Chapter 22 / Epilogue · 9:06pm Sep 12th, 2014
There it is, the finale of my first fimfic! It's been a wild and weird ride, that's for sure. But I'm happy with it.
On to bigger and better things!
-- Soft Story
There it is, the finale of my first fimfic! It's been a wild and weird ride, that's for sure. But I'm happy with it.
On to bigger and better things!
-- Soft Story
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Hey all, the last chapter of DAFAM won’t be coming out this week. I’ve decided to take my time and make it super awesome for you all! So it’ll be out a week from Friday. For now, I’ll just post about other stories to keep you all entertained.
Be sure to follow me on tumblr for more posts by me.
-- Soft Story
Hey everyone, so Chapter 21 is out. It's nearly the end of my little story. I'm really excited to see your comments though, so I'm going to wait patiently for them to roll in.
-- Soft Story
Well, a week off did me some good. I think this chapter is much better off because of it.
I don't want to say too much about whats going on, though. Chapter 21 will be quite interesting I feel, so I'll just wait for to come around.
Enjoy!
-- Soft Story
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So, hello everypony who reads this. I’m sorry to say that there won’t be a chapter of DAFAM tomorrow. I just don’t have the time or energy to finish up what, if I’m honest, is a really bad chapter.
The reason I don’t have time is because I’m moving this weekend! It’s very exciting, but also a lot of work. So here’s the plan: No chapter tomorrow, but next week will be an even better chapter! I promise.
SPOILERS FOR CHAPTER 19
I had a lot of fun with this chapter. I hope you all enjoy it. When I started writing Rarity I was really struggling to get into her character, but then it just clicked and I found the right path for the chapter and I think it really came into shape. And I just love that ending!
See you next week.
-- Soft Story
Well, after looking at what I have for Chapter 18 I've decided that it's just not good enough. I'm going to have to delay it until next Friday. I really wanted to avoid this, but I don't see an alternative anymore. Chapter 18 is in real need some some reworking in order to bring it up to my standards for what's acceptable to even show to my pre-readers, let alone post for you all to read.
That's my plan now now. Hopefully I can make Chapter 18 worth the wait. Being sick really does suck.
I have a bit of bad news. Unfortunately I got sick this week and it really sapped all my energy. So Chapter 18 is going to be delayed. I'm not sure when I'll get to posting it as I am still recovering, but I will try my best to get it out over the weekend. I don't want to delay Chapter 19 at all because of this.
Anyway, that is that. I'll update you all when I have the chapter ready.
Griffons everywhere! I love griffons so much. Not sure what happened over the last two weeks but I've recently become hooked by the feathery sexiness of the griffons. You should probably expect them to appear more in my story, assuming my tastes don't return to normal quickly.
Anyways, I don't want to give too much more away, so follow me on the tumblrs if you want to hear more about the next chapter's progress.
-- Soft Story
Finally got it up, sorry it's 6 hours later than I usually post stuff. Hopefully the amazing-ness of the chapter will make up for it.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to sit in front of the air conditioning until I catch frostbite.
-- Soft Story
I posted it, it's out. Sorry it's a bit late. Holiday and all.
I'll do a proper blog once I have my AC running.
-- Soft Story
I just posted a little snippit from the first draft over on my tumblr. This is content that I cut from the current draft of the story. If you want to check it out you can, but it in no way will relate to anything going on in the current story chapters.
Self Promotion: Follow my tumblr for more things about DAFAM and my writings in general!
So if you didn't read my last blog, I had a change of heart about how I wanted to end DAFAM. The new ending will require several chapters to set up, so for now the story will continue. Ignore any previous posts that claimed the story was ending.
And how about that drawing, huh? Wonder what that is about.
-- Soft Story
As most of you are aware I had previously said that DAFAM was ending soon. I have decided to continue the story a little longer and change the ending. After talking with my two lovely prereaders I felt it was in the best interest of the story to do so. Hopefully the new ending will turn out great and provide much more entertainment to all you wonderful readers.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have a lot of planning to do.
-- Soft Story
So this is it, the second to last chapter. Next week will be Chapter 14 "Epilogue" as I call it. Wrapping up everything and calling it the end. It's been a good run and I can't wait to start my next story. I don't really have a whole lot to talk about for Chapter 13. It came together pretty early on. Twilight makes her decision and it's final. Some of you might be saying "But wait Soft Story! Was Luna real?"... To which I shall simply say: "Was she?"
There's not much left to this story, so I want to take a bit of time here to just express my thanks to everyone who has followed the story or even followed me personally. I've been getting lots of great feedback from the comments and I feel like I have a much better understanding of what makes a good fanfiction good. I will continue to refine my personal style and hopefully whatever story I tackle next, I do have several ideas, will be bigger and better.
I think it's about time we have another big plot moment cliffhanger at the end of the chapter. I can't wait to see the comments in reply to this one. As you might have guessed, this is the beginning of the end of the story. There's just a bit left that I want to do, but there will be room for an epilogue or even a sequel. No promises on anything though.
This is a bit of a personal milestone for myself. Hitting 10 chapters published. I have a nasty habit of starting something and after a short while something else grabs my attention and I end up constantly leaving these barely started projects laying around. The fact that I have done 10 weeks of this and produced, in my own humble opinion, 10 great chapters is a huge deal.
"Soft Story, this is Soft Story, I'm super proud of you!"
Yeah, minor spoiler in the blog title. So sue me. I want to talk about griffons!
This is the first chapter I've gone into without the mindset of "Stick to less than 3k words" and without my free form make it up as I go plan. That's right, up to this chapter, while I had an outline of sorts, I didn't exactly have a plan. It was more event A happens and then event B happens, and if event A took the whole chapter then event B was moved to the next chapter.