About my last story, and on.

This is TL;DR to the max. You have been warned.

So as most of you probably know, I recently posted a story about Sweetie Belle. I was really excited about the story itself and the idea of it was something I took a lot of time to complete. I wanted everything to be perfect for it, due to it having many mature topics involved in the plot.
The only problem was that it didn't fit well with my style of writing. I like to explain surroundings and specific instances within a plot to explain and foreshadow the ending. I usually talk about the weather during a pivotal moment in a story or go into deep detail about something abstract and then connect it to an important plot point for an emotional jab.

But this story was different. This was dark and emotionally trying, not only to read but to write as well. I couldn't fill in all the blanks because that emptiness of the story represented the emptiness Sweetie felt from the very beginning. If you go back, she has problems with Celestia being defeated by a mortal. This is a point towards religion and how it feels to question a belief you have held your entire life, then have it shatter in front of you. It's hard to go through, and because of this, Sweetie believes something else must be up with the Solar Ruler. The way she dealt with Rarity being her mother is that she avoided it entirely. Never once does she talk to Rarity about it. Instead, she does what most do in that situation and that is try to ignore it. I also wanted to show the depression she was in with the nightmare. It's important to remember that this is all from Sweetie's POV, even if she is not narrating. What people often forget is that there is still bias when this occurs. When you look at it from Celestia's point, Celestia did very little wrong except being a part of eugenics. Which, with her elitist attitude of herself, she still only wanted the pony kind to advance further. See? It's hard to hate her after all of that. Also, notice that it is never mentioned if she was the one who forced Rarity to take part of the Program. Ethics are hard to deal with, which is the subtext of the entire story. At the end, you're left wondering who was the protagonist and who was actually the antagonist.

I'm rambling again...

I have a confession to make concerning the story. I DIDN'T use my writing style (as some of you could tell). I actually tried a style that was used in a story I read recently. It jumped around a TON and only covered pivotal points of the plot and it turned out to be REALLY GOOD. Because of the type of story this would turn out to be, I decided to use that style. That being said, I didn't really enjoy writing in this style, even though I thoroughly enjoyed the story itself. Not only that, but the reception of the end product was not as warm as it could have been. I had to somewhat explain myself in the comments to get a handful of dislikes to go away. It was not a pleasant experience all over for me, and here's what I'll do from now on: I'll stick to my own writing style and only write stuff I enjoy.

Sound like a deal? Good.

The editor for Mind of a Princess is still AFK and looking for a new PC to use. Until then, the story is on hiatus. Sorry :(

One more thing. When I reach 10 followers, I will do a fan service. I will allow you guys to PM me a story idea and I'll chose one of them and write it. I think I shall do this with all major milestones concerning followers. One rule on that: I don't do clop-fics. Ever.

If you are still following me after reading all of this garbage I put up here, you're more than awesome. Give yourselves a moustache.

-- AppleJared