User blog comment:Sonasaurus/I'm Not Dead...Yet/@comment-26685181-20110418224711

I ATEN'T DEAD

I've been going through something similar, what with uni, and a sudden decrease in the amount of editing and article creation. I'm dealing with it by trying to write an actual fanfiction, to get my characterisation in order and to improve my writing skills - I can't move forward at all on VORAUSSICHT without finishing XENOMORPH, and I've still got three chapters to write for that.

I would say you've been dealing with the soldier aspect of Halo too much. We haven't seen anything about the civilian side of the conflict - people who are scared, have no earthly idea what's going on or what to do, and in some cases hate the UNSC just as much as the Covenant. There's a lot of room there for characterisation and expansion!