So hi guys, if you're still there. I'm back. Kind of.
It's been a little under a year since I went on here I think due to my broken laptop. You will be pleased to know that I was finally able to get a MacBook Air. With a lot of help from my Dad, that is.
But I can't promise my full return.
In the past year I've had time to reflect on not just my writing but also who exactly I am. Instead of making readers happy, I was making myself happy and that was really nice. I also brought up my school marks. I discovered that Wattpad was adding all this pressure to my life that I really didn't need on top of all of my exams.
And then, once I got my Macbook, I started looking over my old stuff, A Cat Called Steve included, and I realised that not only had I myself improved in writing but I also realised that my old stuff was full of mistakes and messy. Above all else, I was reading this stuff and not recognising my own style anymore. It seemed that my style was being washed away in a flood of teen fiction novels.
It is for this reason that, after a lot of thinking, I will be starting a new on here. I will be taking down Pose as I need to improve it a lot if I'm going to continue it and my profile will be updated. This may include a new username. A Cat Called Steve will remain up here as of just now. It might be taken down in the future but I don't know right now.
I want you to know that this, right here, is not my promise to return to Wattpad full-time. I have major exams this year, ones that will affect the rest of my life. So I probably won't be posting much, if anything, up here. I might also not have any time to reply to comments.
Right now, and I guess I'm being selfish, but I really can't focus on other people's feelings. The most important thing is that I make myself happy and be as successful as I can be and, if you feel like you are in a similar situation, I suggest that you do the same thing.
Thank you,
Rachel. (Formerly known as Bubbles.)