Author's Notes (Chapters 1, 2 and 3) [1/17/12]

Chapter 1's notes are ripped from notes that I had written up RIGHT after writing the chapter, I copied the worthwhile portions:

If it wasn’t obvious, this idea first came about upon watching the episode Sweet and Elite, so expect to see plenty of stuff from that episode in there, from characters to a general focus on Rarity and the Canterlot high life. I’m a ‘huge’ Rarity fan, but I can’t say that I find many of the other ponies function well around her. Naturally Twi does because she gets along with everypony for the most part, but none of the others seem to hit it off with her...

...Except Fluttershy of course. Their sharing of hobbies and fondness for similar activities, plus some fanon implied stuff, sort of pins a RariShy pairing as a really good one. I know there are plenty who’d love to argue how they couldn’t be paired with a worse character, but I’m looking to make this about more than just that. We’re not concerned about gender or anything here, I don’t care if a guy like a guy or a girl likes a girl or if a girl likes a guy, everyone’s entitled to their own beliefs and opinions in life. So above all else, please don’t try and read too much into anything concerning sexuality in this, that’s ‘not’ what I’m covering here.

What I AM covering is my own views on the concepts of crushes and infatuation with one another, dwelling on love in general, but the differences between little harmless puppy love crushes, genuine head over hoof passion and ‘unconditional love’ you usually hear friends or family members having for one another. In addition, the concept that just because something changes about a person in a relationship doesn’t mean they did it to ‘bribe’ or ‘pay’ the other to love them, they make the changes of their on will because they love that person that much.

After all, think about how you see relationships with people where they act one way near each other and a different when they’re not. That’s the kind of a relationship where you see someone changing themselves on the outside but not the inside, which is where it matters as far as I’m concerned. That’s what I plan to have unfold in this, a change in the characters that won’t necessarily change them as a whole, so much as it will show them learning to tolerate their discomforts, overcome their insecurities and fears and learn that they can ‘improve’ themselves without losing who they originally were.

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Chapter 2

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So, onto impromptu writing now, I was looking into improving my writing style. My primary pre-reader was advising me on how to improve and I've really been trying to do that. So, there are a couple things I wanted to say now:

1. This is my first crack at writing anything with some semblance of seriousness in dedicated to finishing an idea and seeing it through to its conclusion. I've always been fond of producing ideas for fictional stories but never actually following through with anything beyond the beginning, middle, end and bits in between.

2. Being this is a melodrama, I've found it hard that without a visual or audio aid to describe the tone or mood of a scene. Now, I'm aware other people are capable of such a thing but again, being new to this I haven't had enough experience finding the words or ways to get across a scene or the mood of a character without telling what it is. This was a key criticism of why I didn't get the first chapter onto EqD and with a little in depth reading and commentary from my pre-reader, he noticed the same

3. I don't think that I'm making some ground breaking fic but I also want it to have something of value to it and the whole chapter 1 notes I wrote up are to explain the stuff I'm looking to cover in the fic

So yeah, stuff I didn't get across in the first chapter notes I think I put here...

Actual stuff relevant to the chapter, as I said there's a key chunk of dialogue from a character here that is worth paying attention to. It's a small teaser to what is coming soon and I plan to release a prologue for this other fanfic and the first chapter between chapters five and six.

Not much else to comment on, but I really enjoyed writing some lines in that chapter, a personal favorite being the sentence describing Twilight raising her hand like a kid, I found the imagery of that quite amusing and adorable, especially imagining it in the 'Ask Filly Twilight' art style.

So yeah, enough of that

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Chapter 3

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Ah, this was an interesting one. I wanted to cut straight to the point and get Fluttershy into Canterlot as fast as possible. How do I do that? BY NOT WORRYING ABOUT THE STUFF IN BETWEEN.

More important worth noting is that I'm having these small gaps of time for the sake of leaving myself open to utilize them how I please. As I've stated already, this fic is only one of others I plan to produce (And hopefully write) over time. I have a general idea of what I'd call the series as a whole, but I don't wanna commit to anything yet.

But now onto a key point, I really enjoyed writing the scene between Photo Finish and Fluttershy for this chapter, especially since I got to do 2 things:

1. Give my own spin on Photo Finish and who I feel her character really could be

AND

2. Because I FINALLY got to show you all how I'm looking to change up Fluttershy

As my pre-reader implied, this is very much going to have her changing more into 'Confidentshy' if you will. These outbursts mind you will not be a CONSTANT occurrence but more a sign that she's not willing to roll over and just hide anymore, especially when she doesn't want to hide behind or have the pony she loves to confide in just yet. While I don't plan on having Fluttershy just do a total 180 in a few sentences, she will change a decent bit in the next two chapters, the next having more of a focus on her issue of stage fright and related problems.

Said pre-reader also said he thought Photo Finish's accent seemed to uh... Nordic. If that feels like it, I apologize, I was very much trying to get a german accent across and lemme tell ya, it was both a pain AND fun to write that way, trying to think of how to type it to make it come across as well... Authentic to the character and semi-ridiculous it sounded.

I also gave a nice bit of foreshadowing to who Fluttershy's 'adviser' will be, said character being a blank slate will also give me a nice opportunity to maybe attempt to throw out another fanon interpretation for said pony.

I don't think there's much else worth commenting on...

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So that's all for now on the authors notes. On topic of the fic but not directly tied in with it, I'd like to make some minor announcements:

1. If you would like to opt in for pre-reading please do so, I'd love some more pre-readers for more ideas on how to improve and tweak each chapter to perfection, as I figure working with more than just my two helpers at the moment would provide a nice bit of freshness to the experience... BUT I STILL APPRECIATE THOSE TWO AS MUCH AS I ALWAYS HAVE. Please don't misinterpret that you two. ;_;

So yeah, message me if you'd like to opt in for pre-reading in the future. Not only will this put you on board for pre-reading Woven Right but future fics as well.

2. Concerning the other fics do NOT worry about my creativity being spread thing, as the other fic ideas I have at the moment haven't even been fleshed out beyond meager simple ideas. But be prepared for there being other works to compliment this story. And above all, I will do my best to make sure continuity between this fic and others is not tarnished in any way, my editor is very insistent that will not happen.

3. Chapters 4, 5 and 6 will happen when they happen and I will get them out when I can. But starting next week is the spring semester for my college so that will be eating up a fair bit of time combined with work. Speading out schoolwork, class, job work and free time will take some getting used to for me but I will hopefully keep this blog updated enough so that people aren't too in the dark on chapter production. Chapter 4 will also, at last, FINALLY see Rarity taking the stage in the story. Kinda odd I haven't done it yet but chapter 4 will have her for sure. Chapter 6 will also mark the first 'chunk' of the story being concluded and chapter 7 will have a decent change in focus on characters which admittedly might be kinda tough for me... But I'll manage to handle it somehow.

4. Any readers tracking this story will be alerted of the other fic(s) when they go live. Said first fic is going to have its prologue written very soon... I hope to maybe have it out during the weekend so everyone can sorta stew in anticipation if you will.

5. And last but not least... If anyone wants to take a crack at a simple pic of Rarity and Fluttershy together for a nice header image, that'd be awesome. OR if you readers wanna recommend an image to post, please message/comment with a link and I'll take a look.

And that's all for now for GOOD. I've spent roughly a week getting all this done so I'm gonna go rest and kick back with some Minecraft, I need to let my mind just be empty for a few days...