TheShinks

hey~
          	
          	i have been away for a long time, i know haha. but things had gotten very hectic and i was trying to catch up on them. now that i have aquired some time, i thought i should update on some things i have been thinking about for a while. 
          	for some personal reasons and all, i have decided to unpublish 'in his name', now that the judging for onc has been done. i have been thinking long and hard about that book, and for many reasons, the top one being the tight deadline, i feel its lacking in a lot of aspects. and i'm not even kidding how upsetting the whole thing was, when i reread and it just didn't...land. but after pondering over it for a while now, i felt the best decision would be to just rewrite the whole thing, from the top, to the bottom. i have the skeleton now, after the first draft (one i published), and from their i can rebuild it and hopefully produce better results. so, yes, im going to sit and map out all the character studies i did, the plot structure, the plot holes, the logistics, the flow, the prose. just, everything.
          	the characters had quite grown on me, and not giving them a story that they deserve, has my heart breaking. so, after having a hugee debate with myself, i have atlast unpublished it. idk when i will be done with the rewrite, but this time i'm going to take my time with it. until i'm done with this, i won't be having any peace of mind, so till then i won't be working on any other work. with that, im going to be away from wattpad a while. 
          	i think i need this break, because, in an excitement to get it over with, i'm really affecting the quality of my own work. from now on, i'm going to take my time with things.
          	that is it ig. well bye, and hope to meet you all when i'm in a better state of mind~

TheShinks

hey~
          
          i have been away for a long time, i know haha. but things had gotten very hectic and i was trying to catch up on them. now that i have aquired some time, i thought i should update on some things i have been thinking about for a while. 
          for some personal reasons and all, i have decided to unpublish 'in his name', now that the judging for onc has been done. i have been thinking long and hard about that book, and for many reasons, the top one being the tight deadline, i feel its lacking in a lot of aspects. and i'm not even kidding how upsetting the whole thing was, when i reread and it just didn't...land. but after pondering over it for a while now, i felt the best decision would be to just rewrite the whole thing, from the top, to the bottom. i have the skeleton now, after the first draft (one i published), and from their i can rebuild it and hopefully produce better results. so, yes, im going to sit and map out all the character studies i did, the plot structure, the plot holes, the logistics, the flow, the prose. just, everything.
          the characters had quite grown on me, and not giving them a story that they deserve, has my heart breaking. so, after having a hugee debate with myself, i have atlast unpublished it. idk when i will be done with the rewrite, but this time i'm going to take my time with it. until i'm done with this, i won't be having any peace of mind, so till then i won't be working on any other work. with that, im going to be away from wattpad a while. 
          i think i need this break, because, in an excitement to get it over with, i'm really affecting the quality of my own work. from now on, i'm going to take my time with things.
          that is it ig. well bye, and hope to meet you all when i'm in a better state of mind~

TheShinks

a small update kinda...so i'm thinking of taking a break from wattpad for a while as i already told, busy month :")
          anyways, i will come some times to check on updates or smth like that, but i cannot be fully active as of this moment.
          unexpectedly my second book turned out to be 'In His Name' and 'The Quiet After' was just...left. i will come back, probably at the end of this month...? i mean, start writing by end of this month and hopefully by next month i can start publishing. generally i keep some chapters in reserve before starting to update them. 
          again, i won't be completely off the grid lol, but i might not have time to check other works and things like that...
          and, i love all the support i have received so far for my works, and i will definitely come back soon to reciprocate it and i'm hoping to receive similar love for my other upcoming works as well~
          leave a message, comment, or anything really :) :) <3
          
          with lots of loves~

TheShinks

28/04/26
          
          'In His Name' is finally completed. feel free to check it out~
          
          damn, this book killed me lol. i was honestly thinking i wouldn't complete it on time, but look at me, haha.
          
