Update on Gone Native (Patreon)
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First off -- let me apologize for the break extending longer than I anticipated. I hadn't realized it until I took the break, but I was more burnt out on the story than I realized. I still fully intend to complete the story and that's what this update is about.
I've been rereading Gone Native and I've noticed some rather glaring issues that stand out to me now that I've taken a break from the story, and it's those issues that I want to work on and address. Basically, I introduced a number of things in Gone Native and a number of them feel rather undercooked because I fully intended to come back to them at a later date. It's what my outline called for, but looking back on it, I can't say that it worked as well as I thought it would.
So, I've taken the extra time off to revamp my outline to address the issues that I think are severely impacting the quality of the story. Originally, I intended for the series to have three parts -- Going Native, Gone Native, Went Native -- but that plan really hasn't hit the mark like I thought it would. So, instead, I will be doing smaller 'sagas' that will focus on something that was introduced in the Earth saga, and flesh out what was introduced along with structuring a conflict because I've found that Gone Native started to meander after Tarble officially took over Earth.
I'm currently writing out what is left of the Earth saga, which isn't that much, and then we can move on to the Dragonball saga. To that end, Gone Native will be coming back when I finish off the Earth saga -- it probably won't be next week, but Gone Native should be back the week after that on the 19th.
Thank you all for your understanding, and I do think Gone Native will become a much stronger story with these changes.