Letting Go · 1:46am Jul 21st, 2015
"Let it gooooo, let it g--"
*dodges thrown brick*
Sorry.
But yeah. It's time for me to let go of something.
THIS IS NOT AN "I QUIT" BLOG. I'm not quitting this site, and I'm not quitting those stories that need to be finished. Just getting that out of the way so people aren't freaked out.
Ever since I've had the plotline to Hoof Covers Bruise thought out, I've wanted it to end up being my magnum opus. And of course, what this ends up doing to me is making me a perfectionist to the point of losing all sanity. And then, as a consequence, I end up feeling miserable and incompetent and quit writing early. And then, knowing that each experience keeps getting more and more miserable with each attempt to write more, I eventually end up stagnating and don't get anything done at all.
NO. MORE.
Now, that does not mean that I'm going to stop putting effort into my writing, or that I'm going to stop caring about the quality of the content I put out, but it does mean that I'm going to start changing my perspective on things. I didn't end up making my magnum opus Rotten Apple because I put myself through the wringer like I have been doing to myself with this story. I was far more reasonable with myself, and I didn't go into the story with these grand expectations already set in my mind beforehand with how it was going to turn out. And you know what? It became one of the most beautiful things I've written.
It's about time I took that approach with Hoof Covers Bruise. If it doesn't end up becoming my magnum opus, then oh well. I know it will be great, so long as I put in the effort I always do. I just gotta believe in myself a little bit.
Let's get this fucking thing written. Let's finally give you all the ending you guys deserve. Let's finally give Scootaloo the ending she deserves.
~Arwhale
I... might need to read the entire story again so I can remember what actually happened in it.
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That's when you know something's wrong with how I'm doing stuff.
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To be fair, the fact that I'm willing to do so means you must be doing something right.
*Grabs another brick*
Nothing is perfect, they key do doing better is to practice. If you never put anything out, your magnum opus will never happen. I may need to read the story again when you put out the new chapter, not that that's a bad thing.
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Do ya mean it... Are ya sure? Don't throw me empty promises of a playdate. Like my father did. I hate my father. Don't be hated like my father, Arwhale >_>
At this point I think you've written more ABOUT the story then you have in it.
Just remember Stephen King tossed Carrie in the garbage after he finished it, his wife went and saved it and got him to submit it. That was his first great work.
Magnum Opus is just another word for "The best thing I wrote yet."
So... keep going.
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I won't, thought I understand if you'd be worried.
I'm making great progress on it, and I'm actually going to write the epilogue as a separate story so that I can finish HCB faster and finally give you all an ending you'll enjoy.
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Ain't that the truth.
And I'll do well to keep that in mind. Thank you, dude.
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I will. I'm writing as I type this reply.
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