~Important announcement - Changes in the blog~
First of all, a little index in case you want to skim over the announcement:
Objectives/Problems of the blog
Reasons for the changes
Changes
Help?
Skip to “Changes” and “Help?” if you only want the TL;DR~
Click on “keep reading”!
Objectives/Problems of the blog
This blog was created with the following objectives:
Telling a story that people can enjoy.
Spreading Geritapan.
As a personal way to de-stress myself.
As of now, none of the objectives are being met, at least at an acceptable pace, and this needs to change.
Reasons for the changes
a) SLOW PROGRESS
I am NOT an artist (source: take a look at any of my drawings). I don’t know how to draw shit, which in turn makes every post painfully slow.
*I can’t upload faster*. Impossible. I work/study up to 10 hours a day, and one upload a week is already a tight schedule.
I have aphantasia. If you know what this is, you know why I take so long and why my style is so inconsistent.
b) THIS IS STRESSING
I tend to be a perfectionist, so imagine my frustration with aphantasia/limited art knowledge.
I’ve been battling diagnosed AvPD for several years now and I feel that if I keep this level of mental effort, I will burn out as I did a couple years ago when I had to leave. I definitely don’t want that happening again.
c) THE STORY IS NOT PROGRESSING QUICKLY ENOUGH
Maybe the most important part – I am only drawing a new comic strip each month.
Which means only 12 comic strips a year.
Which means... I will never be able to finish the story alone at this pace. Heck, not even an event. That needs to change.
Changes
So, in order to be able to share the story at a more acceptable pace, I’m taking the following measures:
No more/rare comic strips for events. From now on, events will continue as text + an illustration of the most important/significant scene. Almost like an illustrated book page.
There won’t be polls every other strip, but only during the key parts of each event.
Event/plot-advancing posts will be favoured over normal ask blog posts, unless 1) they’re relevant to the plot/are useful for the characterization of the protagonists, 2) more votes are needed before continuing the event, 3) the mun needs a break to plan ahead!
Help?
As you may know, I am a Spaniard... And as I need to write more text from now on, I’ll need a beta reader that can correct my awkward English when necessary.
If anyone is willing to help with short texts, please DM me!
Thank you for reading!! You can leave your opinions/concerns/doubts here or DM me if you want!