Guys Not Writing Comics
Why no updates?
In a word; motivation. In another word; depression. I started this project with two people because I needed a bit of support and competition to make sure I stayed on track. But with Matt falling off the wagon and me going on one of my periodic downturns, everything just ground to a halt. If I were writing for money, I’d have the motivation to put bread on my table and an editor giving me pointed looks. As it is, it’s all too easy to get out of the habit and just think “why bother”?
But this project is not dead. I’ve dragged myself out of my hole and am reevaluating things. Firstly the timeframe. Writing a script every 2 weeks might have been overambitious, given that I’m juggling a full time job and attempting a social life. From now we’ll be moving to a schedule where a script is posted every two weeks, allowing us a month to actually write them. I DID manage to stick to the old schedule for a while, but long term it might be too much (if not for me then for my co-contributor).
Which brings me to my second point. Matt’s keen on the project but I don’t think he can keep up. He’s got too many things on his plate as it is, and I need that other person to make me say “oh I can’t let them down / let them one-up me”. So Matt’s going to drop to an occasional contributor, posting a script whenever he feels like it, and Aaron Caskey will be taking over regular script posting duties.
I still have a million things I want to write about, so this project isn’t going away. Next script will be posted by Aaron on the 1st of June.
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