just_darkjazz
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Hello. Im sure Im not alone in this but when I started working on my story I had no idea what I was doing. I had a vision, a plan, but few of the skills I required to actually see them through. I think I've improved a lot over the months that the story has been going, almost a year at this point. The story has had a lot of lows, so much so I'd hardly recomend it anyone here, or even my friends. But also a few highs that shouldn't be discounted. I'm very conflicted about what to think about it, it's not shaped up like I wanted it to but I still can't help but feel a lot of love for it. That being said I do kinda despserately need a fresh start with it.
I've always seen the sdtory as split in seasons, kind of like a TV show. Season 1 is nearing the end, should have a couple of weeks left. After that, I don't know. I took a hiatus a few months ago and the little steam the story had picked up kinda fizzled after I came back. I'm not doing it for the numbers, of course, but I still can't help but feel I might have gimped myself and think of what could have been (dellusions of grandeur, anyone?
) If I was on the 9th chapter I would simply delete and redo. For better or worse I'm on the 90th chapter, so that option is off the table I think. I have plans for the second season, I want a tighter narrative, less distractions, better pacing, less meandering. I'm confident I can make the story something worth recomending.
My main gripe about the story is how a lot of the early chapters are very rough to get through. My format was bad, and the creative process all wrong, with long spans of time where nothing happened and the plot didn't advance at all. I think I've moved past that, and the story is all the more better now because of it. But for someone new picking the story up I can't imagine it being a good experience, slogging through a girlfailure's rumblings as she slowly learns to how to write. As I mentioned above I believe it is quite too late to redo the start to the story, and my focus should be on how to move forward to it. For that, the way I see it, I have two options (and do feel free to suggest anything I'm not seeing). Option one, stick with the original story after the end of the first season and post through the pain. Option two, release the second season to the story seperately.
Option one is for the benefit of the dedicated readers, not as many as I was hoping for but still more than I could ask for. I do everything for them, they mean the world to me. And I don't know if they would follow me on a new story, or even if it would be fair to ask them to do so. Option two would give me a second shot at building a following, and offer a more stable experience across the board. I want transiet readers stumbling upon my work to know what they are in for, and what to expect, so they can make an educated decision on whether they want to stick with me or not, something my existing story doesn't offer.
For the record I do plan on asking my readers what they think as well, and Im still a few weeks off before I have to make a choice. What would you do in my place, though?
I've always seen the sdtory as split in seasons, kind of like a TV show. Season 1 is nearing the end, should have a couple of weeks left. After that, I don't know. I took a hiatus a few months ago and the little steam the story had picked up kinda fizzled after I came back. I'm not doing it for the numbers, of course, but I still can't help but feel I might have gimped myself and think of what could have been (dellusions of grandeur, anyone?
) If I was on the 9th chapter I would simply delete and redo. For better or worse I'm on the 90th chapter, so that option is off the table I think. I have plans for the second season, I want a tighter narrative, less distractions, better pacing, less meandering. I'm confident I can make the story something worth recomending.My main gripe about the story is how a lot of the early chapters are very rough to get through. My format was bad, and the creative process all wrong, with long spans of time where nothing happened and the plot didn't advance at all. I think I've moved past that, and the story is all the more better now because of it. But for someone new picking the story up I can't imagine it being a good experience, slogging through a girlfailure's rumblings as she slowly learns to how to write. As I mentioned above I believe it is quite too late to redo the start to the story, and my focus should be on how to move forward to it. For that, the way I see it, I have two options (and do feel free to suggest anything I'm not seeing). Option one, stick with the original story after the end of the first season and post through the pain. Option two, release the second season to the story seperately.
Option one is for the benefit of the dedicated readers, not as many as I was hoping for but still more than I could ask for. I do everything for them, they mean the world to me. And I don't know if they would follow me on a new story, or even if it would be fair to ask them to do so. Option two would give me a second shot at building a following, and offer a more stable experience across the board. I want transiet readers stumbling upon my work to know what they are in for, and what to expect, so they can make an educated decision on whether they want to stick with me or not, something my existing story doesn't offer.
For the record I do plan on asking my readers what they think as well, and Im still a few weeks off before I have to make a choice. What would you do in my place, though?
