Dec
22nd
2012
This was a bad idea. · 5:52pm Dec 22nd, 2012
I'm sorry.
I rushed like an idiot to get Where There is Smoke done before Christmas and apparently I ended up releasing a subpar chapter (doing that at 4 AM might not have been wise).
Everybody's being nice but they're obviously dissapointed with it. So I've unpublished that chapter and I will rework it so it makes more sense, I guess. To say nothing of all the mistakes I should fix. I'll add a more satisfactory end to the subplot with Audit, and I'll probably include that villains epilogue in between the point where Luna leaves and the scene in Trixie's living room. Guess it'll have to wait a few days.
Sorry again. 
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Fizzy Orange · 299 views
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Everyone has bad calls; but just because you made one, doesn't mean that everypony'll leave you.
I deleted my entire first story published on this site. Don't feel too bad: we all make mistakes.
(for the record, though, I did keep the story, just in case I ever needed to plumb it for ideas; lo and behold, I actually did just that, as Luna and Cadance's magic duel in "An Early Reunion" was more-or-less just a slight re-wording of a fight scene between Trixie and Twilight in that story).
(so basically I'm saying that even if you've unpublished it, I'd advise holding on to it just in case you need it for anything, 'cause you never know)
638106 Thanks. I really shouldn't have published it without letting at least one other person take a look at it.
638120 Well I wasn't going to scrap it all, I've still got it saved on my hard drive for exemple and I worked hard on those epic moments for Pokey and Raindrops. It just needs to get lengthened and improved.
It wasn't all that bad. A bit rushed and anticlimactic maybe, but that alone isn't a terrible thing. I think it could have stood on it's own with maybe some minimal tweaking. Still, I commend your desire to improve upon it, I just hope you don't lose the parts that already worked along the way.
638151 I'm not going to scrap it entirely, but I felt it was best if I just didn't leave it up while I worked on it.