This blog started out as an outlet for me. I've written stories, some of which are shorter than others. I think it's safe to say that it's natural for things to change as nothing stays the same forever. With that being said however, I thought it was time for me to make this post moreso for the sake of keeping my audience informed with what's going on with me as well as what's going to change here on my blog.
I currently have one story that's still in the works, and I hope to have it published once my current school semester ends. After that, I'm hoping to have enough down time to where I can get back into creating one or two posts per month since that schedule has panned out fairly well for me this past summer. I don't like to overwhelm myself too much with creating new content, and I'd say that my means of inspiration is starting to change because of my current academic path, as well as some other influences that are considered more traditional as I tend to read a lot of books throughout the year. I go to see my counselor at least once or twice a month, I take one class that meets twice a week and I still have my full-time job. I don't encounter too much drama anymore and that's obviously a good thing, but considering this new "old" direction I want to take with my blog, I feel like continuing on with making stories feels more like me than all these other articles I've made about minimalism or fashion. All of my posts in those two categories will remain open for anybody to read.
Creating stories is definitely a time-consuming process, but one thing that always made that process enjoyable was bringing to life the characters I come up with inside my mind. The feelings and emotions they have, their own quirks, personality traits and how they interact in their environments... those little things are something I tend to have a lot of fun with, and I hope that this shows with each story I've written so far. Truly, I feel as if my emotions in different situations become catalysts of inspiration, and in other cases, I may try to emulate or pinpoint the thoughts or feelings of other people I know in my life to help bring about different character dynamics.
Putting that tangent aside, I feel like this transition back to "my roots" per say is something I can get used to over time, but with big projects like short novels, that means less filtered content that's up and published just for the sake of it. I've done a lot of writing over the years about things that I enjoy, and I still plan to have this blog be an outlet for me. I knew once summer came around this year that I wanted to slow down, but now that this post is being made, I feel more confident in this decision and to really commit to this one niche of just making stories for people to read and hopefully enjoy from start to finish.