Hello there. As many have probably noticed I've been losing steam on writing this story, with chapter releases becoming more sparse. I also think the quality of my work has been declining; I don't think that is necessarily correlated with slowing down on writing, but I've been hitting the part of the story that I had the least planned out. That lack of planning has been dragging the story down, especially in terms of character writing and pacing. Despite losing motivation on this story, I didn't have a reason to put it on the back burner since I didn't have any other stories in the pipeline (at least any that I was okay with sacrificing in case it didn't turn out the way I wanted).
Over the past few months that changed; I've been gestating a new idea for a story, and while I wanted to put it off until I finished the first volume of this one, I eventually came to the conclusion that it would be within my best interests to switch my efforts to this other story for the near future instead of In Dream's Wake. I've finished a manuscript before, but that was part of a series of novels, and even if I finished In Dream's Wake the plan from the start was for this to be a series of novels, and thus getting a draft of this done would not mean a finished story. The new idea that has caught my attention is a self-contained story to be told in a single novel, and I am working to have a more concrete plan in place for the entirety of the story before drafting it so I don't run into the same writing corners I wrote myself into for this one. I believe getting a finished story under my belt my help substantially with my writing ability as well as my confidence as a writer.
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Since I now have new motivation and ideas besides In Dream's Wake, I have decided to put this story on an indefinite hiatus. My plan is to return to this story eventually, but I'm unsure when that will be. It could be after I finish this upcoming story, or it could be after several stories. Life likes throwing wild curve balls at me, so I don't want to predict when that indeterminate point will be. I do know that this current iteration of the story is likely at an end; I still plan on doing a rewrite of what is already here, now that I have a better understanding of the story and characters. There's a lot of stuff that I want to change around to make it more engaging.
As for the new story, it will be a vast departure from In Dream's Wake, and probably surprising to those who don't know me too well. Once I am ready, I'll start posting that story here on Royal Road. In the meantime, I'll still be on the site here and read any stories that catch my fancy.
See ya until then,
- Halflite