Okay, that didn't work · 9:26pm Dec 30th, 2012
Very well then. First of all, I am very sorry. I really wanted to get it done, but it was a bit harder than expected. The thing is, I need to move on from establishing conflict, and start working towards resolutions, and I'm not really sure how to handle that. I really need to expand my skill sets, which means that progress so far has been way slower than I want it to be.
Honestly, how do other people do this? Stephen King used to be a pretty poor writer himself when he started out, but wrote 2000 words each day until he became one of the more successful authors alive. All I can do when facing my own work is walking around my room in circles, pondering and chipping away at doubts until I've finally formulated the perfect sentence, which I then type, delete, and then start all over again. How can people work that hard towards a goal that they might never reach even with all the hard work in the world? How can they look at their lacking work, and believe that they can actually get better? Is greatness really predestined? Is my subconscious trying to tell me that this isn't what I'm supposed to be doing?
I'll just keep slugging on. I won't make promises again, since I have a very nasty habit of breaking them (really, ask anyone that knows me in real life. I am not a very good person). I will tell you this however:
I am always working on it.
If I'm not working on it, I'm thinking about it.
If I'm not thinking about it, I'm feeling guilty about it.
I want to get this done far more than anyone would ever want to read it. I want Chance and Midnight to reach home, wherever that might take them. I want to die in the knowledge that, no matter how much I've failed in my life, I managed to at least see this through to the end.
I'll get back to my work now. it should be done within days. I am very sorry.
I assume you mean the next chapter? Or is the story that close to ending?
663355 The next chapter, of course. I made the story way, way too big. Getting Rainbow and Applejack to accept the protagonists is only the introduction. The whole story should take at least three in-universe months to properly resolve. I want Chance and Midnight to learn valuable lessons out of all this.
... I've fucked myself over so hard. Thought too big, got in way over my head, but I still want to make this happen.
You're still doing better than me. I've got a plot of a fanfic written entirely but I'm too lazy to write. BUUUT I keep thinking what I could improve.
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A big, massive story? This I like.
663386 You do realise that, considering my productivity, this means it won't be done until looooooong after the pony craze is over, right? I doubt most of my readers will be around to see it.
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I'm sticking around for a long time. I have a 1000+ Read Later list to get through.
663392 Well, at least that's a little encouraging.
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I figure quite a large number of people will stick around after the initial craze finally dies down. I mean, look at Star Wars and Star Trek. Those fanbases are still going strong, and they've been around for decades.
663364 Don't worry, I'll stick around.
663398 Comparing the brony fandom to Star Trek, eh? My friend Dan would be so pissed
Just write. Buck everything you have ever learned. Buck what people think. Once you write, it will come to you. In order to do this properly, you must stay up till 1:00am watching the type of subject that fits the story (comedy in this case) and just write. You can edit it later. Once you master this, then the next time you do it, the words will come a lot easier and smoother. Just keep doing it and you will perfect it. Just write.