xscully
Okay, let's try this again.
I haven't updated this account in two years oh god, that job I got? Worked me to the BONE. I also briefly fell out of twdg fandom + writing as I simply had no energy, I had no desire to write anymore as I navigated my late teens / coming into my now early twenties.
But I have been missing it terribly and if you look on my account you may notice that I unpublished 'Days With You', truth be told looking back at that story I am so not proud of it. It was one of the longer form stories I began working on and I had no plan to it. Maybe I'll add some chapters to my One-shot book.
Anyhow, I miss you. I hope you're well. My friend and I still have 'I Will Always Find You' available, new chapter hopefully this Summer.
Much love xx
xscully
@melanix8 I totally get you, making a promise to yourself as a creator to finish a piece of work is harder to break than what I think some people realise. Whilst going through my drafts recently and feeling such guilt over not finishing them I sorta had a lil breakthrough; this is my blog, my writing and my stories, I can do what I want with them. No one is holding a gun to my head saying 'you MUST finish these and they must be PERFECT'. It obviously took longer than I described but learning to not hold such high standards upon yourself and your work is probably one of the best things you can do for yourself and learning when to let go, when to recognise that something isn't bringing you joy to create anymore. Whilst I am starting to find joy in these characters and this universe again, it's your decision if you wish to move on. You have every right to, creation (whether it be art, music or writing) should never feel like a chore. I hope this makes sense, I'm sorry your art is starting to feel lost but believe me when I say listen to your heart, listen to what you want to make and follow it <3
melanix8
@xscully I actually have the same problem. Since early 2018 to late 2020 I was writing only about TWDG, nothing else. I eventually finished 9 works focused on TWDG during almost 3 years. I unpublished two of my other TWDG stories and since late 2020 I am trying to continue these, which I am doing now very, very, VERY slowly. I just don’t feel like I want this anymore. I am enjoy writing anyway, but I don’t want to write these as much as I want to write my other stories I will tell more about below. At the same time I am writing two other stories focused on another universe than TWDG and this is more enjoyable for me, it takes less time for me than making myself to do something with my unpublished two TWDG stories. But at the same time I don’t want leave that TWDG two other stories unpublished. I promised myself I will finish these, but since I made that promise almost 3 years passed already. I still love TWDG, but I don’t feel like it’s still something I want to write about all the time like I used to years ago, when I was late teenager, while now I am at early twenties if I can still call it like that. I don’t really know what to do about it. Wait and see? Because I don’t see any other option. Maybe you have some advice for me in this matter? PS. I noticed “Days with you” vanished from my reading list and I remember I used to like it a lot, but I understand your decision. I made the same choice about my two TWDG stories like I mentioned.
