Golden Spyral

by NinjaGogeta

Three years ago, Uzumaki Naruto was found unconscious with a hole in his shirt and a gap in his memories. Three years later he now attends Duel Academia, with the intention of becoming a Pro Duelist and paying back those who have helped him. But dark forces gather: The Stars are coming, and one of them seems to know Naruto better than he knows himself! Cancelled, new story up.

6. About the future of Golden Spyral

I'm considering rewriting this story, or starting a new one. I know, I know, a rewrite of a rewrite, absurdity. NinjaGogeta can't finish stories, yadda yadda. But I think a lot of you, especially those of you who have been here from the beginning, have realised how long it takes me to put these chapters out. And that's been a problem.

My ideas for where this story is going are so totally different now then what they used to be when I started it. I also feel that I've not portrayed Naruto very consistently, and that I'm pushing his character development along too quickly. I take so long between arcs that my understanding and memory of how I want to portray Naruto changes, and it leaves him all over the place.

One of my biggest issues as a writer is the amount of thought I put into my stories. I either put too little in, and they spiral off into nothing, or I put too much thought into them and I never get them off the ground. I didn't put nearly enough thought into this story going in, and I had a rather shaky plan going in that's pretty much been entirely deviated from.

I think I need to re-ground myself and take it from the top. I like the idea of Naruto using SPYRAL, but by themselves they're pretty limited in what they can do, and I feel like I'm running out of ideas for them already. Not to mention the whole, Naruto learning to duel better, feels a bit forced at times, especially when he's been portrayed as a pretty competent duellist.

I think an issue with this story is that I've been using already established cards that have been created by someone else. I think a big part of GYGOD was the original cards that I created. It let me be more flexible with duels and how I wanted them to go. I could create a card effect to go with a situation. I could put in some symbolism, these sorts of things.

So, maybe I'll make my own original archetype again, or maybe I'll create some new cards for an existing one. I don't know. But what I do know is that time between updates for this story will continue to be stupid, and I don't want my readers to be in some limbo state where, maybe one day a new chapter will come out.

Another issue is I've realised recently an issue with how I write YGO stories. I put more focus on effort into the duels then I do the characters and story. As a YGO player more than a YGO watcher in the past, I feel that's a given. But I want to fix that, and use the characters and story to make the duels, which I love writing, have even more impact and gravitas, make them more worthwhile.

I'll probably, definitely, lose readers again. But I want to enjoy writing more than anything, and I've been enjoying Golden Spyral less and less.

Sorry about this, but this might be for the best for us all. If you want to give your opinions on my thoughts, please do so. If not, that's also fine. Until next time, folks.