A Word to my Fans

So, this whole fan fiction thing started when I watched my first episode of Teen Titans. I was intrigued with the characters. And, truth be told, I did find Raven, and Starfire, easy on the eyes. So, I decided, why not watch all the Teen Titans episodes. They must be on the internet. So, over the course of many weeks, I did. And I liked them. Oh, sure, some were better than others. I particular enjoyed the ones that were devoted to Raven's character.

It was a no brainer that I would start writing fan fiction. I was no stranger to fan fiction. I have no doubt that a few of you are familiar with the popular Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley fan fiction site, Sink Into Your Eyes. I spent many a long night; putting off school work and such, so I could read servings of the pair together as written by other authors. The degree of skill was wide. Some ones looked just like illiterate fan girl had gotten a hold of a computer. In other words; not fun to read. Still others were positional stories in themselves; every bit as good as actual books I have read. Great character development, believable human moods, real settings. I seem to have a real thing for people who write AU stories. I just gets to me somehow. Again, like my Zuko/Katara thing, I don't really support it, but if it's extremely well done, then I will like it.

Back in Teen Titans land, I finished my quest to view all the shows. Some I watched multiple times. Then my, obsession some would call it, soared to a whole new level. I started reading Teen Titans fan fiction. It wasn't long until I had a whole list of stories that were favorites on my computer. Then I started thinking, what happened if I wrote a story? I had little actual experience with writing, but I figured I had enough life experience to write a pretty good story. I remembered watching Mission Impossible 3 with my family. The beginnings of an idea for a story began to creep into my mind.

Another of my favorite cartoons at the time was Static Shock. The cartoon didn't dwell so much into character development as Teen Titans, but it still provided hours of entertainment. Another thought accrued to me: what if I made the two work together? I finally had my idea. I wasted no time in sitting down at my computer and firing up WordPad. My computer, for some reason, didn't have Microsoft Word on it. As I finished chapters, reviews started rolling in. The very first comment I got was from someone who apparently visited people's stories and handed out flames. Despite this fact, I kept on. Every day after school I would check my reviews. I didn't get much per chapter. Maybe two or three. But after writing eighteen chapters, it actually seemed like a lot. To me, anyway.

But then something happened in my life that gave me a new idea for a story. This girl in my school, Lily, asked me a question whist I was enjoying my lunch. She asked me if I could keep a secret. When I told her yes, and then leaned in to hear it, she told me she didn't have one for me, but she just wanted to know. Another day, she surprised me by asking who one of my brothers liked. I really did not have a clue and I told her so. So she asked me who my other brother had a crush on. I thought this was a stupid question, as he had a girlfriend. Then she asked me who Iliked. Now, I knew she had a crush on me, and to speak the truth, I was pretty fond of her myself. But…I blew it. I panicked. I told her "No one, really", I can still see that slight look of disappointment on her face.

So that gave me my idea for another story. And I started writing that one. It was soon that the reviews started to pour in. Not a great downpour of people who liked my fiction, but more like a drizzle of people who read my stuff because they had nothing better to do. One such User I'd like to mention is Lilac-Roth. She read every chapter, I hope anyway, and left reviews for a fair few. But then something tragic happened.

While surfing for Teen Titans info, I saw that Avatar: The Last Airbender was the number Two rated animated show. So I decided to check it out. I went to one of my trusted links, and started streaming the first two episodes, which came together. When I pressed play, I was hooked, I watched in awe as the show played before me. I was in love. I started streaming the third episode, then the fourth and fifth. By number six, I wanted a way to keep them so I could watch them anytime. Then I went to were I downloaded the whole series, one episode at a time, to my computer.

Oh, the show was amazing. I loved the characters and the action. I fell asleep pretending I was a Firebender. I read that the show was made for nine to twelve year olds, but most of the reviews I read were from people who aged into their thirties. It seemed everyone liked this show. So I decided to write an Avatar Fan Fiction. And, seeing as how Book Three was not out yet, that was the obvious choice. I started writing, not really having any experience with what I was doing. As chapters and reviews started flowing, one reviewer stood out. He gave me some good insight, and I better myself due to what he wrote.

Now my story has ten chapters, and I have 24 reviews. I wish for more, but sometimes people just don't bend to my will always. So I will write more of this, my version of Avatar: The Last Airbender Book Three: Fire.

Of course, it isn't always fun and games. I sometimes have terrible writers block trying to come up with ideas for Aang and his friends. It's harder then it seems to write something like this. So I give major kudos out to Michael and Bryan, Avatar's creators. I hope to be able to write like them one day.

I value all my readers, and wish more of them would leave reviews. My story has as of now 1639 hits. If HALF of those people left reviews, then I'd be so happy it wouldn't even be happy.

So that's it. My message to my loyal fans. Please keep reading and I'll try my best to keep it as thrilling as I can.

And I'd like to give a big shout out to MyOtherName for his reviews. I'll glad you think I'll improving since my first chapters. And I don't know if you picked up on this, but everything you ask about or talk about in your reviews, I try to get in the next chapter. Like, if you ask a question, I'll try to have a character in the next chapter ask THAT question, or a variation of that question, and get an answer.

So here's a cookie for you, MyOtherName. Thanks for the reviews.

Peace and Good Reading-Quiet Wyatt

Oh, and one more thing. To MyOtherName, I'll try to have this updated once or twice a week. The longer the chapters get, the little more time I need to write everything I want in a certain chapter.