Some of you have asked about my writing setup. Well, you're in for a surprise. I write on 20 year old computers. Why? Well, mostly because I'm prone to distraction when I'm writing and I don't want a computer that has internet. You can't get on the internet on super old computers because the network protocols are obsolete. So what do I use? For a desktop, I use a top of the line iMac G4 with a 20" screen. These are pretty rare and hard to come by these days. There's not even ONE of

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Blar. Had yesterday off. Woo! Though it was grey and rainy all day and I accomplished ... very little. Not as woo.

However, in a show of ostensible preparation for NanoWriMo (which I will probably still fail but still, effort!) I went ahead and downloaded a free trial of Scrivener last night. I've been poking around at it for a little bit, though I haven't gone and written anything just yet. And, uh, I'm procrastinating writing by posting about it here. Woo!

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Hello! I am Ashley, an amateur author turning her hobby into a craft. Below you will find details on commissioning a piece of fiction from yours truly. Over the past few years I have been writing a lot of My Little Pony fan fiction, though there are other fandoms I will write for, and I can write original fiction too. Further down you can find a portfolio of what I have written, both for myself and for past clients. I also write SFW and NSFW stories, though NSFW pony fiction will be posted onto

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This is more for other would-be writers out there. Writing can be a daunting process. Not just in putting your thoughts to text, but making them readable. Here's what I do:

1. Make a timeline of events.

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With the latest instalment of my series now published, It should be clear to my followers and my readers (If there is any) that now I have a proofreader. ChudoJogurt

Thanks to him, I believe my writing and my stories will improve in the technical and grammatical terms. And more importantly, making sure that my stories are far more enjoyable to read.

A quality of life improvements is about to be seen!

This has actually happened! More than once!
Me being asked for advice on writing. Who would've thought?

So a new chapter, and as of the moment of writing this: twenty one upvotes, three downvotes. It's better than when I got up this morning, but still, tut tut. Seven to one? Can’t have that. Gotta step up my game for the next chapter

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Welcome back readers! And welcome to the year 2019! Which, as we all know, is either infested with replicants or about to become the battleground once again between that blue robot known as Megaman and his nemisis, Dr. Wily.

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A lot of times when I see people asking questions about their plots, it’s because they lack a clear endpoint or guiding line that can help them orient themselves towards what the story needs from them. So, I’m going to try my best to break down some of the basic principles that can help you maintain clarity in your workflow at every stage of the story. 

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I have been writing its not dead~! I am considering putting what I am witing onto the chapter I have released.... or as a new chapter. Not sure yet. If I do. I will delete the last chapter and re-release it.
if not new chapter.

Oh and yes Quote time.

POWER ARMOR DETECTED. STAND BY FOR CONNECTION AND AUTHORISATION.

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IN WHICH I ANSWER A QUESTION
Greetings, all. Before we begin today, today's MV will be… Clapton.

Now, on to the show…

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Warning! Rambling blog post about writing ahead! If that isn't your thing, you've been warned!

Okay, now that we've cut our audience by 90%, let's talk about writing things we suck at.

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After having written each of the main cast in this fanfic, and while I suffer through a period of writer's block in it, I've decided to write a blog post about how I capture each of their personalities and ways of talking through text. I've ordered them by their first appearance in my fic.

Rarity

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Every time I say I don't have time to write extra stories or chapters I end up doing them anyway!

I wonder if it's psychological- saying I'm not going to do something takes the pressure off and lo and behold, I start rocketing off the horse-words.

So yeah, I've started the Eternal Sunshine crossover fic.

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This is an edited summary of my full post on Louder Yay, since some of that deals with things that aren't really relevant on Fimfiction. (Though yes, Ponyfic Roundup will continue to appear there every Wednesday, and to be summarised here every five issues.) So read the LY post for the full story if you wish. But still, here's a quick round-up of ponyfic past and future as far as I'm concerned.

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It's... coming along. No, really it is. I have, right here on this PC, a good deal of my next fic. It's a Dash-centric fic with a racing theme to it, so in the wake of "The Cart Before the Ponies" I've had to stop and consider how [Alternate Universe] it actually needs to be. I already have well over 1,000 words done and, me being me, that's likely to be more than half of the eventual total. I have no idea when it will appear, but it will appear at some point.

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Written by someone who knows what she's talking about.

Can a book be well-written, but bad?

Hell, yes. In many ways.

A book has to be well written on many different levels to be a good book. Here are some of the levels at which a book must be well written:

- Mechanics: It must have good spelling and grammar.
- Craftsmanship: The characters, plot, pacing, setting, etc., should be competently constructed.

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Well, I guess that after all this time, I have accomplished something. The only question is...what. It exceeds 20,000 words and has a beginning, middle, and end. But, that said, it has some continuity errors, and stretches my imagination almost too far. And one thing is perfectly clear, I really can't edit this monster myself. Yikes!

My first story up here on fimfiction is not my first story I have ever written. That honor goes to a story I called "The Scythe of Man" which was an original world, but to be honest it ended up as Gundam fanfiction. I wrote that in 2006. I've been writing on and off since then. (Thank you, NaNoWriMo) Actually, the first time I tried to ever really write something was in 1999 or 2000, when I tried to write a novel. I managed all of 6 handwritten pages that first time, and it predictably

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I know, me... Bendy is not the best of writers out there. I often write really dumb stories with poor grammar, robotic dialogue, or whatever. Yet somehow, I managed to get a rather large following here on fimfiction even though I'm a trash writer.

With all that said, what am I good at in my writing? I like to hear your point of view on the matter, my followers.