Well. Hello, everyone.
To be completely honest, this is not something I ever thought I'd be writing up for All Fall Down. I started this fic when I was thirteen, at least the planning, and started writing when I was fifteen. I'm almost twenty now, so the nostalgia is real. AFD is my literary baby. So much of my "career", if you will, writing fanfiction has involved this little beast—if I had to pick one of my stories that exemplifies everything I am as a writer, it's probably going to be AFD.
That being said, it's got plenty of flaws. Flaws that I need to go back and rework. So I'm officially announcing that a rewrite of AFD is in the works. Some things are going to be switched around and changed, but at its core, it is going to be the same fanfic. It's just that there's a lot of shit that wasn't thought through, that was added in haphazardly, and the more I developed where I wanted this story to go, the less those haphazard additions actually fit.
It's not the end of Lys' story, but I do want to give everyone who has stuck with her to this point an overwhelming shoutout of thanks. I've probably mentioned before that I write for myself, and while that's true, it brings me joy and confidence that other people do enjoy the works that I create. Your support has made me a better writer, and you all have my gratitude for that.
I'm going to be marking AFD as complete/discontinued and publishing the rewrite as a separate story. The title will be "To Be Fearful of the Night", and I will post another, final update when I get the prologue and first chapter up. I'm nearing the end of my second year in college, and while I'm busy trying to find a job, perusing grad school options, and trying to keep my academics my top priority, I'm hoping that summer is going to bring me some more time (and inspiration) to write.
Thank you, everyone. Happy reading!
-SurreptitiousFox