not the finest that I'd like to be it, and even some content in Chapter 6 itself needs some revamping. So, what I'm basically saying is that the release will be delayed by at least a month (if everything goes smoothly), but it will be dropping with a lot of extra content, including full revamps of Chapter 1 and Chapter 2, and partial touch-ups on Chapter 3 and Chapter 5. Chapter 4 is the only one safe my wrath since I genuinely feel like that it's my most solid work so far (though that will probably change after Chapter 6 is finished).
          
          I hate to keep you guys waiting, knowing my schedule and all, but I hope you understand that I want my book to be as radiant as possible before I continue. Again, thank you all for your continued patience, and I promise to delivery resplendently. 
          
          Cya✌️

RainySubz

Should've mentioned this when it was first posted, but if you guys have any critiques that you'd like to say then now would be the time. Me personally, I think the story I've made is relatively strong, but the actual writing itself can come off as verbose and awkward at times, and most of my stuff is generally just long even if unintentional.
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RainySubz

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(I fucked up the last announcement, ignore that)
          
          The writing stage of Chapter 5 of Macabre Requiem is now complete. This chapter is long as hell and I'm sorry that you guys have to deal with my lengthy-ass work. I aim to cut out the fat a bit in the following chapters but regardless of my flaws, all that is left to do is finish editing and it should be ready to publish.
          
          Thank you for your continued support on Macabre Requiem. The fanbase is only small but it makes me happy that at least a few of you guys are finding enjoyment in reading my stuff. I love doing this as my hobby and I promise to deliver as much as I can. I'm sorry that updates are so slow but I'm glad you guys stick around even with the ennui-inducing schedule.
          
          Remember to always be yourself and do what you love, it's better to be your own man or woman rather than someone who just lays On The Shoulders Of Giants. Obvious foreshadowing aside, this announcement is getting long so I'll stop my yapping here. Have a good day gang.

RainySubz

I forgot to say earlier but it is my birthday today. I am officially one year closer to death so uh... YIPPPPEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
          
          My birthday's been great so far and I believe it's going to get even better. I wrote almost double my usual today for Macabre Requiem so I guess that spark of good luck is really stroking me (that sounds gay af but I'll roll with it). But anyhow, have a wonderful day or night wherever you are, and if you like my stuff then I promise to continue delivering as soon as I can.

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@RainySubz happy birthday dude! Here (shoves monopoly money into your hand) 
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TheOneCutKiller

@RainySubz happy birthday, good sir
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RainySubz

If I don't see 1000 dollars from all of y'all in my bank account then I might actually crash out 
            
            (Kidding, just saying happy birthday would be enough for me)
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