Sorry guys! Changes to Commissions Going Forward
8 years ago
General
I normally try to avoid these unsolicited updates on where I'm at, but I feel you guys deserve one!
I've been a little jaded about my writing efforts lately, and its been really draining my creativity in that regard. I'm in a rut with it, I think. The stories are starting to blur together for me, and the level of interaction I used to have with my reading base has dried up. In short, I'm not having any fun with it anymore. I still owe a few people some stories, and I'll deliver them, but I'm going to be changing up my model going forward I think.
I want to get back to writing my own stories, so commissions will likely become a YCH-style buffet rather than an a-la-carte fully customized deal. I know this sucks for those people who have very specific kinks and interests, and I'm not discounting the idea that I'll still take them occasionally, but honestly, writing other people's fantasies has turned this into a chore for me. If I can't get off to the story, it isn't any fun for me to write, ya know?
I'd like to return to what I'd originally intended this account to be. Kinky competitive snuff, hangings, vore & whatever whim I happen to be rolling with. I'll post journals with ideas, and people can pay their way into them with their characters.
I have a lot of respect for all the varied interests, kinks, and lewd fantasies I've been approached with. I'm not judging, nor am I saying MY fantasies are better than anyone else's. I'm just saying I need to shake things up and find my happy place with my writing again, before I low-key abandon it altogether as something that simply doesn't entertain, excite, nor gratify me anymore.
I've been a little jaded about my writing efforts lately, and its been really draining my creativity in that regard. I'm in a rut with it, I think. The stories are starting to blur together for me, and the level of interaction I used to have with my reading base has dried up. In short, I'm not having any fun with it anymore. I still owe a few people some stories, and I'll deliver them, but I'm going to be changing up my model going forward I think.
I want to get back to writing my own stories, so commissions will likely become a YCH-style buffet rather than an a-la-carte fully customized deal. I know this sucks for those people who have very specific kinks and interests, and I'm not discounting the idea that I'll still take them occasionally, but honestly, writing other people's fantasies has turned this into a chore for me. If I can't get off to the story, it isn't any fun for me to write, ya know?
I'd like to return to what I'd originally intended this account to be. Kinky competitive snuff, hangings, vore & whatever whim I happen to be rolling with. I'll post journals with ideas, and people can pay their way into them with their characters.
I have a lot of respect for all the varied interests, kinks, and lewd fantasies I've been approached with. I'm not judging, nor am I saying MY fantasies are better than anyone else's. I'm just saying I need to shake things up and find my happy place with my writing again, before I low-key abandon it altogether as something that simply doesn't entertain, excite, nor gratify me anymore.
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Another thing I've seen a number of artists do to rejuvenate themselves is take commissions with a mixture of commissioner input and artistic freedom. Say, "give me three words and a character reference, and I will write you a scene based on that." That sort of thing!
I like your idea though, might be worth a try!
Tho I respect your need to avoid the doldrums.
Hope we can still do something together.