So...how should I begin this?
Well, I will get it out in the open to start. I am officially stepping down as the lead writer of Chrono Trigger Unglued. I know, shocking gasps all around. Over the last few episodes, my role has been slowly shrinking in scale from being in charge of the whole writing half of CTU, to being in charge of individual episode progression, to simply writing the dialogue for each episode. And while I enjoy writing for CTU immensely, I've found that this new role is quite limiting and I'm unable to put the heart and soul into it like I could when I was doing the full scripting.
Unfortunately, Clovis' vision for the series (which I back wholeheartedly, I want to make clear) is different from my own and while we accommodated for that in the past, the truth is that the more Clovis takes over for plot progression and storyline, the less and less my scripting meshes with his vision. And the harder it becomes to come up with quality writing.
Clovis and I had a nice long discussion about the future of CTU and I decided that I wouldn't feel right trying to write up his scripts if it meant putting out sub par jokes and dialogue while at the same time being unable to meet the needs he had for each script. And so after much mental deliberation, I decided the right thing to do would be to step down as lead writer and give that position over to Clovis in full.
I want to make it clear that when I say "I decided", I don't mean "it was decided for me". Clovis offered to give me back full control of CTU if I wanted, but I felt it's future was more secure in his hands, especially since he has done so much to raise the quality of the actual animation aspect. We both agreed that this was the best outcome, at least for now.
Now this doesn't mean I am wiping my hands of CTU altogether, though. I will stay on as a consulting position for the series; reading over scripts, offering dialogue advice, providing additional jokes, etc. I may even provide filler specials from time to time. This way we won't feel forced to compromise each other to make a union of ideas work. I still have plenty of ideas/jokes for the series and I know Clovis is still interested in knowing what they are.
I am very thankful for all the support everyone has given the series and I hope you will continue to watch and enjoy CTU, even if I am not directly part of the creation process. I think the series is in very good hands.
