Life Status and a Small Dilemma · 8:05pm Nov 14th, 2012
Well, I'm still alive! But my drive for writing certainly doesn't feel alive. It was a LONG time ago when I said I was getting close to that test story, saying that I would upload it in about a week. A few months later and no story to be found... When I began writing it, the intention was supposed to be a short one-shot about 2000 words max. But I... got a little carried away. What started as a 2000 word story is now looking like it'll be somewhere around 10000 words...
This is where the problem arises. I have lost all drive to continue writing it, and it still has quite a while to go, despite it being about 4300 words long at the moment. It's not because I suddenly don't like writing, because I still do, but it's because I feel that nobody will like it, or give it a chance. The story premise is very... odd. When I started, I thought that a quick one-shot would be fine because I wouldn't put too much time into it, so there wouldn't be that much of a loss if it failed... but now? I am putting way too much time and effort into something that I feel has a very uncertain fate.
But I thought of a possible solution. I am considering uploading it as it is, and just make two, possibly three parts if necessary. That way, I can still get the critiques I need (which is pretty much the point of this thing, though it has started to turn into more) and my time wouldn't have been wasted. I feel this would be much better as a one-shot, but I just can't continue. If people show interest in its continuation, then I'm sure I'll want to finish it.
If anyone happens to read this, let me know what you think. I kinda just want to move on to more serious, longer projects that I have in the works, but I would feel bad if I just abandoned this entirely due to a fear of people hating it, which might not happen.
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Oh, and the season 3 premiere was awesome. Just thought I should throw that in there.
If anything, as your sorta pre reader, I'd say go for it and do multiple chapters. I found it to be quite humorous. Is there a potential way to maybe break it into three chapters? On a side note, "YEEESS CRYSTAAALS"
Sounds good. Better to go over the top than fall short. I'm excited to see what this will turn out like.
504367 I wouldn't get your hopes too high. As I said, there is a reason why I think people may not like it, and that's mostly because the story premise is very... stupid. Actually, I feel that 'near impossible to achieve an audience due to content' is more accurate. It's not like it's mature (it isn't even teen), it's just that the story premise is abundantly silly. I don't even know what compelled me to begin writing it, to be honest. Either way, if the story gets helpful critiques (whether people liked it or not), then it will have served its purpose.
I'll be uploading it tomorrow morning, so you'll be able to judge it yourself soon (hopefully it won't take too long to get accepted). Oh, and thanks for sticking around and following my progress, it really means a lot to me.
This fandom is possibly your best shot for doing ridiculous stuff, just for the record. As long as it's readable and funny pony fans will read just about anything. I speak from experience.
Gotta admit you've got me curious now. I say upload a chunk.