Important Author Note to all of you:
As you might've noticed this story hasn't seen a lot of activity lately. The reason for this is that I need to reread a book I got to get back into the details of the Bulge. This book is 300 pages thick and I've been doing a lot of reading lately, just not in this book. Believe me, I want to read it and write the next chapter but I don't have the time right now.
Saying so means that this is indeed not a new chapter as you all might've hoped, but simply an author note. I know this is against the rules and believe me it goes against all my principles to even consider uploading this note as if it was a chapter. This will immediately be deleted and replaced with the next chapter should it come and was only put up to let you know my plans for this story.
I've been doing some thinking and I'm thinking of totally revamping this story. Don't worry, it can only get better. I'm just not happy with it the way it is. I also believe the title of this story has become totally irrelevant, but anyway, here are the plans should I revamp it.
The story will focus on the war efforts of my invented character and he will tell about these adventures in the past tense first person POV. The main story line will span from the Normandy landings to the end of the war, so about one year of our 'real' time. Most of what I have already will be used to create this new story that will be titled… drum roll
Medal of Honor: Jump into Chaos
This will be an original story and will only be loosely connected to the existing games. It'll be based on real facts and the memories of combat veterans and will hopefully grow into a detailed account of what the war could've been like for all those young men who fought for our freedom all those years ago. We owe them a lot and I figured this would be the least I could do.
The thing about the games… you see, since this really isn't about any of the games it really doesn't classify as fan fiction, now does it. Well, I found an answer to this problem that has been plaguing me, namely this: The parts of this story that weren't based on the games (so pretty much the whole thing) were mostly based on these books I have. Therefore one could say I'm writing fiction based on the book, in other words; I'm writing fan fiction. I'm brilliant! Just one catch: the book I use isn't on the site.
I just wanted to get this up to answer some of the questions you guys must have by now. This is why I haven't updated. So please, reflect on these matters:
Should I or should I not revamp this story? If I do revamp it, it can only be for the better. Or I could just write the next chapter and start a new story. But that would suck up my time and updates will become even scarcer.
Should I even continue this story or the new one planned, considering it isn't really fan fiction? I could take this to FictionPress, but I'm unfamiliar with that site and don't have an account there. Plus I like the atmosphere and system here, so why change?
This is getting awfully long for a note. I doubt many of you have even read it, but it had to be done. Please give me some feedback on this but let it soak in first so you don't go ranting without thinking it through. Just for any Admins should they come past this: This note will be deleted or replaced with different content, as soon as this content is ready. Should I revamp this story it will of course just disappear and should I continue as I am it will be replaced. In no way is this note a permanent one.
Thank you for your attention and patience (because I know I'm stretching it right now),
WeirdDutchGuy