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I have an announcement to make. I'm closing a chapter on this channel and things are not going to be the same.

First of all, I want to say thank you all for your support, even during my sporadic moments of inactivity. All of you are what has made Deviant Art so enjoyable for me, between me watching your content and you watching mine. I'm happy for the opportunity to share my creativity with like-minded individuals, and your words and likes have given me so much hope and strength in my endeavors.

Now that I've terrified you with THAT statement, here's what's about to change on this channel. Feel free to use this outline to avoid boring yourselves or skip the dramatic moments.

1. I'm no longer focused on building MOCs

2. WHY I'm pretty much done with MOCs (dramatics)

3. Cyro's Story is coming back (for real)

4. Other things going on with this channel (including MOCs?)

1. MOCS WILL NO LONGER BE THE FOCUS OF MY CHANNEL

It is with great regret that I am announcing that MOCs will no longer be the focus of my channel. I might post Cyro soon, but after that, I'm all but done with MOCing. (There's a potential exception I explain in Point 4, but don't get your hopes up.)

2. THE REASON I'M NO LONGER BUILDING MOCS

I don't like to bog down my watchers with the dramatics of my life. I don't come to DA for drama, and I imagine none of you guys do either. But I'm sure you've noticed how my time on DA has had some periods of slowness and stand-stills, and since you've been patient with me through those moments, I feel I owe an explanation. To be brief- I've been stressed out and depressed for a couple of years now, running away from problems rather than facing them and determining how to move forward. Not to worry- I'm doing progressively better now. But in my recent moments of clarity, I've come to realize that building with Legos doesn't satisfy me like it used to. In fact, it seems to have become an obstacle more than fun.

I've talked before about how I want to be a story writer. I've reached a point where I want to pursue that fully; I've probably been at that point for a while. But building MOCs and posting them online had become so much of a demand to me that I handicapped myself from doing anything else. Even if I'm building characters I want to bring into my fiction, the time and effort I put into posting them bogs me down from actually doing the WRITING I want to do. Legos- especially Bionicle- has helped a lot with developing my creativity. But now it's time for me to move on and work towards the real dream I've had.

3. CYRO'S STORY IS COMING BACK

So, instead of building MOCs, I'm going to return to writing my abandoned Bionicle story, Cyro's Story. (Ha. Remember that?) If you look now, you'll notice it currently doesn't exist. My fault- I deleted the chapters I wrote. I know I said I wouldn't, but I didn't think I'd ever finish the series, and if there's one thing I hate, it's leaving work unfinished. But despite quitting on the series online, I could never bring myself to throw away the drafts and outlines I wrote in my notebooks. Cyro's Story was- is- going places and even today, is still very dear to me. Now that I've made up my mind on how to progress toward story writing, I want to see Cyro's story to the end properly, and I want you all to join me on that adventure.

Now, I know what you're thinking- "What makes you think you'll finish it this time?" That's a fair question; I did make a big deal when I quit on the story, and that was AFTER the big deal I made saying I WOULD finish the story. So I completely understand your doubts; I am quite pathetic when it comes to motivation. However, my dream of becoming a story writer has not died. With Legos no longer being a conflicting priority, I can finally focus on that dream. I do have new ideas for an original series, but nothing to write about yet. I need practice and Cyro's Story provides that opportunity to hone my writing skills. It has an ending, a beginning, and most gaps filled in between; and the world-building is taken care of already.

Now, Last time I worked on this series, I posted chapters as soon as I wrote them. Well, this will probably bug you, but I'm not gonna do that this time. I'm a bit of a perfectionist with my work. When I posted chapters in the past, I kept finding errors that I wished I could have fixed BEFORE everyone read them. This time, I'll have a different procedure. Cyro's Story will be divided into no less than 3 "books". My plan is to write all the chapters in each book and THEN post them on DA. So- yes, bad news- it will be a long time before you see story chapters. On the plus side, when I do post chapters, you'll get a lot of them at once so you won't have to wait too long for story progression. This will allow me to double check my work and, hopefully, give you satisfactory content with less wait time.

4. WHAT ELSE I MIGHT DO WITH MY CHANNEL

What I've just discussed is what I'm definitely posting on my channel. These next things are NOT definites.

I said I'm no longer going to focus on building MOCs. While that is my intent, an idea I've considered to aid in my future writing career is learning how to illustrate story concepts through drawing. To practice that, I plan to build/rebuild characters in Cyro's Story and use them as models to sketch. If I do, I'll share them with you. Such posts with be relatively basic: Main image, little-to-no bio, a few angles on Instagram.

Beyond that, if my writing or drawing skills improve immensely, I may share some sketches or short stories. BIG ifs there, but I'm keeping my optimism open and trying to think ahead.

As you can see, this means you'll be seeing little to nothing on my channel for some time. Luckily, this is DA and there's no penalty for inactivity on artists or fans... except for fans losing interest. I wish I could promise that being patient with me will be rewarded. However, I don't make promises I'm not 99% I can deliver on. If you decided that unwatching me will save space, I completely understand. But I will say this with 100% certainty: I am SERIOUS about becoming a story writer, I DO LOVE Cyro's Story, and I WILL TRY to deliver what I've set out to accomplish.

Wherever you go from here, I want to thank you all again for following me this far. Keep being creative!