My Second Story has been Completed! · 4:02am Nov 28th, 2015
Hello again, fandom. I am glad to say that after several months, I have found the time and inspiration to write another one-shot. I was going to work on the Princess Luna story I mentioned a while ago, but after about two chapters, I started to lose focus. For now, I think I'm going to stick with just one-shots until I get more familiar with creative writing.
If you happen to read this and the story, any critique is very much appreciated. I'm starting to recognize what areas I am struggling with. I feel like my paragraphs are chunky the way they are written, but also can't figure out how to make them seem less jerky. I would also like to see my dialogue flow a little more. If there are any style experts out there, tips would be greatly appreciated. I am also having trouble with length/pacing. I feel like Equals should be probably about twice as long as it currently is, but I also don't want to stuff it full of filler in places that would feel awkward (like dialogue). Please hit the comments up with constructive criticism.
What else was I going to say? Oh yeah, I have lots of great ideas for other stories, but all of them feel like they need to be longer than a one-shot to successfully set up everything and pull it off. I would have liked Equals to be a longer fic, but it works as a one-shot. Like I mentioned before, I lack the focus to write anything longer than 3,000 words as of now, and when I start writing these longer fics, I want them to satisfy me. As a constant reader I am very hard on myself when I feel my writing is not up to standard. So I need to start building my skills, and once I feel that writing is coming a bit more naturally, I will start to rotate to more complex stories. For now, bear with me while I have inspirational writers' block for months at a time.
There was one other thing I was going to say, but I forget what it was. I'll probably remember and add it later. For now I'll see you next time I write, which will hopefully be very soon with the season finale coming very soon.
Post thought: I'm sorry for sounding self-destructive, but it I have some insecurities about my writing right now and it makes me feel better about them when they are not just being pointed out to me by others who don't know that I do, in fact, see them and am looking for ways to improve them. New problems are welcome (as I obviously won't catch everything), but just know I am looking for solutions to come with them.