I (crappily) doodled this ages ago (well, back in May, which might show just how long I've been working on the whole story)
Still working on things. Hope everyone's doing well.
-Ckat
I really like ponies. Also Discord, a whole bunch. ;P
Because even though my chapters have been on the short side, I’ve been at least giving them to you once a week. Chalk that up to my prompt and helpful pre-reader Midge and also due to my having a story that’s *actually* almost complete before I start posting it(!)
...so now I’m caught up with the other sites I’ve posted the story on. This latest chapter was as far as I’d posted everywhere else.
Even if you do still feel that the story is going a bit faster than your tastes, I do hope you’re still enjoying it. I rather feel that it was such a simple concept that I feared expanding it too far. The four (now probably more after consulting with my pre-reader) chapters I had planned seemed – to me – like plenty.
Writing for something that may never actually see the light of the internet? Yup. That's always fun on a bun to do, huh? Get all the crazy random weird irrelevant stuff out of the way.
My favorite part of what I wrote today:
“I was jus’ about ta say, none of us really has a coltfriend or anything,” AJ said. “Shoot, I wouldn’t even have the time. Too much work to be done on the farm.”
Sometimes I just don't realize how much I miss writing after a long time of no-writing until I just sit back down to go over some old notes. Of course sometimes I'm just sitting there staring at the same paragraph for hours, willing it to do something other than just stare back at me.
That's usually when I start procrastinating, which I'm terribly good a, I must say. ;P
I'm not just talking about with writing, but with anything. I feel like I have a tendency to over-think and to over-analyze things, especially by worrying how my work (in any form, be it professional, personal, creative, etc) will be received.
Especially when one knows there are works far better than yours that are probably very similar as well. Ugh, hooray for the pity party. The only kind of party I'm sure Pinkie doesn't throw (least, not often). ;P
Least I think so. I was expecting some love for A Pony's Sympathy from the people who liked it before on other sites, but this has exceeded my expectations in a very pleasant way. ^^
Thanks to all who have liked, faved, and commented on the first chapter, and who have decided to watch me. Now I just hope the rest of the fic doesn't disappoint. :P
-Ckat
aPS has been submitted. I'm just a little bit worried about how it will do. It did fine over on the other sites, but I'm not certain what will happen if it passes here.
Kinda thinking now I should've re-written the first chapter a bit, but of course originally the thing was only gonna have that one chapter, or that one scene between Twi and Discord. People seemed to like it and I had an idea of how to continue, so I did.