Written 5/26/17; 5/28/17

-Everything I wrote before got erased somehow and even when I did this again, I forgot to answer the most important question. In December, I wrote in the Backstage Pass of "You're Welcome, Hellish" that this would be the last season on FanFiction. I said that mostly out of frustration because I felt like the show had outgrown this site, there was still no audience for it and being on FanFiction was just causing more harm than good. So, the question is: Where is Thank You, Heavenly moving to this fall? The answer is nowhere because at least for now, the show is staying here.

-I tried finding a new website briefly but I mostly forgot about it and didn't take it seriously. Some of the blame for the show's unpopularity could be put on me because if I'm being honest, all I really do on this site is work on my own stuff. I don't read other people's work at all and since this is a community, not getting my name out there is poisonous. I start thinking about all the time I wasted not doing anything to change that, and I don't know how exactly I plan on changing that, but I know that for season six, Thank You, Heavenly is staying put. I still want to shop around for new homes, but I want to give it at least one more year. Who knows what will happen in 2018?

-When this season was nearing its end, I knew that I was creatively drained and in desperate need of a break. Now that the season's over, all I can think about is my plans for season six. Interestingly enough, that was the same feeling I had at the end of season two. I was originally going to take at least six weeks off from writing just to make sure I was fresh enough, but now I decided to shorten that to just a month. June 26 is when I plan to return to the show and start writing season six. I wanted to start around the same time period I started with season five, and hopefully, I'll be able to get most of the 2017 episodes done by the time September rolls around.

-The weird thing is that unlike previous seasons, season six's first half isn't really set in stone. I mean, I know exactly what the first two episodes are going to be, and I'm going to talk about Halloween in just a bit, but some of the episodes I scheduled are interchangeable and don't need to be written any time soon. I'll figure it out in the summer, because this is just a case of me needing to decide what episodes I really want to do.

-Last year, I had a lot of fun writing the Halloween episodes. It felt like the structure of the show was looser and I could be a little more out there with what was going on. I never planned to do a Halloween episode every season, it was just something that happened naturally unlike the Super Bowl episode for instance. But because of the success I had last summer, I want to continue going on this path. Next season, there will definitely be another Halloween doubleheader. The first episode isn't really set up yet, but I just know I want to reference a bunch of horror movies and TV shows in it. I have a Halloween episode that I tried writing this season but gave up on it. I'm hoping that it could be the second episode next season, but anything could happen.

-After breaking the record for longest season, I don't plan on doing that many episodes for a while, or ever again. I know I have to scale it back for season six so my goal is 22 episodes, but if there's more, I don't want to go past 26. I believe there will be more 2017 episodes than 2018 episodes.

-I want to do another Thanksgiving episode. It works because this is the third one and they seem to come every other year, but other than me saying "Thanksgiving episode," I don't have anything else. I feel like "My Thanksgiving with the CimFam" really set the bar high because of how different it was from most episodes I've done, and I don't see any future Thanksgiving episodes getting that weird. I'm also interested in doing new Christmas/New Year's episodes. If it does happen, it will mark the first time since season two that I was able to pull off a Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's episode in the same season.

-I might end up collaborating with someone else next season. If it happens, it will be the first time I ever have a co-writer on an episode. The person I want to work with is one of the very few I trust with something like this and I think it will be fun to see the show from someone else's perspective.

-There will be at least one episode that plays with the format of the show in season six. I know exactly what that episode will be, but I'm not spoiling anything.

-Some episode ideas that I tried to do in seasons three and four or never got to do because of procrastination/writer's block will probably pop up next season. I'm a lot more willing to give episodes a chance now and get them done instead of just abandoning them completely and pretending they never happened.

-I already have an idea for the premiere of season seven. Yeah, I know, one step at a time, but it doesn't hurt to think about it.

-Okay, here are the dates for potential 2017 episodes in season six. Remember, everything is subject to change:

September 24 (season premiere)

October 1

October 8

October 15

October 22

October 29 (Halloween doubleheader)

November 12

November 19

November 26

December 3

December 10

December 17