- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
*grumble* *grumble*
Because of a certain someone who decided to end their latest chapter in a certain manner, I have been forced to push myself ahead and add a fair bit of my planned stuff for Chapter 21, and put it into Chapter 20.
The ending of said person's latest chapter was in such an amazingly similarity to how I planned mine, when I read the end of it, I sat there and wondered if I was dreaming.
Anyways, now I'm reworking things, looking around and trying to come up with a better way to end this chapter. As such I'll be throwing in at least the first seven or so pages of what I planned for Chapter 21. This of course means I'm gonna have to delay releasing Chapter 20, only till Wednesday I'd imagine.
I'm doing this mainly because I do not like to copy anybodies story. Even though I had planned for my chapter to end in this manner before I knew of this other person's ending, I would still feel like a dirty cheat who was ripping off this other person's story. So to keep this story fresh and original, while there will obviously be a small similarity between the instance occurring in the chapter and this other person's chapter, I will do my best to make it nearly original.
I won't say who it is, mainly because I want to keep you all locked into suspense, and hey, maybe you'll branch out and read some other fics floating around just to try and see if you might find the chapter I'm talking about.
All I'll say is that this person doesn't get the attention they deserve, and I greatly respect them as a writer! Haha, considering I am barely able to keep up with everyone's stories you're gonna be hard pressed finding who I'm talking about. It doesn't matter if I've written in this person's thread either, it doesn't mean I don't watch them. It just means I'm super lazy and never actually post.
So, whatever, it means a two day delay at the least while I figure out exactly how I'll be restructuring everything. Check back on Wednesday and I should have it all wrapped up. Remember, this is a Master Chief/Arbiter intensive chapter, with plenty of dialogue. PLENTY! They're my favorite to write, but also the hardest!