Hello all.
If you've read the message I sent earlier, then you know what this is about. If you haven't: I most likely will not be finishing this story.
I have several reasons for this, which are as follows:
1. It's not very well written. Yes, yes, I realize that some of you are going to argue against this. However, I just feel like this was written by a younger me. A me that did not understand the process of writing and all of the stuff that goes into it. Now that I've been in a creative writing class. I feel like this is crap. I think back to what I've written, and it makes me shudder a little bit inside.
2. I sort of don't really know where I'm going with this. Well, I do know what I want to have happen to the characters and how I'm going to do that, etc., etc. But my characters don't really have a drive for anything. They don't have a purpose in life. I met an author a while ago named Tom Leveen (who's an absolutely amazing author and doesn't bullshit you) and he said something that kind of stuck with me, "You're characters have to want something." Really, the only character who wants something in this story is Ashley - to have Sarah reciprocate her feelings.
3. I feel like no one's actually reading it. Yes, I know this story nearly has 2,000 reads. But I'm always asking for your guys' opinions, and nobody ever comments on it or anything. Like literally I think I've had only two comments on this story from people that I don't know in real life, and that's pretty upsetting, especially since I'm specifically asking you guys what you think.
So those are my reasons. If you would like to know how the story ends, let me know in the comments (or don't and not know for the rest of your life, that's cool too) and I will message you with my plans for how I was going to end it. If a crap-ton of people want to know, I'm going to post it in another update.
I love you all and there are no hard feelings for any of this. It's just slightly upsetting that all of you are reading this, yet no one wants to tell me how great or poorly I am doing.
Much love,
Nikki
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The Program
FanfictionThis is my first story on this site so I hope you enjoy it! It's about a girl named Mariella who becomes a part of the foreign exchange student program and goes to England. There she meets Connor Ball who is a member of a band called The Vamps.
