Hey all.
You may have noticed I've taken down The Servo Pirates. It's with a heavy heart that I'm here to tell you it's down indefinitely. I may come back to it someday, but that's not today.
You see, this story idea came to me last January when my friend group was talking about turning our group into a pirate crew. One person started the idea of writing us into a story based on One Piece. Then another of our friends came up with her own story. And I followed suit, soon after.
It's been a year since I started the book, and I'm only 17 chapters in. And to be honest, I've been reading back some of the chapters and I've found myself less and less pleased by my writing. In "Red vs Blue: Retaliation," I can go back and read it and still be satisfied by my work. But this? I can't.
I had three options: Change my style mid-story and keep writing, start it over from scratch, or abandon it completely. I don't like the first idea. Switching mid-story can be jarring to new readers and I don't wanna do that to them. I like the second, but the book feels more like a love letter to my friends than it feels like a book I'm enjoying writing. It's a chore, I won't lie, and the only reasons I've kept up with this is because (1) I'm excited about the sequels and (2) I know my friends read it. But that's not enough for me. Not anymore.
I wanna write a book for me. I don't wanna write it because I feel pressured to do so. I wanna have fun while writing it, rather than just the idea of what's coming. The same can almost be said about my Pokemon book too; it was a challenge I thought would be impossible ten years ago because I thought it would be repetitive. The difference is: that one is for my younger self, which is still me. That's probably going on indefinite hold soon too, maybe after I finish editing the Conquest Arc.
If I return to Servo Pirates, I'll likely change the crew's names. Disconnect it from the group to make it less for them and more for myself.
Maybe someday.
