Review · 3:46am Feb 22nd, 2013
What Good Friends Do:
The first creative writing project that I did for fun, not school. Personally, I think it had quite a few problems, namely the repetition inherent in all of the situations presented. Happy outset which slowly turns pseudo-depressing before jumping back into a saccharine ending. Not bad for a first try, even if I don't like it.
Ditzy's Dance:
Experimental, using a more-or-less blank slate of a character (relevant to backstory; Ditzy herself certainly is not) to tell a short, bittersweet memory of an old lover. While I honestly detest it, for various reasons, my readers (that would be you lot) seem to, so I guess it's good enough. The shortest story I have written yet.
Blame:
The least awful story I've made, I think, as well as my longest (yes, 8,800 words is a lot for me). Presents a situation in which a pony's family must cope with her absence as well as the looming possibility of death, causing tension and strife amongst their lives and the lives of those closely connected or acquainted with them. Certainly my favorite of what I've posted here, though that isn't saying much. Dinky is a very fun character to write, as I have found. Indeed, it will stretch out longer than I'd originally planned (which was, in fact, four chapters).
Very Merry Hearth's Warming Eve:
A little holiday piece that I started and have yet to finish. Plays with the idea of [5P01L3RZ!!!1!oneone!!eleven!!2hbu312i32~] Pinkie Pie and Octavia being sisters [/spoilerz], a thoroughly debunked but nevertheless interesting concept. Little bit of romance, little bit of comedy, all around good(?) fun.
Playdating:
Ah, my incredibly delayed Magnum Opal (see, I made a pun because fucking puns). I do so want to lift that hiatus, but oh well guess we'll have to wait so sorry. A romance, and the only true to the core romance story I will ever write, ever. Ever. When writing two characters with very little development besides small character traits (i.e. Opal being a gangsta, cuttin' up bitches and curtains), you get a lot of freedom. It has a long way to go, certainly.
Sanitation Police:
No.
Plyxe:
And now we come to the protagonist him/herself. Let's see: lazy? Check. Misanthropic and antisocial? Checkity check. Unreliable, depressed and sarcastic? Check, check, oh look at that, a damn check. Yet another mark upon the list that defines his/her/its very existence, behavior, and all-around character. Hard to write, because their just ridiculously fickle in their decisions, leading to nonsensical plot turns and actions that confuse all who dare to read the ridiculous story that is his/her/its life. Will he/her/it succeed and eventually die of old age, or be killed in a horrific, disturbing wreck?
Well? Will they?
Perhaps.
~Jebeš vse, in vse njene odvisne družbe
-Recorded 10:38 P.M., Eastern Standard Time, 2/21/13
-Plyxe
Been a few days since I last saw you on... things goin ok?
853985 Sorta, maybe, kinda, not very well.
I keep getting this feeling, which is like a combination of sadness, nostalgia, and optimism which leaves me unable to function at higher levels. I can't really describe it. It's that feeling you get when you finally finish a long book, and feel empty because there are no sequels, and you'll never see any of the characters you've grown to love ever again.
Maybe because that just happened yesterday, but it's been going on for a little bit. Hopefully, the weekend will help relieve some of it.
854041 I can relate... I hope that things turn around for you this weekend