User blog comment:Amberflower/Don't Leave!/@comment-2143393-20130329154846

I kinda go in this wiki in bursts. Whenever I suddenly get inspired for a chapter of one of my stories, or have some extra freetime, I come on. But if I was to choose between a day hiking in the woods or a day writing on the computer, I'd probably pick the hike in the woods. It's not that I don't like this wiki; I love it!; but it's not my entire life. Just like maybe you like to collect stamps, but collecting stamps isn't the most important thing in your life. Just like collecting stamps, writing fanfiction is a hobby. When you start a hobby, it tends to consume a lot of your time. Then you get over the sudden burst of insperation and do the hobby only ocassionally. Finally, after a while, you quit the hobby. You had fun while it lasted, but it doesn't last forever. Fanfiction is a hobby to get young writers moving. Once they've learned all they can from fanfiction and had fun, they move on. And new writers take their place. And just because you leave doesn't mean your stories are forgotten. New users will read and enjoy them. I don't think that anyone should be forced to stay on the wiki, or pressured to. If they decide to leave, that's their choice. The only thing I would ask of someone before they left is to please finish the stories they've already started. It seems like such a waste when you've worked hard on a story, but you never finish it. I know that there is an adoption page, but it just isn't the same when someone else finishes the story. :) I hope that everybody who decides to leave is happy. And I hope that everyone who doesn't decide to leave is happy for those who have left. <3

Oh my, that was longer than I planned it to be. :P