User blog comment:Rev the Dragon Master/Just a question/@comment-7706473-20140714085744

Oh? Hey, good thing your friendly plucky Stormlilly was around, friendpal! I might be the worst person to give you some advice, but...

First and foremost, writing isn't a hobby that can be done, socially. Sure, you can collab on a piece, but that's pretty rare and tends to be hard to hold together. A lot of hobbies can be done with groups; you can rock-climb with your friends, or discuss fishing techniques with them, or put down your summon sign in Dark Souls and wait for a friendly floral gravelord to put your character out of their misery!

But writing - writing is a self-conducted, time-intensive hobby. Four days is a long time, but not uncommon even for short pastas, especially if you're a stickler for grammar and spelling. Sure, there are writers that are quite fast AND skilled, but that tends to be as much a part of their style AND a result of intensive practice as well; it's not something that happens overnight.

But this post looks to me as if it isn't entirely about writing, is it? Let me say this - being part of this wikia, enjoying spending your time here, hanging out, and writing spooky stories are all entirely different things. It sounds to me as if you have a pretty bad case of writers block; so not only is writing going to be unproductive, it probably won't be very fun, either! Lose-lose situation, right?.. But nobody here is going to judge if you choose not to write stories; or wait until the mood strikes you, and when you sit down to write you get out not one, but two sentances - "Boy, am I hungry... I wonder what's for dinner?" Or something like that.

There's no time limit on writing, but it takes time. If it's something you want to do, you have to keep doing it - regardless of others, what they think about you, and other activities. Ask yourself not 'do I want to write' but 'can I stop writing if I wanted to?'

Honestly, life is way too short to do things you don't full-heartedly want to do. Chances are that your smoky acquaintance'll understand if you mention you were trying to write something and failed - you might even find that people admire the effort! Wahahaha!

But most importantly - don't set limits for yourself based on how people react, or worse still how you *think* they *may* react. If you feel like dropping off the wiki for awhile, know that we'll always be around when you want to come back. If you feel like sticking around, well - we like having you around. And know that any choice you make is fine, and good. Well, that's my bad advice for the evening - I hope it helps!