I am a hardcore brony and I have just started getting into fanfic writing. I am only a novice writer, and don't have much experience in fiction.
All the world is indeed a stage, and we are merely players, performers, and portrayers; each anothers audience outside the gilded cage.
Trixie and Twilight are best ponies! (Diamond Tiara is best filly :D )
A good story isn't measured by how long it is, but by how long it stays with you.