Civil War of Harmony Rereading Progress Update and Author Musings

I'm not entirely sure what to think about this. On one hand, I keep thinking how strange it is to be making a blog post about this. Update & some thoughts from me, if you're interested.

First of all... This story really needs to be edited. Maybe rewritten too. Seriously. I reread it and think to myself, "Oh, look at all of those plot elements I forgot about and never used again." I guess it's not really that bad, but still. And all the grammar issues in it, I'm screaming internally at it all. The worst part is KeyChain devoted the necessary time to making the edits, but I've not gotten around to posting them all. I don't know when or if I ever will. Perhaps after the story is finished...

But it is a good story. It's interesting, even if it has so many issues. I should have reread this story sooner. If I had, the story would probably be much more coherent.

Oh, I should probably mention that I'm ready to start rereading CHapter 24 now. So, just like 10 chapters left to reread and then I'll be set to frantically mash the keys on my keyboard in an attempt to somehow turn the chicken pecking into a legible, enticing story.

And as I reread the story, I get a feeling of nostalgia... All the ideas I had which I didn't do, the paths not taken... For instance, originally I had the idea for Twilight to more or less get corrupted but then overcome it for a sort of "rising from the ashes" idea. I've scrapped that. She's still under a lot of stress, but she'll be okay. I also remember thinking that I wanted Twilight's flare of Alicorn Magic to come from getting stabbed with a spear right into her neck and up into her jaw. I wanted there to be a visible scar from that, too. Twilight's neck got cut, and it scarred, but it's not visible. You can thank or blame Skydrake for that.

Skydrake really helped me with a lot of things. I miss him.

Also, did you know that originally, I had planned on killing Rainbow Dash at some point in the story? I don't remember many of the details around it. I thought of either killing her or Pinkie to send Twilight over the edge. Then I decided against that. Also, originally, I had the idea of Rainbow going to Manehatton to try to get the town to change allegiance, and that was when she was going to get captured.

And then there was the idea of having Rainbow assassinate Twilight after Twilight went over the edge, spurred on by a chat with Celestia. It should be pretty obvious that ain't gonna happen.

I kind of wanted the changelings to play a part in the story, too... they were going to assist Twilight, if only because it was beneficial for them. The argument was that Celestia or Luna would try to exterminate them, while Twilight wouldn't be as aggressive and would try to figure out a way they could coexist.

So many paths not taken...

And so much more still lies ahead. I have some plans, it's just a matter of finishing rereading, sitting down and writing it out. Pretty soon things are going to escalate.

Although I am curious, what do you guys think? What do you think will happen? What are your thoughts on this story and its quality?

I am making progress, it's just slow going. I'm estimating that the next chapter (which I haven't even started on yet) will come out towards the end of next month.