Yes. I am back. I actually mean it this time.
In the past, I've made excuses and promises, and although the excuses were valid, the promises were not made to last.
Things have changed. I'm in college now. I am in many different fandoms now that I love and adore. But that doesn't change the fact that I love writing fanfiction.
And I do promise all of my readers, however many of you are left, that I will continue doing so.
Inspiration struck and revitalized my motivations for continuing to write. I wrote out the explanation on my blog just tonight:
"Yes.
You see, I used to write fanfiction all the time. I still have unfinished ones, and I honestly feel bad for all those who were reading them and were left hanging.
Well guess what?
I'm going to start writing again.
It will be tough, because of my schedule. But I will do it.
First, finish the ones that need to be finished. For example, my Artemis Fowl fanfic. I freaking loved writing that, and I still have the plot buzzing around in my brain. That one is important.
The others….most of them are dead ends. Really, it's because I spread myself thin by writing so many at once, and I lost my creative flow. They lost their spark. Some sequels should have never been started. And so, I shall end most of them, and leave them to be forever unfinished.
Then, I will apologize to my readers for the millionth time. But this time, I won't promise that I will have a writing schedule.
My mind works like a spring. One minute my creativity is flowing into one medium, and the next, it jumps to another medium. My creativity has no schedule. It really just depends on timing and mood. And if my brain is being cooperative.
That being said, once I close up all my fanfic ends, I will start anew..."
The blog post continues on for just a bit for future writing plans, involving a new fandom in which I am a part of. (This fandom is amazing and will be revealed to you in due time.)
I promise you all I will return to writing. But I cannot promise you when. If I feel like I'm slipping, I will create deadlines for myself. But, as I stated above, my creativity cannot work efficiently on a fixed schedule. I need to allow it flexibility.
Two of my stories will be ending, and never completed. "Roll the Dice" and "Betrayal in the Shadows" will be cut. My creativity was lost. The stories were going no where, and my readers deserve more than pitiful plots and meaningless dialogue. I may make an epilogue for "Roll the Dice", since the prior story was left hanging. But "Just One More Chance" ended nicely. It had its time, and when it did, it was in its prime. But the pitiful excuse of a sequel is lacking in many things, and does not deserve to be lumped in the same series.
I will, however, be finishing my Artemis Fowl fic, which, thankfully, I have not forgotten my plans for, even though I have not written in about a year. I'm very excited to be finishing that one. And I'm going to take my time with it, and make it the great story I originally intended it to be.
That is all for now, my dear loyal readers. I will return again soon with more chapters to fill your imaginations. Until then.
- Stephanie