• Member Since 23rd Jul, 2021
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Zalmax

I'm here to post blogs and chew bubblegum, and I'm all out of blogs.

Zalmax Joined 23rd Jul, 2021 · Offline

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  • 85 weeks
    On writing: A memoir on trying to be funny [biography]

    I've tried writing comedy, and I've always failed, but I did learn something in the process. Being funny is usually a mix of being "unpredictable" while at the same time being "emotionally close" to your audience: To surprise them with something relateable.

    Biography time!

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    0 comments · 126 views

  • 121 weeks
    FimFic: Approval times [silly]

    I see many posts asking about the long approval times.
    They fail to realize all the work required to approve a story.

    Most people are anxious to get their story approved. Some people, like myself, is happy for the time it takes.

    The moderator reading my story is usually the only reader I get, so personally I would find it rude to complain about the time it takes.

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    1 comments · 169 views

  • 128 weeks
    On writing: Run fishy, Run!

    As a writer, I’m well aware of my weaknesses; but I fail to fix it in my writing, and thus I’m stuck as a lousy writer with pitiful prose.

    I know the mistakes are in there, but with a direct access to the source (my vivid imagination) while I’m editing; I see my story as I imagined it, instead of how I’ve written it.

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    2 comments · 162 views

  • 136 weeks
    Stories: What goes up, must come down...

    I recently published a funny/silly short story with a friendship moral.

    The moral was shown (not told) that you can be friends and friendly to other ponies, even if it’s someone different and inferior to yourself. The story used Celestia and Twilight (and with slight contrast from Luna) as good examples of being nice, while having an OC as inferior.

    Needless to say it got downvoted into oblivion with 100% pure downvotes! (Not a single upvote.)

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    0 comments · 145 views

  • 139 weeks
    Writing 101: And the worst advice I've seen

    Writing is about putting words together, so that the reader can understand you.

    It's about the choice of words. It's about the order and syntax. It's about language and linguistic, accent and dialect.
    That is the foundation of writing, and any writer who aspires to become an excellent writer must understand that.

    The Internet is filled with advice on writing, but the worst advice is here on fimfic.

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    4 comments · 165 views

Words...

To you it’s only words, but words are all I have...

"All misunderstandings can be avoided – by avoiding the people who misunderstand you."

  • Many good stories starts with "Once upon a time..."
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Sep
12th
2022

On writing: A memoir on trying to be funny [biography] · 10:22pm Sep 12th, 2022

I've tried writing comedy, and I've always failed, but I did learn something in the process. Being funny is usually a mix of being "unpredictable" while at the same time being "emotionally close" to your audience: To surprise them with something relateable.

Biography time!

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ARandomLonelyDude
ARandomLonelyDude #18 · Jan 1st, 2023 · · ·
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happy new year as well.

(haven't seen you since last year lol)

Zalmax
Zalmax #17 · Jan 1st, 2023 · · ·
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Thanks! A bit late, I know. :scootangel:
Spent the last two weeks away to meet up with family on vacation but now I'm back.

ARandomLonelyDude
ARandomLonelyDude #15 · Jan 9th, 2022 · · ·
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We all are away from time to time but that is okay.

Zalmax
Zalmax #14 · Jan 9th, 2022 · · ·
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THANK YOU! :pinkiehappy:
It's a late thanks, but I go away from time to time, and since I'm not a phone poster (I only use computer to write stuff), I haven't been online for a while.

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