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The Diplomat


Let's sit down, have a little talk, and find ways to be excellent to each other.

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  • 446 weeks
    Gonna try my hand at the whole HiE shtick

    That's right baby, I've become a monster and succumbed to the HiE hype.
    Actually, I thought of this story just a few days ago and it's been stuck in my head ever since. Wrote a big chunk of it just now, expect publishing in a day or two. It's Anthro for a reason, though. Prepare! Get hyped!

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  • 468 weeks
    Just a quick request for input

    I'm writing another story with Discord working alongside an unlikely partner but I can't decide if it should be anthro or humanized, and I would really have to twist it to keep it ponified. Which two legged version do you think would be best?

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  • 468 weeks
    New story and a harsh truth

    So after months and months of not doing of my own, I wrote a story. It's a simple story, one where Twilight and Fluttershy have to take the long way to Discord's house because he wants to teach them a lesson so they can better themselves. Twilight needs to change the way she uses her intelligence, Fluttershy needs to work on her courage, and Discord needs a heart.

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  • 492 weeks
    From the cut...

    Second Doctor in Equestria story is still in the works. Excuse excuses here, yada yada yada.

    I felt inspired this year to write a little war story. It came out of the blue, I know, but if you look up the Christmas truce of 1914 you'll see why. I plan for it to have a few chapters, but it shouldn't be too long. A few thousand words, give or take, maybe.

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  • 502 weeks
    Prepare...

    The sequel to The Lonely Gods of Equestria is being written right now.
    Prepare to be confused :pinkiehappy:

    Also, the three-year gap is seeing its fist stories. :flutteryay:

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Nov
29th
2012

Little update · 9:26pm Nov 29th, 2012

Ahey hey my sexy subjects :pinkiehappy:
First up, I wanted to specify something: the draft of Doctor Whooves I have will not be a full-blown story; it's basically "How The Doctor arrived in Equestria" and will be the prologue to all the Whooves adventures I write.
Also the first adventure I have planned involves the Crystal Empire, and another involves Starswirl. I still have to come up with an even bigger plot (no pun intended :rainbowwild: ) that reunites all the adventures, but I'll burn that bridge when I get there.
I will explore the other categories eventualy, but for now I'll stick to what I have.
I'll try and write this draft this weekend, maybe even publish it.
That's all for now. Stay sexy :twilightsmile:

PS: What do you guys think of writers who add links to songs/ pictures in their stories? I don't plan on doing it but I just wanted to know your opinion.

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Have fun. Also plan just a little ahead for the tie in so it isn't sloppy. I like the linking personally.(Do you have a prereader? If you need one just ask. If you need one just post it on my profile.)

Prologue first is usually good. *nods*

Also, I'm personally not a big fan of adding pictures and songs in the stories themselves, because I feel like it's kind of unnecessary, but I can see how a lot of others think it adds more personality and depth to their stories. No big deal to me, though :eeyup:

Using songs would be a good idea, but it usually requires a link that navigates to another page, which detracts from the story. My suggestion is to figure out how to embed pop-ups that play the music when links are clicked, and to warn of the pop-up mechanic at the beginning so readers with blockers can turn them off. It should be easy, but I do not know because I have never tried.

Have a nice day.

--Not a brony

i do it on occasion when I think a song wil fit the scene or a picture when I need help illustrating something

555225 I agree that it can work, but not only does it make you leave the page but it can be distracting. Pictures on the other hand aren't too bad.
553614 What I usually do is right click the link and make it appear in a new tab so I can stay on the story. :twistnerd:
553446 See that's the input I was looking for :twilightsmile:
552910 My brother usually helps me sort out my stories.

Thanks for the input so far everyBODY (yeah that's right :flutterrage: ) I will put pictures if I really feel that it's needed. Songs on the other han, will be added in a note at the end of the chapter so you can go back and read it again with the music (exhibit A: writer making you read his story twice for no good reason :facehoof: ).
(This is subject to change)

I add vidyas and pictures all the time... except, after a while, I stopped using links to other pages, and just used Youtube and Image links so they appeared on the page. Not sure if this annoys others or not, though, I don't do them as much anymore. Although, on my story based on a Stephen King novel/story, I always put a video which was basically a bit of soundtrack from the movie, like music to accommodate the end of the chapter.

I like to see some good old Whoovesian adventures. I shall wait for them.

PS: I'm a Deadpool fan too.

555812 And you shall be served :moustache:
Also, a fellow Deadfan :pinkiehappy:

555553
I do the same. I was just pitching an idea your way, but it's fine if you do not try it.

Have a nice day!

--Not a brony

P.S.: No, that was not goading or guilt-tripping. I just did not know how else to phrase it efficiently.

556123 I agree on the fact that it's useful but honestly, I'm too lazy to figure it out :twilightsheepish:

556136
Ahkay. Well, I will let you know if I figure it out.

556136
If you know any programming, then you can use this: http://www.htmliseasy.com/popup/index.html

I am working on a solution for if you do not. I do not....

556136
This is the best I could get. http://www.quirksmode.org/js/popup.html

I see that there is no url structure that inherently forms a popup. Well, there goes that idea.

Have a nice day.

--Not a brony

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