Friday, July 2, 2010

About "Always and Forever" and "99 Love Notes"

If you have noticed, I started "Always and Forever" last year. This month, to be exact, I guess. I wrote it right after "99 Paper Cranes" was done, because I just can't get enough of Calvin Chen. But sadly, aside from my writer's block, I'm not so happy with the way the story is progressing. aside from the fact that I am not happy with what Calvin Chen is doing with his life. You see, when I was plotting this one, and when I was actually writing it, I realized that there are some loopholes in it. And when I thought of the ending, it's not as dramatic as I had for "99 Paper Cranes", "Say That You Love Me" and "99 Love Notes" (which I also fail to update

OK, so let's talk about "99 Love Notes". It was supposed to be the story of Chun and Danson right after they graduated from college. I was not able to update it before because I got mad with Calvin because Calvin broke my heart which makes me not want to update it because I also had a writers block. Ideas for new stories came, and I completely forgot my plot for this one, to the point that I got stuck writing the 9th chapter. And since this was supposed to be a sequel, I re-read "99 Paper cranes" and realized that the story can stand on its own without any sequels. The story have ended, and no continuation is ever needed for this. They all got the ending everyone deserve, although Danson and Hannah's story is kinda hanging, but I firmly believe that this story doesn't need a sequel anymore. A revisit story, maybe (like what I'm doing with "My Two Love, My True Love") but not a whole new story for these characters. Maybe I did the sequel because I got pressured from my readers who were rooting for a sequel of this one. But this is my belief: once a story has ended, there's no use continuing it. What has ended has already ended.

And so, I have decided that I will not continue "99 Love Notes" anymore. I have also decided to drop "Always and Forever". And in that case. "99 Paper Cranes" will be the first and the last Calvin Chen story that I will make. The next ones will still be CE, and Danson, or original or whoever fancies me.

I know some of you who are reading that story will kill me. Please forgive me for this decision. It was hard on my part as well. I wanted to finish the stories, but I don't have the drive, determination and the inspiration to do so.

But, there will be some interesting stories I will start soon. So far, I'm focusing on "Me and My Gay Boss", "Say That You Love Me", and "Paper Stars". And yes, the other stories will be continues one of these days.

So, that's the end of my speech, and hope all of you will wait for my next update



WeepingAngel

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