I'm rereading "With Two Hands" so I can write some extras for prompts. Honesty it was hard to psych myself up to reread, it's the fic that made me think "I should give up on multi-chapter fics because I'm bad at them" (1/6)

The plot changed drastically from my outline, and the last few chapters were written right as Covid was crashing over the planet and it felt like everything was breaking. So I feel like I didn't do the best job there. (2/6)

I also received some very hurtful feedback about it that sort of made me spiral/avoid it/feel guilty and bad. BUT! I'm going somewhere positive with this thread, I promise. (3/6)

So I went back to reread today and noticed that the fic is nearly at 2k kudos (!?) which like, holy shit. And I'm rereading it and... there's things I would change, and polish, and expand, especially the pacing at the end. But for the most part, I am enjoying the reread. (4/6)

I've been laser-focusing on like 3 pieces of negative feedback instead of the like 2,000 nice things. That's not a good mindset. Thank you so much for the prompts asking for more of it, and for helping me regain my own enjoyment of the fic. (5/6)

Really, truly, sincerely, from the bottom of my heart: thank you. (6/6)