Mistakes.
Eventually, we have to own up to them.
(Feel free to listen to 'Little Lion Man' while reading this.)
Every time I have created a new story, it has been on a manic whim that I wish didn't last only a day or two. I have created over (what I estimate) 10-12 stories on a whim and then deleted them later on. I still remember my first application story on here. Unfortunately, I don't have the files.
I being so young and making new friends on here. I don't regret any of them. Those friends helped me shape into the person I am now. I role-played with three of those friends, and I look back and cringe at my grammar, writing style, punctuation, etc. from when I was younger. I cringe at the way I wrote my characters. And I honestly think I did creep one of them out on more than one occasion. (Is, "I was like, twelve, when I did that" an excuse?)
But those are years past and days forgotten, memories pushed to the back of my mind. They are busy with their own lives, as I am busy with mine.
I met all of them through Total Drama. From accidentally stumbling upon a story on the Total Drama Wikia, I found this website. I started writing and I never looked back.
There's a lot that I owe to Total Drama. To make a long story short, my art, writing, music, and personality improved. (Only kind of on the personality part. I'm not as much as a drama queen as I was.)
I grew up on this site. And I know that this sounds totally ridiculous, but it's true. I learned how to be a person.
On 12/22/13, I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety. I have bouts of mania that my psychiatrist ignored (while we're talking about him, he's an idiot). I'm on Prozac right now.
As you've noticed, the paragraphs are growing shorter and the indentations more frequent. I just really need to say that I'm sorry for how I've been. To Chloe, Lila, Kristen, Janine, and everyone who worked hard to create an application for this story and was awaiting a real chapter.
I'm not going to be writing FanFiction anymore. You can still reach me with the PMing system, and I welcome you to write me an angry rant.
But I'm just done with myself.
My Tumblr link is on my profile, as is my deviantArt.
Sorry.
-Andy Rose
A.K.A. EvanescenceAngel