I never thought I would write one of these before. Authors notes always annoy the hell out of me – because with an author's note, you get all this anticipation and then nothing comes of it.
And here I am, being a hypocrite.
However, I value your feedback.
I got more reviews on this in one day than I have on some of my other stories, which I take as a very good sign. I'm touched, and honestly slightly overwhelmed. When I logged into my email, I had 20 new messages – many alerts, and many, many reviews. But most of the reviews asked for a new chapter.
I toyed with the idea for a very long time. I thought, maybe I'll do a shot of the grave ceremony – BPOV – and then one of Edward – EPOV – going home to Bella, and telling her how horrid that was, consoling her that now it's all over. I thought of just one or the other – I even though of doing the grave digging EPOV and leaving it there. But now… I don't know.
I reread the story, and I think that I might go with my gut instinct. I feel like the meaning of the one-shot is to describe Bella's pain, not to revel in it. It is one thing to take a moment to appreciate what she goes through, but a different thing entirely to stretch it out meaninglessly. Not only would it make me feel like I am greedy for reviews and just am adding on because I want more, but I think the poignancy of the story may be lost. I'm toying now with the idea of a short – very, very short – epilogue. But I'm just not sure.
As my readers, I value your opinions as well. Considering what I have said, how do you feel? Do you really want to keep listening to Bella's pity party? I can always write more angsty fics, and this doesn't have to keep going forever. But if you really, really want more of this (even more than a 500-1000 word epilogue), then please tell me. I'm not feeling it, but I can always try.
I put up a poll on my profile. I'll leave it up until Friday.
Thanks again to all of you for reading and reviewing. It really meant a lot to me, and really made my day.
~Lily