          every time it surprises me how things change as stories progress. you start them thinking in one direction, and they end up in a completely different direction.
          i struggled a bit (okay, a lot) at the end to meet the word count criteria, so it took more time than i thought. because of this, the size of the chapters is very inconsistent than i liked, some even being just 500 words. but honestly i don't have time to deal with it right now.
          on lighter news, 'In His Name' was one of the round one winners and ambassadors' picks, and was also qualified for round 2. yayyy. 
          now, it's been officially submitted for round 3. because of the tight deadline, i couldn't tighten or proofread the content as i would have liked, but i cannot do major edits for now. 
          anyways, fingers crossed, and i hope everyone who reads the book enjoys it as much as i enjoyed writing rowan's and cassian's journey :D
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/408229082-in-his-name
          
          loves~

TheShinks

ooff it's been a while~
          
          heyy. sorry i just disappeared for nearly a month. i have been pretty busy meeting some deadlines and such. i was working on one piece for another contest for my college, and alongside other work, i decided to enter the onc too. that is why i hurriedly wrote the first few chapters, just to mark my entrance. ik in my previous note i said that i have been working on my second book, 'the quiet after'. well, i was working on it, but then i saw the open novella contest. i really liked one of the prompts and have always wanted to explore the historical fiction-fantasy category. so, i thought i could just use this as an opportunity. also, as a part of one of my electives i have been reading quite a few novellas, and that just increased my interest in writing one. all that led to the release of 'in his name'. i will definitely be finishing the book even if i don't make it through the contest. so, 'the quiet after' will be on hold, and as soon as i finish this book, i will work on it again. i cannot work on two books simultaneously, have too much on my plate. i'm hoping to complete it by the end of this month because i will be super busy next month. 
          
          so that is it for the updates. i will try to stay active at least until the end of this month. 
          
          loves~

TheShinks

guysss, i'm so happy that i'm writing this note, that is, after the completion of my first ever book. this is just great. i have already talked a lot about the book, and everything in my thank you note, so here i will be discussing the next set of plans.
          now that unravel is completed i'm preparing for the release of my second book 'the quiet after'. this is entirely my own work, unlike unravel. the plot, the characters, the settings, everything. so even if i mess up i cannot blame it on anyone lol. as i said, this one will also be a psychological book and will be exploring more darker themes. i have taken over this profile and gotten pretty comfortable publishing here, so i will continue to do so, under the same name. i expect to start publishing the next book towards the middle or the end of this month.
          clandestine was a book we started writing at least four years back. it was written by the five of us. each took turns to write one chapter, and that is how we first started publishing. soon, we just lost the momentum, and right now the book is lying without anyone to take it up. we tried to revise it a while back, but again, it led nowhere. i already have three books i want to complete and have no plans to take up clandestine, right now. the plot for this story was also decided; it just needed execution. one of my major concerns is that as a group we were able to write the book, so i had no problems, but the thing is the book leans towards friendship and humor, which i'm very bad at. also, my friends are not available right now to continue writing. i don't want to change the theme that was established initially, and hence i have no plans to continue, so it will remain in indefinite hiatus. i have some unpublished drafts, and i will just publish those and leave it at that. if ever i get the chance or the confidence, i will take it up again. 
          so yeah, that is it. i definitely have some extras planned for unravel, but i will conclude with this right now. thanks a lot!

TheShinks

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31/01/26
          
          the epilogue is out now
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/400214898-unravel
          
          guys, the epilogue is released, marking the completion of the book. i'm so glad i was able to meet the deadline of finishing the updates for this book by this month. i'm very tired right now, so i will come tomorrow to talk about the next set of plans and so on. really really, thank you all so much for sticking through this amazing journey.
          
          loves~

TheShinks

30/01/26
          
          chapter seventy-nine of 'UNRAVEL' is now out! please feel free to check it out~
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/400214898-unravel
          
          and that is the final chapter of the book. i'm so so so happy that i wrapped up the book. i'm feeling a lot of emotions right now. i went through so much throughout the journey, but at the moment i'm filled with satisfaction and so much joy. thank you all so much to everyone who stayed with me. i will see you all tomorrow with the epilogue and a note.
          
          loves~

TheShinks

26/01/26
          
          chapter seventy-eight of 'UNRAVEL' is now out! please feel free to check it out~
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/400214898-unravel
          
          hey guysss. i'm very excited because with just two chapters remaining, we are going to be finishing the book. and i'm happy that i'm able to do it on such a special day, on top of that. well the final episode and the epilogue, which are left, will be published later, only after @Mellow_101 requests, so yeah (wants to feel like she's in control ig lol). we are so so so close to ending, and i will see you all with my final note with the next update eeeeeeeeeeee.
          
          loves~