User blog:Echo 1/Possibilities

Well, I've got some news and I figure I'd just say it here.

And no, I'm not leaving (yet), although my rather extended bouts of inactivity are beginning to make it appear likely...

Anyway, I've been wondering about City of Legends as of late. I finished the eighth chapter and, well, some doubts I had while plotting it out are beginning to come up.

Frankly, I'm beginning to think I'm about to 'Jump the Shark' with this. For those of you who don't know, 'jumping the shark' is a colloquial saying for when a TV show or other medium gets progressively worse in an absurdly short amount of time because it's trying to stay fresh. And frankly, I'm beginning to think that will happen with CoL for a few reasons:


 * 1) When starting this project, I wasn't entirely absorbed in it. I frankly thought QftM was enough and that another project could destroy the storyline.
 * 2) It's getting too fanon-y, which isn't what I wanted.
 * 3) I mainly did it for the 'fans' of QftM, who wanted more for it. I'm now worried that creator hatred for the universe might set in at any moment, and frankly I don't want that to happen.
 * 4) I just don't think it will live up to any expectations you guys have set for it, similar to the way the Star Wars prequels went.

While I do want to keep writing it, I'm not really sure where to go with it. Plans I have now would force me to continue writing a third novel, which would be extremely hard (and rather crazy for myself). I'm not sure if I want to tackle all that. At the same time, I have a lot of stuff I'd like to continue with it though. Sadly, I just don't think I will. (Also, to answer a question from the last blog, yes, I do have plans for Takanuva to appear, however it wouldn't happen until the hypothetical third book.)

Basically, I've got a combination of worry for the storyline, melancholy over the possibility of ruining it, and (the bane of author's everywhere) writer's block.

If you guys have any solutions, please, respond.

Do you think City of Legends should be continued? No. Quest for the Masks was great and doesn't really need anything else added to it. No, you could ruin the universe set up in QftM or just make the series stinkingly bad. No, as there is too much fanon stuff being added to keep it like the original Bionicle. Yes, as it is a great story and doesn't appear to be conflicting greatly with the setup of QftM. Yes, because I really really really really want to see what you have in store for it.