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Rethkir


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  • 449 weeks
    Progress update - A Trusted Friend in Science and Ponies

    Hey everyone! Just a quick update. It's been a year since I've decided to go ahead with this rewrite. And I just wanted to give everyone a progress report. I just did a word count, and I'm currently standing at about 75,000 words of new material. That's almost double the word count of Better Living. It was more than I expected to be honest. So that's my "words per year" rate for last year.

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    9 comments · 998 views
  • 464 weeks
    Thanks for 800 likes

    Hey everyone. I know it's been a while since any of you heard from me. First, let me say thanks for 800 likes! I really appreciate it. I also want to thank all my new followers. 20 more than when I counted last time. I have noticed that more people have been checking this fic out and putting it on their "read later" lists. It looks like that you all have headed my warning well and delayed reading

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    0 comments · 389 views
  • 474 weeks
    Story rewrite update: Developments

    Hey everyone! I'm so sorry for the lack of activity recently. It may seem like not much has been going on, but I've been working hard on this rewrite of A Trusted Friend. So, I offer a bit of an explanation of my progress. After a writing a few early chapters, then loosing my sense of direction, I've decided to hit the outline again, and now I'm detailing it as thoroughly as I can. So for

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    5 comments · 454 views
  • 478 weeks
    For the First Time in Forever, Celestia and Luna version

    Hey everyone! Awesome news! I wrote these lyrics almost a year ago, and somebody finally made a cover of it. Check it out!

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    1 comments · 435 views
  • 482 weeks
    Appologies for my absence

    Hey everyone. Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and all the usual winter-related tidings.

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    6 comments · 592 views
Aug
3rd
2014

Finally found a proofreader! Gonna do what I can to fix this. · 3:07am Aug 3rd, 2014

I'm gonna make this brief. You may have noticed the dislike count of A Trusted Friend in Science and Ponies spike by 7 votes since the posting of my last chapter, and probably for good reason. Anyway, you all know the criticisms and shortcomings of my story by now. But in all fairness, this is my first (and only) fic, and this has been a true learning experience for me. So, after many months of unsuccessful attempts at finding a good, committed proofreader, I finally found one. He is brutally honest, and exactly what I need if I want to fix this. Progress is slow, but he's very thorough in catching storytelling mistakes. He already found some issues that would later lead into major problems within only the first few chapters. So, the signs were there from the beginning that this wasn't gonna come out perfect. In short, this needs some serious work. But I want my story to be better than it currently is. I want this to be a worthy sequel, and I feel that I have failed in some regards. So, when my proofreader finishes combing through all 23 current chapters, I'm gonna make some serious revisions all throughout. I know I made a revision before, but this is on a much larger scale. Of course, this will take quite a good deal of time. I hope this process won't change things around so much that it would facilitate a complete reread, but it needs to be done. I'm taking a break from writing more chapters until then. I hope you all understand my dilemma. As much as I want to finish this and get it done, some things are better done right than fast.

Comments ( 2 )

Preaching to the choir, friend. Foe the record (whatever that record may be), you've seen an excellent proofreader for me. :pinkiehappy:
I hope your proofreader sticks around until the story is done. Good luck.

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