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Digodragon


Artist and Writer from Florida. I draw art commissions, role play online, play video games, and watch Pony cartoons.

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  • 370 weeks
    Shadowtrot Rewrites & Future Postings

    According to Fimfic, I haven't posted a blog in like... two years. Wow, that's gotta be an academy record. Right, so if you're a reader of my latest work, Shadowtrot, I wanted to let you know that I am still writing this story! The reason for the delay is that I am studying up on my writing skills and making a few rewrites to the story's two present chapters. See, I had made an attempt to submit

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  • 490 weeks
    Happy New... wait, February already?!

    Where does the time go, honestly?

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  • 495 weeks
    Outlaw Mares now on TVTropes!

    I had gotten one of my holiday presents early-- Outlaw Mares on TVTropes!

    Man thanks to Juntao112 for setting it up! I'm not well versed on setting up TVTrope pages, so if any of you readers would like to help get it organized and filled, please feel free to do so! :raritywink:

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  • 496 weeks
    Ace Gets an Adventure

    My friend Juantao112 has posted his next fanfic story. My OC changeling Ace Gambit plays a role in it. So if you're into a fun adventure with changelings, check out Spectre of the Past!

    In other news, it got cold here fast! Been raining all day and the temps are dropping. Time for some hot cocoa and warm socks.

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  • 496 weeks
    Art n Stuff Update VII

    Whoa, it's been HOW long since I wrote an entry?

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Jun
12th
2013

Applejack's Accent · 1:10am Jun 12th, 2013

I'm currently writing the first draft for my Applejack fanfic entitled "Ponies in the Attic".

Since it stars Applejack and her two siblings, I had to first sit down with myself and outline how I was going to represent AJ's southern drawl. I agreed with myself that the best practice would be to not worry about phonetically spelling out her accent at all. Well, almost no worry. Since the writings of my two Outlaw Mares stories, I've gotten a small vocabulary going of western words that fit AJ's speaking style, like the words reckon and y'all, so I don't have to spell every odd twang in her voice.

The only thing I've done thus far was drop that last 'g' in any of her -ing words. Everything else is spelled correctly, but reads so that as long as the reader knows the character, they'll mentally add the accent themselves. At least, this is my plan...

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Comments ( 1 )

I'm always terribly inconsistent with the accents of the Apple family, or accents in general, even within the same story :twilightblush: I guess that's what editing is for.

I think you've got the right idea, though. I've come to the same conclusion that it's better to leave the accent to the reader for the most part and focus on getting the voice right.

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