User blog:MATT DB/My Plan for the Rest of Mauritius

Hey guys, quick pointless blog post to make here. As you know, there are 5 episodes left of Mauritius for me to write, and I'm hoping to finish the season within the next few months (definitely before 2020 starts). However, I'm taking a different approach for the last few eps - I'm going to write each episode in full before posting it on the wiki. My plan is to post each day of the storyline a few days in a row, which gives you guys time to read what's there before more is posted, while also helping me avoid the exhausting process of writing small updates and fixing the code on each and every one.

I'm doing this because it lets me write at my own pace and when I get the time to do so instead of feeling pressured to write an update every single day, which results in rushed or half-hearted updates for days where I'm less motivated. It also lets me write a lot more on days where I have more free time, which overall makes the writing process a lot more enjoyable for me and will hopefully make the writing higher quality for people who read my seasons. Best of all, it lets me fix errors or edit certain parts of the storyline from earlier in the episode to better suit later parts or to make the pacing better.

I'll probably switch to this approach for future seasons as well, depending on how well it goes for me with Mauritius. My goal is to still finish an episode every two weeks, but this change may very well help updates pump out a little faster. I guess we'll see!

I'm only telling you this so you guys don't think I'm abandoning the season or going on hiatus. There likely won't be an update for a while as I finish writing episode 10 (haven't started it yet, so it's going to be a bit). These episodes might also be shorter because, again, I was pressuring myself to post updates that exceeded 5k characters each time when that probably isn't necessary. Then again, every time I tell myself to write shorter episodes, they only get longer, so... take that with a grain of salt.

Sorry for the rambly posts, just thought I'd get all my thoughts out there. I hope you guys are as excited for the tail end of Mauritius as I am! It should make for a fun ride. :)