Mossmask: Well...

There's not really a way around this. I've had this story on hiatus for so very long now...

Basically: I started off with no end in sight. I literally thought "Hey this is a cool concept!" when I came up with the whole Fenton/Phantom thing... with no actual conflicts or resolutions in mind. A story needs more than just cool characters and an interesting plot device. It needs an actual plot - a distinct climax, and a resolution. I would like you, as the reader, to look at how long this story is. In all that length... I haven't brought in a conflict. There have been small side-plots. Very small, chapter long excursions. But no build up to a greater event. I had a vague concept for a sequel - a sequel, when I didn't even know where I was going with the first one! - but no way to tie it together.

Now... here's the big thing. I could say "this story is pointless, so I'm Cancelling it." But I won't... not just yet. I've read a lot of stories on FFN that just go on and on and on and ON, with all these subplots popping up but no actual story ever seeming to materialize in all the thousands of words they put up. I never liked them very much. But plenty of other people did.

So... I do still have... the basic concept for whatever the heck I was planning on putting in the next chapter of this. I could still write it. And I'd still be going nowhere with it. But as I write each chapter, I lay the groundwork for something new to happen. So it's up to you guys, I guess. If you want me to continue this story, with no real end in sight and no solid plans for the future... then I will. But if you see what I'm saying, and you realize it really would make no sense to go on, then, well... yeah. Just let me know what you guys want. I feel a bit disappointed in myself for slapping together something so ill thought out.

About my other stories!

Don't think this means my other stories are Cancelled! I've got, what, just the two of them (DP wise, that is)? Glimpses, and PhoAP? Those are still good. Glimpses is great for me. It's just drabbles and oneshots. There's no such thing as getting off track or running out of steam. You run out of muse, you don't post for a while. You get it back... you post again! Very simply, and I like it very much. Perhaps, if I'm not deceiving myself, I'll be getting some muse back soon! Very exciting.

And PhoAP is still going. It has an end. The whole story was spawned from the final scene. I came up with the ending before the rest of the story. I just need to sort of... make a working timeline. So I don't get excited and then jump too far ahead, and then want to fill in spaces in between chapters but have it be too late. I know... that made no sense. But it'll all work out.

As for new fanfictions? I've been through this routine TOO many times to count. I get really excited, start writing without thinking, and post as fast as I can for the sake of getting reviews and favourites and attention. Then it all falls through because I got too far ahead of myself. I'm going to follow the examples of many other writers on this site, and not start posting until a good portion, if not all, of my story is already typed out, as well as having the complete story mapped out in a way I can follow and have faith in.

Please remember to post your opinions in your review. I'd like to know what to do with this mess of a fic. Thank you. Good day.

~Dash