Author's Announcement
Okay, before all of you get your hopes up, I have to let you know that this isn't the thirteenth chapter of 'Not That Different'. No, it's not here, but this is a very important note (Even if it is technically not allowed) that you all need to read.
First off, I'm sorry that I haven't updated in forever, and now that I have, it's only this. I'm trying to get through some issues with myself, and how lazy I've gotten, plus the garden, plus college, plus my parents think I spend too much time on the Internet as it is. Needless to say, I've been a bit busy. I've also joined Stealthy Stories, although I don't have my own forum yet, and that place, while fun, has also kept me kinda busy (and you won't believe the plot bunnies! They run amuck, lurking in random threads, just waiting to bite unsuspecting authors. I have been attacked.)
But all of that is beside the point.
The real problem is that this story isn't going where I want it to go. Renee isn't turning out how I wanted her to be, and I just can't get the motivation to keep writing it in this form. Although I suppose I should have suspected this would happen.
See, when I first posted it, I did it just for the sake of posting, because I wanted the high you get from good reviews. I had no idea what I was doing, or where it was going to go. I just wrote without plot in my head. Eventually I cam up with the idea of Renee, and later Kit, but as I wrote it, it took some unsuspected turns-most of which I liked-but my grasp on the story went away. It was like the story simply started to write itself, and didn't go where I was trying to take it. Especially when it came to Renee.
She was going to be a great character, a superhero type, that would remain a part of the Turtles' lives forever. But instead, she turned into a sort of Mary Sue, dependent, scared, weak at times, and kinda whiny and depressed. That was not the Renee I had envisioned at all, and I've lost the desire to keep writing her like that. But I do want the story to go on.
So here's what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna rewrite the whole thing, and then work on the last few chapters. I've already started, and am on the third chapter of this version. (In the rewrite, chapters 1-3 have been combined, so I'm on chapter one of the rewrite). This rewrite will allow me to rediscover Renee, and push her in the direction I want her to be. It will also allow me to actually know what genre this is and came up with a better summary, maybe even a better title, one that fits it better. Or I could change the story to fit the title better. Although I might just leave it the same so that it will be recognized.
At any rate, the new version will not have one post until I have written the while thing, so I know it's complete and I know I am satisfied with it. That's the way I'm going to write my stories from now on, so that I know they will be completed. A month or so before I start to post the rewritten version, this one will disappear (aka-I will take it down) as a sort of warning that the rewritten version is on its way.
So that's what I'm gonna do. It's decided, it's being worked on, and it's final. I do need one thing from all of ya'll though. I need to know what ya'll would like me to keep, what ya'll considered good in the story. We're there certain lines, certain scenes, certain chapters? Which of Renee's powers did you like the best? Would you get rid of some of them, keep them, tone them down, what? What would you change about the story, and what would you keep? This could very well help me in the rewrite. Basically, I am opening my story up and saying 'Flame it if you want to, just let me know your opinion.' No part is safe, tell me everything, liked or disliked. If you have to do it in separate messages, that's fine too. I can't guarantee I'll use what you tell me, but it will go into consideration.
Anyways, I only though it'd be fair to let you know all of this. I promise you though, that it will be back. In fact, if you want to know when I'll repost it, tell me, or give me your email, and I'll send a message out when it's ready to be posted. But don't expect anything anytime soon
Just thought I'd let ya'll know. I'll still be around in my Ally Break Stories, and maybe in a few others, if I can get the plot bunnies to let go of me and let me finish the stories they're biting me for. Glares at evil plot bunnies. Evil plot bunnies dig in more Ow! Well, anyways, I'll see you around.
-RealityBreakGirl
