Aww, hun, it's OK. You're allowed to take a break from soemthing that you started like this; you aren't responsible to anyone. It's not even like you're doing it for /you/, you're doing it becuase you want to make sure that the things you do post are good enough for /other people/, which makes it even more OK.

Don't be so apologetic when there's nothing to be sorry for, mm'kay? *hug*

*biscuits*

~Miri

HA! I have a story I haven't updated in like A YEAR! It was fairly popular but now it's just like "Dear fandom, eat me. Love, Sev."

All writers have downslides like that, I've been there, my writing friends have been there, Terry Pratchett has been there and I bet everyone except Ann Rice has been there (because she's too full of herself to be there). It's a sort of writer's block. *hugs* You'll feel alright again, don't worry. And don't worry about people not commenting and such - I HAVE been planning to give you a full comment on Long Skirt, Nice Jacket, I've just been completely drained by the heat in the last few days.

You find a Weiila Review Bonus Card set to be used on this Saturday! ;) Sohelpmegod. *poses*

If you're still feeling down, and there's nothing wrong with that - golly I know how it is - I can recommend the book "Writing down the bones" by Nathalie Goldberg. It should be available at most libraries.

She's a published author and in that book she writes about writing life and gives tips about how to keep the creative juices flowing and the chin up. There's a wonderful chapter when she talks about all the notebooks she's filled with the "junk of her mind".

"I have a pile of spiral notebooks about five feet high that begin around 1977, my early years of writing in Taos, New Mexico. I want to throw them out - who can bear to look at the junk of our own minds that comes out in writing practice? I have a friend in New Mexico who makes solar houses out of beer cans and old tires. I think I will try to build one out of discarded spiral notebooks."

... [her friend upstairs stops her from throwing them away, so Nathalie hands them over to her and goes for a trip]

"She said it was empowering to read my notebooks because she realized that I really did write 'shit,' sometimes for whole notebooks. Often I tell my students, 'Listen, I write and still write terrible self-pitying stuff for page after page.' They don't believe me. Reading my notebooks is living proof of that. ... She said the main thing she saw in the notebooks - whole notebooks of complaints, boring description, and flagrant anger - was an absolute trust in the process. 'I saw that you kept on writing even when you wrote "I must be nuts to do this."' ...
When you begin to write this way - right out of your own mind - you might have to be willing to write junk for five years, because we have accumulated it over many more than that and have been gladly avoiding it in ourselves. We have to look at our own inertia, insecurities, self-hate, fear that, in truth, we have nothing valuable to say. It is true that when we begin anything new, resistances fly in our face. Now you have the opportunity to not run or be tossed away, but to look at them black and white on papaer and see what their silly voices say. When your writing blooms out of the back of this garbage and comost, it is very stable. You are not running from anything. You can have a sense of artistic security"(16-17).

"It is important to separate the creator and the editor or internal censor when you practice writing ... If the editor is absolutely annoying and you have trouble differentiating it from your creative voice, sit down whenever you need to and write what the editor is saying; give it full voice - 'You are a jerk, who ever said you could write ...' Sound familiar?
The more clearly you know the editor, the better you can ignore it. After a while, like the jabbering of an old drunk fool, it becomes just prattle in the background. Don't reinforce its power by listening to its empty words. If the voice says, 'You are boring,' and you listen to it and stop your hand from writing, that reinforces and give credence to your editor. That voice knows that the term boring will stop you dead in your tracks, so you'll hear yourself saying that a lot about your writing. Hear 'You are boring' as distant white laundry flapping in the breeze. Eventually it will dry up and someone miles away will fold it and take it in. Meanwhile you will continue to write."(26)

*hugs* Hey, I'm not going to pretend that I'm not a devout Bound-reader who loves your story to pieces, but that's just what it is - your story. You do what you want with it, and if you don't feel like writing, or feel like you should take a break, then you do that, and that's absolutely okay. Us writers are human, after all. XD

If anyone's mad at you for that, then they should... I dunno, be used as targeting devices for Meteor or something. So don't worry about that, alright? *thumbs up*

*shoots you*

Just kidding. ^.^ Hey, it happens to everyone. I hope you get motivation again, of course, but until you do just relax. Writing is an art and not something you can just command. :)

You /may/ want to edit the latest ff.net chapter to put a note to that effect on the bottom though. Big letters, bold print so they can't miss it. ^^

No need to apologise; it happens to every writer at some point. And sometimes taking a break for a time, letting things sort themselves out in the back of your head, is exactly what a writer needs.

So just take it easy for a while, all right? :)

Aww! If that's the situation, then that it!

Admitedly I'm going to have to pull you off Author Alerts on FF.net though, I know jack shit about Jak so I'm not likely to read any of it but I think I'll leave you on my Flist here because hey, you're still a nice person and I do like to toss in my occasional suportive comments when you make RL Drama posts.

*Huggies*

It's okay; I've only finished 2 one-shots to date, & I have a ton of unfinished fics & snippets I haven't worked on in ages.
At least you don't look at your early work & cry at how horrible it is.

I'm sorry that you're not continuing Bound, but I totally understand. All of my works are on hiatus as well for similar reasons.

Sometimes your voice simply dies. As a writer, Chaos knows I've experienced this. All you can do is push yourself forward. Try writing something other than your main project; sometimes pushing your main focal point allows you to focus on it again. Or maybe you need to try and explore a new aspect or universe for your writing. Really, sometimes you just need to shift universes or main focal points to find that passion again. Good luck- it's something we all struggle with. The ability to find our way past it is what seperates writers from those who put words on papers in their spare time.
While I know that is comforting in absolutely no way, you need determination to continue on the path you've set yourself. There are obstacles, there are struggles. Fight past them as best you can, and know that you are not alone; all of us who wish to write fight this at some point. Consider it a baptism by fire; those it doesn't destroy the scar tissue only makes stronger.
Or stand out more. Whichever works.
And if you're wondering who I am, I read the story at fanfiction.net and lazily did not leave any reviews. Because I am simply that evil. But the universe you've created amazes me in many ways, and I hope to see more of your dreams and ideas from it. Good luck.

*face-palm* Wow, I totally missed this announcement. Whoops...

Anyway, don't worry about it. Yeah, it's disappointing, but I figure it's gotta be a lot worse for you, 'cause you feel like your letting everyone down or something. Don't stress out about it, just try you best when you can. *hugs* All the *good* fans are willing to be patient for when you feel like you're back in your groove again. Good luck!

Well, I just tracked you here from fanfiction.net
Obviously, I'm disappointed, but I can sort of understand what you're saying, even though I would never consider myself anything close to being an author.

Hopefully you can get yourself straightened out about everything, and well, if you ever decide to start writing again, maybe you'll feel better about it. It's definitely not fun trying to force yourself to write. (:♥

I read your fic despite the capped HIATUS looming at the end knowing it would cost me...

And it did, badly.

Just wanted to say, I'LL WAIT.

Cheers.