The dark side beckons (now in Twitter-sized bits)

Every time I write a strong reaction line, I have the urge to end the chapter right then and there. This is how cliffhangers come to be, people; beware.

(Sharing the Night Chapter 6: 10,300 words so far as of this moment, by the way, just in case you clicked on this expecting something worthwhile)

Comments

[ymom2]

What kept you away from fimfiction for so long?

Edit: I mean like 2 months ago.

[Lurker]

Thanks for the update. Have a best pony. b

[q97randomguy]

That's a good sized chapter right now anyways. I am excited.

[NotATree]

Thanks for the update. I'm happy to see that you're making good progress with your story.

[Justy]

10k already?
Aw yiss.
Thank you based Caryatid.

[djthomp]

Aww yeah!

[Cast-Iron Caryatid]

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It basically came down to being too busy for a while, after which I just had so much backlog in various things that I could either work on catching up with it (and invariably feel worse for doing so) or try to actually get through my problems with chapter 5. Maybe also a little bit of not wanting to get people's hopes up after failing to deliver for so long, but mostly the dreading the backlog thing.

I know it was kind of lousy to not even post updates after I'd specifically said I was going to do stuff like that, but spending ~8 months on one chapter was about as much fun for me as it was to wait for it, so I really had to put writing first.

It also wasn't just fimfiction stuff that I fell back on either; I didn't even watch season 3 until after I finished that chapter, to give you an idea of what I mean. Heck, I still have two and a half months of EQD music posts to go through and something like 168,000 words of Background Pony alone to catch up on.

[Azure Beat]

That's. . .really busy.

[ymom2]

721317 Dang, well congratulations on clearing your backlog.

[Cast-Iron Caryatid]

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A lot of it was my own fault. I used to try to keep track of all the updates that came through fimfiction, but had to give up on that when I realized just how much time I was spending just scrolling through the list

I just tend to do things single-mindedly. When I read a book or a new story, I do that straight through until I finish. When I write, I write until I get stuck on something. Sadly, the latter usually happens much sooner

[Ciroton]

Glad to see you're actually taking the time out to post stuff. The hardest part of the wait for Chapter 5 was the fact that you just left. I mean, had you made a post saying that you would be gone for a long while, you would not get anywhere NEAR as many "Where is next chapter" posts and comments as you did. Readers are good like that. <3

[Nyronus]

I still have to pinch myself whenever I see that you are still alive.

[aKaPinkiePie]

I know the feel, it's like. Oooo a good line, I wanna end the chapter here. Then I look at the amout of words and realise it's only 200 words in xD

[PoweredByTea]

>Sharing the Night Chapter 6: 10,300 words so far

A very decent word count for a chapter, so combined with...

>Every time I write a strong reaction line, I have the urge to end the chapter right then and there. This is how cliffhangers come to be, people; beware.

Means what you saying is, any moment now, you'll succumb to the temptation and a new chapter will appear. And this could happen any time? You're such a tease.

*Mashes F5 a few times. Remembers that fimfiction gives you live notifications. Awkwardly apologies to keyboard.*

[Cast-Iron Caryatid]

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Eheh

It'll still be a little while yet. I don't usually write "draft" style (except for some dialogue exchanges, which I'll write all the dialogue, then go back and fill in the rest,) but there are a few bits I need to smooth over.