This is important. · 10:57am Jan 22nd, 2016
4:35 AM. Sitting at my desk dumbstruck and numb after watching EQG: The Friendship Games. Now, why did I watch this you might wonder? Well, just because I stopped writing, doesn't mean I ignore the work I've done in the past. I still check out my stories from time to time and after I read some of my old ones, it dawned on me. I miss it. I miss all of it. It was something to do. Most importantly, it was something that I enjoyed. However, now I feel like absolute garbage by saying that, but it's been really eating away at me for the past few weeks. I can't stand it anymore how torn this has made me. I don't know exactly what I should do. A part of me wants to get back into writing stories about colorful horses. However, another part is telling me to move on and do something equally as dumb (like sitting on my ass and watching anime all day). I just don't know what to do. While I think about it, I'll probably just explain what I thought of the movie. Yes, I know this is SOOPUR late and that the movie came out a very long time ago, but for those who care about my opinion (of the fans I have made, I doubt any of them really care about/have already forgotten about me) here go an exhausted and rather troubled writer.
This movie was dumb.
Yea. I did not enjoy this one. Or at least as much as I enjoyed the others. The first thing I felt was lacking was the music, which is something even a non-brony could understand has been a strong point of the show. With the other two movies containing fantastic pieces like the cafeteria song from the first one or the finale of the second, this third installment in the EQG series had a lot to live up to, and to me, it didn't. Granted they weren't bad, but they could have been better. ESPECIALLY THEIR VILLAIN SONG. Ugh, I was not happy with that at all.
Moving onto the plot. It wasn't anything to write home about. Nothing too great, nothing too bad, but incredibly predictable.
Not much to say about that, but that I really wanted to complain about were the jokes. Now before the one person that reads this thinks that I'm being too hard on something that's being targeted to an audience that is at least thirteen years younger than me, keep in mind that the one girl from Crystal Prep that constantly barfed exposition at us was rather annoying. Of course you have your characters being themselves and I excused those ones because it's what makes up each character.
Now for the things that I liked. I truly enjoyed the development with Twilight from the eqg world. It was an interesting dynamic to see a completely new Twilight Sparkle that was in many ways similar to the horse version and at the same time completely different. The power hungry Twilight was also very cool. I really don't know how else to describe that one. Lastly for things I enjoyed. Sunset Shimmer. Always liked her as a character, her design, voice, etc...
Now that's about all I have to say. Chances are I'm not going to get a whole lot of sleep tonight because I'm going to be thinking of what I should do now. This really sucks. You ever get those moments when you realize that you regret the decisions you made about changing yourself for the better and that despite being better you had about a million times less fun? This is one of those times I suppose.
I'm not the type of person who asks for things often, but if you read this, please feel free to leave some sort of comment of support. It would really help me get back on my feet. Like I said, I miss this. I'd like to get my mind grapes moving again and start writing, but it's just not wanting to budge. So if you read this, please leave a message. Doesn't even necessarily have to be something supporting me, could be anything, just so I know that someone still gives a shit, y'know? Thank you and have a good night(?)
It's not easy, dude, as you've found out. I've been going through something similar to this myself lately. I have this great, big, clustefuck of a story that I'm grinding my heart and soul into. Not necessarily because I think it's amazing or anything, but because I feel head over hills for it. It's suppose to be an adventure, epic that I would love to read.
The only thing is, when I'm done working on it I sometimes think about other stories I could be putting more effort into. My short story ideas and even the novel I started on.
However, I derive so much joy from writing this long fic, dispute how mind numbing it is to get feedback from new readers. Whenever someone favorites it or says that they like it, I could almost fall out because of how happy I am. I felt like I did something right with all my efforts for once.
But then, I like at my own stories, who aren't progressing near as fast. I want nothing more than to be a published author, and I feel like I'm almost doing myself a disservice by not putting more into these works. The more I keep looking at them, the more I feel like life is passing me by and that I might be lossing opportunities by not just working on own stuff full time.
All of this, though, is on my worst of days. I uausally find a good balance and I do a good job with keeping myself driven in no matter what I work with.
But, dude, you just have to do some serious soul searching, especially if this is about about trying to better yourself. If it's a matter of how you spend your free time, I say do what makes you happy, as cheesy as that sounds, whether that's writing pony words, watching anime, or getting snockered. Anything that helps you through the day. However, I feel like your searching for something different than that.
I don't know if this has helped out at all. Wasn't trying to make it about myself or anything, I was just trying to relate, you know? Hope things get better, man. Feel free to pm me if you need to talk or anything, as odd as that may sound. I know we've only had a handful of interactions with one another, but I hate seeing anyone in a pinch like this. Sometimes having a few people to talk to does loads of good.
Personally I'd say give it a shot. Jot down some ideas, toy with them. Force yourself through the first two or three steps of the writing process, and then if it doesn't flow after that, you know.
Also, I'm pretty sure I took the longest hiatus out of anyone ever on this site (2 Years), so trust me when I say that there's always at least one person who'll remember.
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Thank you both for your support. You have no idea how much it means to this washed up writer. I've come up with like 6 story ideas, today, one of them I've made a little bit of progress on. Its so funny that I've forgotten the sensation of writing an idea that I think is really good. Writing is going to go slow but hopefully it'll turn into something that'll really get me off my ass and back into this thing. I've been also watching the rest of season 5 that I missed out on. After all, where else to get fan fiction material from than from the source? Once again, thank you both.