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Hi guys! It's been... *checks the last published chapter* ALMOST 9 MONTHS HUH!!!! Ahem, well, this year's been really eventful for me, and between college, meeting new friends, and... some unpleasant situations, as well as writer's block and a burnt out from the fic I wasn't able to write for you in so long. Worry not, though! As I've stated before, I will be continuing to write for this. I have a lot planned and this fic is special to me in many ways, so I'd hate for it to be unfinished.
HOWEVER! I must clarify that even if I published this in November of 2022, I started writing Out Of Your Comfort Zone wayyy back in August/September of the same year. I had just gotten into OMORI and I began writing this as a self-indulgent one-shot (can't believe this turned into a multichaptered fic btw) that I wasn't going to publish, but after some encouragement from my friends I took my shot and here we are! Now, although I'm still quite happy with some of these chapters, a lot of my headcanons have changed since then. Back then I was new and tried to guide my characterization based on what I would see from other OMORI CCs as I wasn't too confident in my views or didn't even have any. But after a whole year since I started and a lot of discussions with friends and other members of the fandom, I now have a clearer view on how to treat and write these characters and I no longer feel some of my dialogues or actions fit those views. Therefore, I've chosen to reread my work and tweak my writing so the characterization is more accurate to my current views and you guys don't have whiplash from the new writing style I have! Trust me, some of my headcanons are a huge change from what I wrote last year.
Don't worry, the plot will stay relatively the same; I just want to adjust this so it makes more sense both in a narrative and in a writing sense. Once I'm done fixing the chapters, I'll delete this announcement and move on with Chapter 8 (which has been sitting in my docs for.... almost 9 months.....)
I'm not even sure if you remember this fic, but if you do, thank you for sticking along despite so long! Hopefully you'll like the adjustments I'll make to it! I feel like my writing has improved a lot since March and I'm excited to keep writing for this!