So I was looking at some unpublished/unfinished fic ideas... · 10:07pm Dec 27th, 2013
And I came across this story that I had planned on writing about a year ago. It was supposed to be about a schizophrenic Derpy who worked at a mail-sorting facility and had friends that only she could see, though she didn't realize that. I don't really know where it was going to go, but I still like the concept. I'm not a big fan of Derpy stories, but I am a big fan of stories about paranoia, so I think it could've been pretty cool if I had ever written. Ah well, here's an excerpt anyway.
I stared blankly at the machine as it droned on and on, churning out a constant stream of thoughts and emotions, hopes and dreams, congratulations and condolences. Every piece of mail, every letter, every package, every envelope held a piece of someone's life in it—a little part of their soul—and I was the messenger. I ferried these souls back and forth, perpetuating the endless cycle of happiness and longing, grief and regret. But I didn't begrudge it—the mailmare's job—not even a little. I loved it. I lived for it.
My line of sight broke as a pony passed in front of me. It was Courier. I followed him as he crossed the room and sat down at his desk. Courier was the only earth pony working at the post office. He was fast. I like Courier, he was always nice to me. When I first started working here he was the only one who talked to me. He didn't say much, “Good morning”, but it was enough.
I waved at him. He didn't see me. It's okay. I still like him.
I've got about a dozen or so of these things, and I kinda just want to post excerpts from all of them with a brief explanation of where they were going, because I honestly think some of them were pretty cool, but I wanted to see if anyone would be interested in something like that before I do it. I mean, I sort of just want to get these ideas out there so they don't completely go to waste, but I also don't want to flood the notifications of those who follow me, so if you'd like to see more, then let me know. I'd love to post some more of these. If not, s'all good. They'll always exist in my heart harddrive.
You could always do like Wanderer D and some others have, set up a random excerpts "story" where you jot down all the little ideas that you can't/don't turn into full stories.
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Huh, that's not a bad idea. I suppose I could do that.
1654002 I just humbly beg you genre tag each one. A brief description is even better,
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Luckily for you, I took BlueNinja's advice and just posted a "story" with each of the ideas as its own separate chapter. The description of that story includes the genre tags and a brief description of every story. There are about 17 in total. You can see them here.
1655389 Woohoo! I love drabble collection and such but I tend to shy away from untagged stuff. I shall dive into it tout suite!