Sorry about before... · 8:19pm Nov 8th, 2013
I'm starting to feel much better now. I spoke to a few friends, and I'm starting to get out of the dark, which is what happens to me when I get like my last blog post. I guess it's obvious but I suffer with clinical depression, which on one hand helps me with the tone of my stories, but it does open me up for moments like that.
Actually, I do have an interesting idea in the making. It's going to be my first TwiLuna story, and it will be before Twilight turns into an Alicorn. It's a romance story, dark, but somewhat comedic in certain parts, and it forces Twilight and Luna to work together. I don't know much about the story yet, but if you watch this opening here and pay attention to the subtitled lyrics at the top, it should tell you the kind of story I want it to be. I'm trying to capture the emotions in this song.
I don't know what the name of the story is, but as of right now, this one is my top priority. I need a change of pace, I think. It might still be a while before I try to write this one, because I need to know more about it, but if anyone has an idea, I'm pretty open. For the record, this isn't a crossover with Gundam. I just want to capture the emotions in the song. The story itself is completely original.
Once again, if you have any ideas, then please share them with me.
GUNDAM BULID FIGHTERS OPENING!!!! YES!!!!!!! JUST YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thou Hast me on Twiluna.
I Offer any help i can on the Idea Side of things if you need some meat added to the bones of da Fic.
1492209 Like I said, I don't know what kind of story it is yet, nor why Twilight and Luna end up working together.
1492218 I Am Very good at Pulling Idea's from betwixt mine Cheeks, so toss me a PM, I'll try and inspire you!
I wonder if you've ever watched Macross Frontier. Seems like something that can cheer you up if you haven't seen it.
I'm not good with words. Not since I'm terrible at dealing with my own depression. I guess the only thing I can say is that if you've hit a wall the best thing to do is break away from Inner Demons II because forcing something would only hurt you as well as your story. Seriously, we humans literally hurt and damage our brains when we strain over things so much.
I recommend going on an anime binge, watch some movies, play some games even or go out to take in some sights that you may not really have taken the time to really SEE. Sounds corny but that stuff really helps. Write anything that comes to your mind. Bit by bit. Don't worry about writing it in order. Start in the middle, the end, anywhere long as you write it down. You can nitpick over how you word stuff once you complete a first draft.
Fate Zero, Railgun S are a couple good anime. Fate Zero might be a bit gory but it's really good if you take the time to really take in the way it flows; first episode is just exposition but stick with it.
Keep at it. I have yet to continue ID2 since AJ's Daughter acted all creepy and talking to DT about her special friend that wants to meet her. That I can recall. Been busy, but I do recall enjoying the story up to that point. Hopefully will be caught up on the story by Monday.
Nice to know it got better :D
And TwiLuna? Not in my interests but good luck with that. I think I could give it a shot... hmm... maybe, I'll see then...
No ideas sadly. But I'm glad you are starting to recover. I wish you the best of luck,
Luna as Master Asia, Twilight as Domon, and Shining Armor as KYOJI!!!!
...oh.
ah yea, nothing like Nibun no Ichi to make you feel good.
and really makes me happy that my Build Strike full package should be here next week.
I can't say that I would have any ideas to help you out with your new story. Best I could say in terms of advice however, is that you should write what you think would make a powerful impact to you.
Maybe its just me, but I have more often than not read works that come across as pretentious (in the sense that an author tries to shove in flowery words that do nothing but cause confusion, shove in a mess of ideas in one point of a story to look deep but really come off looking poorly thought-out, or him/her being more focused with describing depth bits of symbolism in great detail that don't pertain to me rather than focusing on the story's pacing).
You do a pretty darn good job of taking a simple premise of good vs evil, and creating something that truly pulls the reader in (of course I only read Inner Demons, but that was enough to prove that you are a gifted writer). By that, I mean that you create diverse characters that act the way they should, your avoidance of pulling punches creates scenes that are more dark than even most mature-rated stories, and yet your best strength is how your writing never came across as pretentious because you went with a simple writing style.
There might be folks out there who think that avoiding the use of flowery dialect gives off this angsty and juvenile vibe, but who cares? If its pretty damn effective to use, then use it.
I digress, perhaps the closest I can come up with when its comes to ideas is experience. If you happened to be a gamer, then I can always recommend the RPG Demon's Souls/Dark Souls if you want any ideas on how to create a hopeless atmosphere on even more different scenarios (of course those games are difficult but people can enjoy a good challenge every now and then). If that's not the case, well at least I tried.