Hi everyone!
So I'm sure you've been wondering what the hell happened to me and this fanfic. I promised at the very beginning I would see it through to the end and not leave y'all dangling with an unfinished work. Yet I haven't updated in two and a half months, so you're probably thinking, "Yeah, so much for that!"
I want to sincerely apologies to all of y'all for being absent and not keeping my promise. There were several factors involved: first, after my chapter 7 update, I received no reviews and my view traffic went down severely, and didn't pick back up in chapter 8. This made me feel like those chapters weren't well received, or that the readers didn't like how the plot was going. This depressed me a bit, which lead to the second factor: during that time, school really started to pick up. It made it hard to find time to write, and even when I did, my muse didn't want to cooperate. The third and final contribution was my lack of knowledge of plot- I only had a very vague idea of where I wanted this tale to go, and that is almost always the downfall of a story. I was pretty much making up 80% of it as I went along.
Which lead me to the bad news: I am shutting down this fanfic.
The good news? I'm going to reboot it. Yep, you read right, I'm going to re-write Inclination. Why? Well, I honestly do love writing Scorose and the second generation at Hogwarts. I also think what I had going here has a lot of good potential, and given the ideal of fleshing it out with some proper planning, it can still make a great story.
I re-read my fic once over again, and have come to determine there's several things I don't like about it. For one was my placement of Scorpius in Gryffindor- I know a lot of people applauded it for being a unique twist, but it just doesn't fit him well at all (in my personal opinion). I really didn't like how I characterized him to be insecure and attention-seeking. I also didn't like how I wrote James. Another thing was how the plot advanced way too quickly. There was practically no sub-storylines going on. So many things about it I couldn't stand in hindsight.
The more I thought about it, the more I wanted to re-write this thing. I have a better plot idea in mind now, and have promised myself to make a full outline before I begin writing it (to ensure I don't suffer from lack of idea where to go next). I'm out for summer, so school is no longer a problem.
So, readers, expect to see Inclination to pop up again around here soon in the coming days. I may end up changing the name and most definitely will change the summary. There will be some familiar chapters in the sense that while the subject might remain the same, the context and writing of it will not.
The easiest way to find out when the new fic is up is by following me. Otherwise, just keep your eyes peeled in the coming week or two!
