The final chapter of Time Enough for 'Everything at Last' is up! · 3:18am Sep 14th, 2023
Greeting every pony!
Well, the last and final chapter of 'Time Enough for Everything at Last' is up, and I hope every pony here gets a chance to view it. It was pretty heartbreaking to do that last chapter as I was not sure if I was going to get it done in a reasonable amount of time. I had planned to have this chapter and the next chapter for my 'Wonderbolt Academy New Volunteers' story up at the same time. But the next chapter of that story is taking much longer than I want. I had made some changes and now have to cut out 2 scenes that are no longer necessary to the story and don't help the overall storyline. But doing that is causing 'other' problems in the storyline that need (at least for now) inked-out/crossed-out of the outline and some of the characters involved to be changed as well.
I have to keep myself in check against the urge to just post 'whatever' parts of the story because they're more fleshed out or more complete than the other chapters I have yet to post. There is so much more I have cooking on the stove for the 'Wonderbolt' story that there are times I worry that I might not ever get this story done because of its size and scope. not to mention having so many characters that I have to keep three separate binders with notes on the story outline, one binder for just the list of characters (both the recruits and the Wonderbolt instructors and making sure I have them listed correctly by name), one binder with the actual story outline and the third binder with the story 'mechanics'; the list of event trials as well as which character is paired up with who, a list of secondary characters of the cadet students, parents of some of the recruits and some of the school staff. I could not imagine having these to keep track of what was going on and where every character was at a given time. There are times when I have to do a 'head count' of who's in a given scene or trying to keep track of who isn't. Daunting, but what writing project isn't.
Along with the chapter in works for the 'The Wonderbolt Academy New Volunteers' the next chapter for 'No County for Bad Ponies' is well under way. I'm sad to hear that G5 Make Your Mark is going to end. I really wish they didn't cancel it; there is so much potential with it. My two favorite characters are still Sprout Cloverleaf and Posey. These two could give the series a much-needed 'grounding' by having antagonists who are friends of the Mane Five + One and act as 'spoilers'; something like a Trixie Lulamoon to Twilight Sparkle in antagonism. Not a real 'threat' but a pony who can knock Sunny, Hitch and the others successfully off their marble pedestals of morality and able to throw 'a bucket of cold-water reality' on a given situation.
If any pony here who is reading this post and who has been following my Starlight Glimmer story, I will be posting my original outline for it as an addendum that has all the various sub-story ideas and variations of main story plotline, I had envisioned for it. I didn't write out any of the sub-story ideas in any detail because it would've entailed making the outline needlessly long for a story I really didn't want to get sucked into. Not because I don't LOVE Starlight Glimmer or the idea of Time Travel for her to experience. Only that the concept of the story was for short-story contest I was participating in and could not finish in time and want to keep my focus on the two big stories I already started. If any writer on this site want to collaborate and make a bigger/more complete story out the outline I created, I welcome the opportunity to work with another author. Anyone with a question about what I'm writing or want some help with their story, drop me a line and let me know what you're working on and let me see if I can help.
