Right. So.
Realized I'd lost most of the fragments I wrote because I left them too long. Decided I'm not going to try to recreate them.
Thing is, looking back on this, it makes me cringe. My writing ability has advanced in the interum, but not enough to re-write it satisfactorily. There just wouldn't be as much of an improvement to justify the wrok. So, as of now, Calliope is ON HOLD.
I would like to finish it at some point, because it was the beloved brainchild of years past. I mean, I've got two full notebooks of writing and outlining and plot waffling. It pretty much got me through the first couple years of high school moderately sane. (Something to be said for escapism.)
Hell, I even know how it ends. That's pretty rare. But I think I'm going to mess around a bit with oneshots and character studies and other things first, give myself a little leeway in writing ability, and a larger manga buffer.
The characterization needs some retooling before I try again, too. The 14th was not at all how I expected. He's a little shouty dude! He's like Allen but menacing! I was expecting dignity, and planned for such a thing, hell if I know why! I also need to work on my Cross. I read a perfect Cross and realized, hey, my Cross could be better than I have him!
I think I'm more interested in worldbuilding and a sad, doomed attempt to create a functional system of magic for this world than, y'know, plot and characterization. I like Explaining People Things. Not exactly a good method to tell a story.
So yeah. Sorry. If anyone wants to take a crack at this, feel free. Just let me know first.
-R
