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Quick update on me and my current projects
🕑 Added 2019-02-15 23:21:02 +0000 UTCIt's been a short while since I've had an update for Nykke, so I wanted to let you all know what's up with her:
She's very much still my priority TiTS project right now. I had a personal project to do these past few days which drew my attention away from her, but for TiTS, she's still number 1.
It's just that... I am having the damndest time finding the motivation to write her. I know that's not what any of you want to hear - I've been hyping up Nykke 2.0 on these forums and on Discord for a while, and I have no intention of abandoning her, but, for whatever reason, I'm just struggling to do it. It may have something to do with porting old scenes for a new character, or maybe I've written myself into a corner and need to start again from the beginning, and I'm having difficulty coming to terms with that. Whatever the reason, I'm having a tough time with her.
I stumbled a lot with Lorelei earlier this year, too, so maybe I'm just feeling an extended burnout. Paige went a year without any updates because I exhausted myself with her, and after a very solid 2018 in terms of TiTS content, my energy is back to its low point.
But I consider that to be an excuse. Some people are going to want to come into this thread and tell me to "take it easy" and not to rush things, but writing is both my passion and how I make my money. Figuring out literary problems - why does this character not feel human enough; does this setting work, why or why not - is what a writer should be good at, and not having motivation to do the thing I'm good at and I love doing is either a shitty excuse, or I'm just not as passionate about it as I say I am, and it's definitely not the second thing.
Anyway, long story short, I'm hoping to get back to updates on Nykke, but I can't specify when precisely because the mojo isn't flowing, and it sucks as much for me to say that as it does for you to hear it.
Comments
DarthC
I wanna see Nykke 2.0 as much as anyone, especially after the changes that were made. That being said I'd rather you take time to relax and recover from the burnout than to power through and make content without the B mojo that you're known for.
Avendros
Take it easy and don't rush things. But in all seriousness, your image and how passionate you really are, or what your patrons want or don't want to hear, is secondary. The setting for Nykke has changed, which means everything that has been written for her, was technically written for a different character, with a different background. It might not all be that much, but maybe enough to block you. What is Nykke about? There is a reason she stands out so much from the other frostwyrmlings. She seems much more determined for one. Maybe you're not continuing Nykke, but rather forming her into a different character. Even as smalla s those differences may be. I don't nearly write to the extent and quality you do, so apologies for the shallowness of my advices. In any case, writing is part of art. You aren't a fan of the literal writing, the typing of buttons is not what your passion is about. The crafting of fictional worlds and beings is what is enjoyable, wether it is typed for other to see, or just thought in your head. I often just lie or sit somewhere, without any screen near me and imagine the characters in their environment, sometimes that gives me some inspiration. Or maybe being restrained to a certain topic is blocking, doing other, vastly different things with the same character might work. Or everything i just wrote is something you tried already or just useless anyway. But i do care about your passion, so if you start forcing yourself, the results may not be what people are used to.
