A quick word about Fallout story and other fics ("What have I gotten myself into" cont.) · 8:15pm Apr 25th, 2013
You may have noticed that I recently began yet another fic. It's a Fallout fic, but since I haven't read Kkat's story yet I decided to begin it as its own standalone universe. I have an idea of where I want the story to go, but I also want to rewrite it sometime to integrate into Kkat's universe. It seems only right, since the whole Fallout: Equestria thing is her idea.
I'm concerned because in order to write a story in her universe -that I would be satisfied with- I'd have to read the entirety of her story, which would take a long while for me. Also I'm not even sure if the story I have in mind is compatible with her world. And if I'm going to write a Fallout pony fic, I want it to live up to Kkat's fabulousity.
Not incredibly long, necessarily, just well written. That means I'm going to have to take a lot of time to plan out the story carefully and write and rewrite chapters until they are flawless. Oye ve.......
The story as is has kind of a rocky start. I rewrote the first chapter a couple times before posting, and most of the complaints seem to be with the introduction. Already I'm in for a rewrite, which is fine. I want to provide you guys with well-written and well realized stories. While I do believe my writing skills have been found wanting, I also believe that I can improve.
I wanted to write a fallout story with a blind mare, and then I remembered Snowdrop. I thought it would make a really cool crossover and be a really interesting concept to write about. I hope I can make it good for you guys.
As for my other fics, I work on and off on Fragile and Season Unending, mostly. I have a couple others started too but they're not very good so I won't post them anytime soon. Fragile is getting good, by the way. We're getting close to a big event, so stay tuned.
Creature of the Night is still....meh.
What have I gotten myself into here?
-RB
You know that there also is an audiobook edition of the story right? Maybe would that be a better solution than reading it, if you fear the stories length.
The links to the audio can be found a bit under the links to the chapters LINKY
1034252 Indeed I do! I listened to the first chapter on Youtube. Thank you!
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You are welcome, glad to be able to help.
Just remember one thing, either stand fully behind Fo;E or don´t try to take something from it at all. A non Fo:E fallout X MLP story is not a bad thing, but if it leans against Fo:E will it get some hate for not being fully Fo:E by the Fo:E lovers, and hate from the Fo:E haters for having parts of Fo:E in it.
So take that little thought and lay it in the back of your head as you hear some more, just a friendly advice to avoid haters all to much
Good sir,
I tried posting this on ponychan but it appears my IP has been banned for spam. Curious, that, but it's neither here nor there. You asked for help in writing the story. Well, here's what I wanted to post:
You're going to write a ponified Fallout story featuring a blind filly featured in a recent short video on EQD.
Well, I give you kudos for 'neat idea', but we're a little lacking on 'development' here. What is your basic plot? Can you give us a synopsis? Who will be involved, beyond our protagonist? Are you aiming for pure grimdark, comedy, romance, etc?
There's very little to go on.
You have two chapters now, totaling just over 2400 words. I gave them a quick glance. 323 of them reside in an info-dump prologue, and of the remaining 2121, you spend more than half in very telly narration before the first character speaks.
I would like you to consider a small piece of advice:
Start over, and start small.
Write out your major plot arcs. You need to know where your story's going before you know how to get there.
Write out your ideas of Snowdrop's character. Give her a history beyond the woobie-riffic video filly. Make us care about YOUR version of Snowdrop. Tell us how she's unique.
Once you have 'destination' and 'actor' figured out, work on theme. Is it crapsack? Is there a ray of hope? Is that ray of hope simply reflecting off a polished turd? Give us a sense of how the world itself reacts to the character.
Once you know those things, you will probably find it much easier to 1) introduce your story, and 2) attract a partner to help write it.
I wish you the best of luck.
1042759 I am rewriting it. I'm in the middle of finals week at school right now but once that's over I'll have more time to plan out the plot. The introduction is most certainly being reworked. I'm trying to plan out a really good story and once I have the plot solidified I'll reach out and look for a prereader.
Thank you so much!