Sophomore Slump. We've all experienced it, whether it was on the giving or receiving end of it. (Some of us are also ridiculously insecure, which makes it worse, or makes it seem to exist where it does not, but that's not the point.)
Urban Dictionary defines it as such:
1) When a musician releases their second album, which is not as popular as their first.
2) During a college student's sophomore year, their GPA drops after having a high GPA from their freshman year
I'm talking about the first kind. (For the record, my GPA went up during my high school Sophomore year, and I haven't had a college one yet.) The first episode of Warbler that was written under a deadline has been uploaded. This is great, and awesome, and because I've had a hectic week, I'm proud that it's up right now.
However, the beginning is over. I'm in the middle now. All the characters have been onstage, so to speak, and that stage has been set. I'm now in the stage of executing on the premise that I've set up, and that's very different. I'm faced with the task of pulling this premise through into nine more episodes, and while this is still play, and I love it, and don't foresee it being a real problem, this is something that I'm definitely aware of. It's easy to come up with a good blurb. What's rather harder is actually making a good story from that.
In other words, Episode Four has moved us from the beginning to the middle. This is the part where we see if I actually have the skillz necessary to pull this off. (Also, sic. Yes, that's skillz. I assure you, it is entirely deliberate. I have no qualms about editing post-release.)
Thank you for reading.
However, the beginning is over. I'm in the middle now. All the characters have been onstage, so to speak, and that stage has been set. I'm now in the stage of executing on the premise that I've set up, and that's very different. I'm faced with the task of pulling this premise through into nine more episodes, and while this is still play, and I love it, and don't foresee it being a real problem, this is something that I'm definitely aware of. It's easy to come up with a good blurb. What's rather harder is actually making a good story from that.
In other words, Episode Four has moved us from the beginning to the middle. This is the part where we see if I actually have the skillz necessary to pull this off. (Also, sic. Yes, that's skillz. I assure you, it is entirely deliberate. I have no qualms about editing post-release.)
Thank you for reading.