Out With the Old, In With the New

Hey everyone,

So it had surely been a long time since I've been really active here. And I suppose that's my own fault. I have uploaded a few stories here and there, and if you can see, it's not the same EXO like it used to be, but more of GOT7, which is the current group that has taken over my life. I also feel that the quality of my writing has also diminished and I'm not entirely sure why, how, or what that means. It just really upsets me and I've been trying my hardest to figure some things out, but I haven't come to any real conclusion.

What I have come to realize is that my motivation and inspiration has dwindled a lot lately. If you've been with me from the very beginning, back when I was ybakura, then you know at one point I used to turn out fanfics everyday. Sometimes multiple fanfics a day. But of course I was young and stupid back then and didn't realize what kind of impact it was going to have on me. I've had so many ideas and most of them got done. But know it's like, I struggle for ideas and ways to write what comes to mind, which makes it hard for me to put out new stories. 

I've also been rereading the majority of the fanfics that I've written and I've find some I've very proud of and others not so much and the majority of them I'm not proud of it. Which is another reason why I'm having issues writing. I also have many different fanfics that aren't finished and while I would like to finish them, I can't. I just can't finish them for many reasons. And it pains me to say that because of all the effort I've put into writing so many of them. I want to deliver to you finished fanfics, but I can't honestly force myself to write endings and feel dissatisfied with them. 

So I've come to the decision that all my unfinished fics will remain unfinished. I will leave them up, but they will never have any endings. Some descriptions have been posted, but stories never written and I will be taking those down too because at the moment I don't think I can write those fanfics. Motivation and plots have gone so long without being written down so there is just no way that I'll be able to write them now. 

However, going forward, I'll be working on new stories. It may take a while for me to get them out, but I will do it and hopefully with a better quality than what I had before. I hope you all can understand and look forward to my new stories!

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Fiction_crave #1
Hwaiting, author-nim! You’re one of my faves ☺️ Do whatcha gatta do! 👍🏽
pinaywriter
#2
Have the same problem. In my case, I just placed everything I am not actively thinking about in HIATUS. This sounds a lot let painful that just leaving them forever. I am not sure how I would feel in the future. I might just write them again. Or I could just scrap the whole thing at one point. I did delete some stories that I didn't want to ever write anymore.

I hope that you find motivation to continue writing stuff you are satisfied with. As a fellow writer, I feel like loving my work is important for me to stay motivated. If a story is too painful to write, stop. Go and write something that is like a writing prompt. Once the knot of your feelings loosen because of that prompt or other story, then go back to that story you left behind. If that is not an option, it's best to put it on permanent hiatus or delete it. Because readers would hope for it. In wattpad I just put all those on draft. I don't know how to make stories go into draft in AFF. I don't know what others see in the list of my stories so it's confusing.

But anyway, best of luck to your new stories.