First off, allow me to apologise to my fans, new and old, who rushed over here at seeing that Gravitation has updated. This isn't the update you were hoping for but if you read on, I promise that you'll be satisfied in being here.
Now, when I started Gravitation over ten years ago, I was a young hopeful. I loved that people lived my writing and it inspired me. But as with all young artists, it was the criticism which impacted me the most when I did receive critical reviews. While a dozen people may praise your art, it's the critic who strands out. And when your writing is one of the only things you're good at at the time, you become affected by what someone will say. Given how young I was at the time, I chose to leave my story alone. I left it alone for a long time. I moved on.
I had jobs. Relationships. I went through some interesting times. But still I never came back to my story.
However, that isn't to say that it has died completely. To the contrary, Gravitation was still very much alive in my head. The problem was, I had written myself into a corner. I didn't know what to do next. I didn't know where to go with the story. I had vague ideas for what to do next but nothing definitive. So I let the story lie in my head and my interest in Warcraft slowly waned, being added by the deaths of some of my favourite characters. Illidan. Arthas. Neltharion. I was angry about that. So I left the fic. But it didn't leave me.
So it is that I'm here now to tell you, my dear fans, some wonderful news. I'm going to reboot Gravitation. I'm going to rewrite it from there ground up. I plan to do better with everything. The pacing. The characterisation. The start of the story itself.
Now, this update isn't going to kick in yet, and not for a few months at that. I'm currently finishing up my trading for my college and this takes priority for me. Not only that but I want some time to write some buffer chapters. Not only that but I'm trying to decide if I want to work for a little while or return to school to continue my education. Or even if I should take a small personal vacation. So with all of that on my mind, I don't have the time nor focus that my story deserves - which is why I'm not going to post a single bit of the reboot until 2017, or I finish the story, whichever comes first.
I can hear the sounds of protest already but trust me, I'm not going to put excess pressure on myself. If I finish the story before 2017, I'll begin posting it per week. But until that point, I'm going to be working on it. Shayl and Illidan still have a story that wants to be told, so they deserve the best that I can give to them.
Until then, my dear readers.
- Jen
PS: the story is going to be cross posted on AO3 as well.