Don't forget; grethan

Interlude

Hey!

What's been going on with you guys? (I genuinely want to know how everyone's been, what's been going on, what's popping??)

But anyway, I wrote this little interlude because I felt that there should be some sort of barrier between the previous chapters and the future ones. Mostly since the former were written like almost a year ago lol.

And I also wanted to briefly mention that, yes, this book used to be something I was writing to please an audience. I really enjoyed writing it, of course, but I was equally trying to entertain, to appease.

Now that I've taken a long, unplanned break (and experimented w/ writing a collection of oneshots about the Martinez twins who I've also grown to adore),

I've looked back and realized I've been doing it all wrong. I have a problem with trying to impress others— in real life too. It's not even anyone's fault either, like I'm def not trying to avoid taking responsibility.

But I should have sat back and thought of what I was writing, what impact it would have, where it was heading. What was the story being written for?

I love writing and I thank grethan for that. The Dolan twins & their super close relationship were something I needed to kickstart my writing: a hobby I probably never would've thought of.

But anyway I want to continue this book with a different approach.

I really want to improve. Now that I look back, this story feels sort of lovey-dovey & flowery (basically top-heavy), rather than holding real substance. I might be a bit overcritical. But I want to create something with more meaning. Without using pretty words or sex as a way to elicit a sort of reaction.

To write without using shortcuts is something I admire in works and writers, and it is something I've been working on.

I want to really write something with true, raw emotion, you know,

So I'm making this more of a slow burn fic rather than having the twins have sex after every three chapters.

I'll stop rambling but for now, I'll keep on writing in this book. I usually take a million years to update because of school, extracurricular, friends, writers block, etc. but I always do have writing on my mind. So I probably won't give up on this book for a while.

I just hope everybody hasn't given up on me at this point 😅😂