Not the update we want right now, but the update we deserve.

This will notice will get deleted eventually, but for now, until the next chapter comes out, I feel something should be said. I've decided to put The Game Begins on an official hiatus.

I'm not really sure when I'll come back to the story. I have a block I can't get rid of. I have part of the next chapter written, but I can't connect with this story. I can't really explain what's wrong, but I can't continue the story and still produce the quality I want to give out while I feel like this. I need to connect back with the story, and the characters I created, without feeling so lost and confused.

I will finish this one day. Make no mistake of that, this will be back. Maybe I need to rewrite it to connect and figure out what I want, or maybe I need to scrap it entirely and start over, or maybe I just need to figure out what I'm doing next. Pretty much I need time to figure out what's going on. I hope everyone can understand, and if not, I get that too.

I love Lina. I love what I've done with The Game Begins. I'm just not sure where to go from here. I'd rather not give excuses, but I can say I lost my inspiration after a rather difficult year for my mental health. It became harder to write and understand Lina's character. I'm trying to find the inspiration again, but it'll take some time. I'm truly sorry. Don't give up on me yet

In the meantime, I have started another story called The Road to Hell. It's a very different theme and tone from The Game Begins, but it's brought back my love for writing, and for writing 5DS. It's darker in theme and tone for sure, which has been therapeutic. I think you can tell I'm truly enjoying what I'm putting out into the world, which is all I want. I want to create things I enjoy

Kara, who says you'll actually finish that story? It's a good point. I can say with that story, I actually planned out every single chapter in advance, down to the last detail, title chapter, and even the musical lyrics in each chapter. I won't get lost. I've learned from my mistakes with this and planned the entire story in advance. I hope you give it a shot, just as you did with The Game Begins.

Thank you to everyone for the journey we've been on thus far. I hope you stay for the future when this story comes back. But for now, thank you, and from the bottom of my heart, I'm sorry for the wait to come.

Lina will be back. Her story is far from done. She wouldn't have it any other way.

I'll see you all then

Goodbye until tomorrow

xoxo

Kara