Stepping away from being a writer for a while
Hello~
Well, as the title says it already, I've decided to stop writing for a while (do keep in mind that 'for a while' does not really have a clear-cut definition, so I might as well be back tomorrow, just to say). I've thought about this for a while, wandered around this website for days while contemplating about it, and I think this is a decision that will do me good, in some way.
Quite honestly, it is not even that I am having a very busy time at school right now or anything, or that my life is so packed with things to do that I cannot come to write anymore. It is more that I think I have reached the ceiling, hitting something that prevents me to go on. Let me explain this. I have been posting fanfics on this website for quite some time already, and some of them are finished, some of them are not. I have been writing, writing, writing non-stop these days, and I feel like I'm losing myself somewhere.
My first story here was a fanfic only a handful of people read, and back then I wrote for myself. I wrote solely for the reason of getting pleasure out of it. But as time passed, I got more readers and friends, and I see myself starting to leave behind the stories I always wanted to write, and start writing stories for people. I started to lose myself in writing things that others would like to read, in some way, and left behind those I have always wanted to write. I feel responsibility to satisfy my readers, and in some way, I did satisfy myself by writing those chapters, yet... Yet it is not enough anymore.
I have been thinking a while about stepping away as a writer on this account for a while, and I think now is the best moment to do so. I will certainly be back, most probably sooner than you think I will, because the period I stop updating is hilariously short, but I want to let it rest for a while. I will also be leaving for a few days before coming back on Asianfanfics, and I will still be here to talk to and everything, so in a sense it's not like I am gone lol.
I will be focusing more on reading for the time being, commenting on other's work and giving them feedback. I have been doing that for some time now, and I quite like it. I never gave myself the time to read, really, especially work of others on this website, and I want to give myself that opportunity now. Often I stalk around, seeing what kinds of stories my friends write, and read them and comment on them. I really like that. No pressure, just reading and giving feedback.
What I have been thinking about for a very long time is also that I think I might create a new account here and write on that account for a while. It will not be permanent, because Tinywings is still Tinywings and I would never want to leave this account behind, but maybe for a while, even if it is only for some weeks or so, I want to feel that feeling again of having no one who knows you. This is not decided yet, but if you might come across a story that seems to be written by me, it might as well be haha.
All this said, it really is nothing big, but I just wanted to have this being told so everybody who cares knows. I will still be around, and still annnoy you all as usual. The only thing that changed is that I will not update for a while, except for the stories I have been working on right now (these will be updated very soon, most probably after the few days of leaving). I have two stories that are nearly finished, and these will be posted soon, before I let my writer title rest. This will be the last EXO pairings fanfic I will write for a while, because partly the reason for this all is because I find myself writing way too much stories about hunhan nowadays, and it suffocates me now.
Thank you for reading this!
I hope to come back as a writer soon!
I will not leave a story unfinished before my permanent leave on this site (which for now does not seem really close) so do not worry!
Tinywings
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