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Every time I try to write a story, a sequel turns up. Or two. Or three. The offspring of my stories will not die. There is no such thing as sterility.
I tried with TSPB, I swear I did. How many times did I repeat the mantra: "One-off, one-off, one-off"? How much did I want to kill Zacharias, not only because it felt right, but also because I was so very determined that it was going to be a one-off, dammit?
And then the prequel sprang up from nowhere, and thankfully it is now dead, but...but...
The sequel ideas won't leave me alone.
One-off. TSPB is a one-off. It's supposed to end, it's not supposed to keep going! I don't want it to keep going! I like the way it ends!
Why won't it go away?
My only hope is to write the first chapter of my Yu-Gi-Oh! threequel immediately, because that, at least, cannot spawn further. Nineteen chapters, I swear it. Then it ends.
Then again, it is the threequel of something that was originally a one-off...
*sigh* I guess I'm just no good at letting go.
I tried with TSPB, I swear I did. How many times did I repeat the mantra: "One-off, one-off, one-off"? How much did I want to kill Zacharias, not only because it felt right, but also because I was so very determined that it was going to be a one-off, dammit?
And then the prequel sprang up from nowhere, and thankfully it is now dead, but...but...
The sequel ideas won't leave me alone.
One-off. TSPB is a one-off. It's supposed to end, it's not supposed to keep going! I don't want it to keep going! I like the way it ends!
Why won't it go away?
My only hope is to write the first chapter of my Yu-Gi-Oh! threequel immediately, because that, at least, cannot spawn further. Nineteen chapters, I swear it. Then it ends.
Then again, it is the threequel of something that was originally a one-off...
*sigh* I guess I'm just no good at letting go.