This whole completing things thing is weird

[Deadman]

Over the weekend I finished off a long term story and it feels really good.

But it’s also weird because I’ve been working on this story for years and took a decade long break in between to write other stuff. Now I’m working on the next piece and I feel weird about just moving forward to the next story and working on new things.

Anyone else feel this?

 

[BronxWench]

  On 9/18/2023 at 10:12 PM, Deadman said:

Over the weekend I finished off a long term story and it feels really good.

But it’s also weird because I’ve been working on this story for years and took a decade long break in between to write other stuff. Now I’m working on the next piece and I feel weird about just moving forward to the next story and working on new things.

Anyone else feel this?

 

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Absolutely! Whenever I finish a story, I start to miss the characters, and I want to go back to them, and see what else might happen. Honestly, it used to drive me crazy when I’d read a book and it would turn out to be a trilogy, or longer, but now? I’m doing it myself!  

 

[Desiderius Price]

  On 9/18/2023 at 10:12 PM, Deadman said:

Over the weekend I finished off a long term story and it feels really good.

But it’s also weird because I’ve been working on this story for years and took a decade long break in between to write other stuff. Now I’m working on the next piece and I feel weird about just moving forward to the next story and working on new things.

Anyone else feel this?

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Well, you can always go back and rewrite it! 

Now, I’ve got my originals all in the same universe, so serials, spinoffs, are a frequent thing so I usually do have a way to revisit characters that’ve grown on me.  Luckily on my Potter fanfic, the ending is years away, so I’ve got a while on that one.

[Deadman]

  On 9/18/2023 at 11:51 PM, BronxWench said:

Absolutely! Whenever I finish a story, I start to miss the characters, and I want to go back to them, and see what else might happen. Honestly, it used to drive me crazy when I’d read a book and it would turn out to be a trilogy, or longer, but now? I’m doing it myself!  

 

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Oh that’s me in so many ways. I’ve kinda gone the reverse.

My first story was supposed to be short and it ended up being a trilogy. But the story I just finished I basically dropped/abandoned probably 10+ years ago. Now I finished it. Gonna write more in the same universe, but not necessarily in this version of the thing.
 

[Deadman]

  On 9/19/2023 at 5:29 AM, Desiderius Price said:

Well, you can always go back and rewrite it! 

Now, I’ve got my originals all in the same universe, so serials, spinoffs, are a frequent thing so I usually do have a way to revisit characters that’ve grown on me.  Luckily on my Potter fanfic, the ending is years away, so I’ve got a while on that one.

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Totally understand that. I’ve had things expanded on many occasions. But I’ve gotten better at actually finishing things.
 

[Desiderius Price]

  On 9/19/2023 at 7:33 PM, Deadman said:

Oh that’s me in so many ways. I’ve kinda gone the reverse.

My first story was supposed to be short and it ended up being a trilogy. But the story I just finished I basically dropped/abandoned probably 10+ years ago. Now I finished it. Gonna write more in the same universe, but not necessarily in this version of the thing.

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The long hiatus is something that happened with my potter fanfic.  For about a dozen years, no updates, then all the alerts started to flare up, I’m sure, people going “wait, I alerted on that?”.

[Desiderius Price]

  On 9/19/2023 at 7:35 PM, Deadman said:

Totally understand that. I’ve had things expanded on many occasions. But I’ve gotten better at actually finishing things.

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Finish?  That’s heresy… 🤪   More seriously, been trying to focus on finishing things too, so far resisting the urge to start new stories.  Do need to consider if I want to break my writing streak to write up a Halloween story or not.