Distance - Discontinued

by ShadowSector

For as long as he can remember, he's only ever been alone in his world. His memories are bare and his desires are of solitude. He's a man who lived a simple life, and yet, while he strived to keep his life stagnant, his world suddenly strived for the opposite. Without a choice, he bears the sudden distortion in his life. What was distant, is now close. [Discontinued]

12. Author's Note: Discontinuation

Author's Note - October 24, 2020

Discontinuation & Re-Write

Hello, everyone!

Alright, so to keep things straight and clear, I, from this point forward, will discontinue this story, meaning that this story will no longer be updated in any way anymore.

Now, just in case if you happen to be curious, I'll explain both my reason for this discontinuation and what I am planning to do in its place:

Reason

To put it in very bare terms, I have lost the ability to continue writing this story without making it a jumbled mess.

For those of you who haven't noticed, this story was published back in 2017, which is a very big time period between then and now. Between the three years that I've had this story up, I've been writing it on and off with a significant break in between, a break of nearly two years. Within that break, I did not update this story, mostly because I didn't have the confidence to write back then, and when I came back, I wrote on it again, hoping that I could pull it off better. However, unfortunately, because the break was so big in between, a giant discrepancy was created within my writing style, the overall progression of the plot, and the details of the existing chapters against the newer ones.

Without realizing it, I wrote on this story, pushing it forward by force, only to completely throw it off due to a lack of proper direction. I forced myself to write on it despite the aimless direction it had, and now, I'm in a situation where I genuinely don't know where to take this story without needing to overhaul all of the chapters completely. As a result, I've found myself making the choice that I'll discontinue this story and leave it be, as otherwise, I'd just force myself to write nothing but a filthy mess worth of a plot.

Possible Rewrite/Entirely New Story

Even though I've chosen to discontinue this story, I don't plan on not writing at all. Instead, I've come to the idea that I'll essentially restart and rewrite the story, if not make an entirely new one with a similar premise.

Unfortunately, I don't know how exactly I'll categorize the new story, however, just know that all of my focus will be going into this new story and that it will have a similar premise, with perhaps, the same characters (with some exceptions here and there). After all, as mindless and aimless Distance is, I did enjoy writing from Victor's perspective and his supporting character, Adelina. I'd hate to throw them away completely because of a lack of organization.

Additional Notes

Now, I know that suddenly having a story discontinued can be quite frustrating for some of you, and I know that deleting this story might just be plain rude for any of you who may have enjoyed it. As so, just for those of you who liked this story, I will leave this version up, just so that you can have it around whenever you'd like to read it, if not finish reading it if you are currently invested in it. Just remember, as I previously said, that it is not going to be updated anymore.

Apart from that, I'd also like to ask for constructive criticism against this story. I've never really made a big deal to ask openly, but one of the reasons as to why I write is because I seek improvement, and as so, I'd be elated if anyone who reads this could give me any proper pointers, whether it be about what you liked about this story, or what you didn't like. Such feedback will prove useful for me as I write this new story, so if you'd like to talk to me, feel free to do so, either as a comment, or a private message. I know that some of you may be hesitant to talk because you may fear that you may have nothing valuable to say, or that perhaps you're afraid of how I might react, but just know that in terms of me, I'll appreciate anything that is said, even if the message is small, or rude. Really, anything counts as long as I can read it.

Lastly, I do want to thank everyone who went out of their way to read, like, comment, or follow this story. For my first story, I'm surprised that it got a decent bit of attention, and as so, I'm glad to know that some of you have taken some time out of your days to read this story. As a result, I hope that in turn, I'll be able to satisfy all of you in my upcoming story with a similar sense of pleasure. I'll try my best.

That all being said, I hope to see you all in the next one.

Have a good one,

ShadowSector