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May
14th
2013

Structural Changes to Legends, hopefully making things more concise and digestible · 5:56am May 14th, 2013

Hello, hello.

I've been thinking a lot lately. Generally speaking, that's par for the course as far as I am concerned. What has my mind in a knot is this idea that Legends really is five stories in one, and the whether or not it should be posted as a five story series or as one giant collection. At the moment, it is grouped together as one story, to be told in five Acts. I have found this to be disadvantageous for a couple of reasons:

1. The description is forced to be very vague, as I don't want to spoil anything, but the story is so broad that it is very difficult to mention any specific details.
2. As it grows longer, the word count will grow, rather astronomically. As I had observed already (prior to the rewrite) this presents a barrier to entry where new readers are concerned. A series of smaller works (albeit still lengthy in their own rights) should be more accessible.

Changing the structure to a series of five individual stories fixes all of the above issues, and also solves a few more private ones (such as allowing me multiple reviews from certain groups, and presenting the possibility that a particularly outstanding part of the story can't be dragged down by other mediocre sections). Admittedly, pre-reading the initial volumes of the series would be highly recommended to a new reader, but that is fairly standard.

So you see, my decision has already been quite well-made. Starting today, the items that are posted presently will be re-made into Legends of Equestria Act I: Ascending Star, and the other Acts will be individual stories in their own right. In an entirely private way, being able to mark that "Complete" check-box after every Act will be a wonderfully satisfying experience. Thank you all for your patronage, and I hope you will return to read again.

Eternally,
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