What do you guys want from me? · 9:03am Oct 7th, 2013
So, I have A Troll Through the Park and Giant Robots are Magic. They are both comedies.
I have a more serious story started, but I'm not sure it will get a good reception. The title is "Shunted" (Adventure, Teen, sad, but not too sad) It stars Twilight before she becomes an Alicorn. She must face a new foe that nopony has seen in generations, as well as horrors that Celestia herself had hidden away from everypony. It will cover questions like, how the Everfree came to be, and what happened to the ancient temple of the Pony Sisters. Teh focus is how Twilight deals with this new threat and the secrets kept from her. The cover art would be something like this. I drew it up in draw plus from scratch.
Also, if I post that story it will mean I am balancing three stories. The good part about that is I feel more inclined to write more often, because I'm not forced to write the same story all the time. Seriously it's a lot more fun for me. You can only take so much comedy.
So would you guys like to see a new more serious story from me, would you like to see another comedy (I have many more ideas for these), or do you want me to focus on ATTTP and GRAM?
Before you say this is all my choice as the author, know this.
1. I will keep my current stories as priority for update. I'm not going to ignore popular stories.
2. I want to know what you think, because it is fun to have more engagement with my peers.
Thanks
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Personally, I'm really enjoying the stories you're writing right now. While you have ATTTP billed as a comedy, it's also extremely serious at times (especially the plot with the general), and quite an adventure. Just because you have ATTTP billed as a comedy doesn't mean you have to keep it purely comedic all the time; some of the most powerful moments in that story are the serious ones.
If you feel like you're stuck on your current stories and need something else to work on, by all means add a new story, but if you feel like you could just as easily write any of the three, please do consider bringing at least one of the existing stories to a close first.
Also, do you have a post anywhere that explains why Waves of Discovery was cancelled?
We want your body!!
Err... I mean, another comedy would be nice.
Finish ATTTP. After that it doesnt matter :P
Honestly, I'm down for anything. I know from "Troll" that you're not a novice when it comes to serious plot lines. Though with an OC pony on the cover, I'm sure most people would think something along the lines of "ERMAGAWD! OCS NOOOOO!" So I doubt it would get anywhere near the same reception as you're other two stories. But all said, I'd be fine with it.
1403613 The cover art isn't quite done i was going to ad a Twilight, who is the main character. Rainbow is second, then my oc.
But honestly, who doesn't like mini guns?
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Which actually makes me sad.
Well I think ATTTP is getting close.
However I have a new story in the works and another comedy planned out.
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I'll put that vote for a comedy then. Which of these story titles intrigues you more. "Ponies Can't Drive" or "How I Ripped Off the Universe." Both are well planned out.
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Thanks. This comment helps me a lot. For some reason everypony else is afraid to answer my posts. As for why Waves Of Discover was cancelled, It was my first story and was not getting much traffic. If you find some people that want it back I could look into a revision and release more chapters.
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"How I Ripped Off the Universe" by far. "Ponies Can' Drive" (is that meant to be "Can" or "Can't"?) sounds potentially amusing, but assuming you don't have some subtle meaning for "Drive" other than the usual, it doesn't sound nearly as interesting or funny as "How I Ripped Off the Universe".
I can't speak for anyone else, but I'd love to see more of it; it's a great premise.
Also, regarding "not getting much traffic", see this blog post from LuminoZero. Don't sweat the numbers; write for yourself, and enjoy the great comments you'll get from dedicated, excited, and enthralled readers. The rest will come naturally as people spread the word.
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"Ponies can't drive"
Hey, Equestria's fastest flyer here. Every summer one of the girls gets to plan their group vacation. This year it's Twilight's turn. Hopefullly she wont be taking us to another library, or a museum. Wait, why is twilight dancing, what is that mirror box thing she's listening to?
(Basically it's a vacation adventure in the human world, where Rainbow narrates for a good majority.)
"How I ripped Off the Universe"
I can't believe that bits are pure gold. All I need to do is take an easy job in Equestria, then bring the bits back to earth and sell them. As long as I keep bringing "artifacts" for Twilight, she'll never tell the princess. It's the perfect plan. This does involve pony transformation, but is not a self insert and will most likely not include romance with any of the mane six.
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Yup, definitely voting for "How I Ripped Off the Universe"; that sounds like a lot of fun, and I actually haven't seen any stories directly making use of that detail. (Occasionally a story will note how much more common both gold and gems are in Equestria, and idly note how valuable they'd be on Earth, but I've never seen a story that actually acted on that detail.)
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The original title was going to be "Procrastination" Which is what gets the main character into the whole scheme. That and his paranoia of time assassins.
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Sounds great, especially if, like ATTTP, you're planning on a story with both comedic and serious elements. I look forward to it. (That reminds me: followed, so I'll see it when you post it.)
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