Just some thoughts · 1:42pm Jun 10th, 2014
For anyone that decides to read Protecting Harmony, I highly encourage you to leave feedback. I haven't written stories in years and while I'm fairly confident in writing halfway decent sentences, the story is already over three times longer than anything I've ever written, considering I only wrote short stories previously. Feedback is helpful because different eyes can see things in a different way, sometimes finding errors or poor wording that I never notice. Granted, always use your brain when commenting, of course.
My story is coming out freeform. By that, I mean there is no outline, no established plan. I just write as I feel the story wants to be told. One big example, I wasn't actually thinking of getting my OC and Twilight romantically involved for a few more chapters, it just happened that way. This also means I write when the mood strikes me and stop when it leaves. Sometimes that might mean finishing a chapter over a weekend. Other times, I might not finish another for a month or more. A release schedule is nice but just not in the cards for this story.
With feedback though, suggestions are always welcome with some caveats. I'm not writing a clopfic. Bedroom scenes are part of the story, not the point of the story. I also will not being 'forming a herd' at any point. I may struggle to express the characters' personalities at times, but you could have your eyes plucked out and still see that forming a herd is utterly outside the culture of Equestria. *cough* Another point I'd like to express is that while I am going to include a number of real techniques drawn from Ying Jow Pai kung fu and magical practices such as Druidry, don't get picky about perfect accuracy. I can and will use artistic license at any point that makes better sense in the context of the story. There are some other things of course, but generally common sense should handle them. And by all means, if I accidentally contradict events within the story, I'd like to know. Whether in error or poorly explaining something intentionally conflicting, that's stuff I'd like to fix.
Also, I can be grumpy with those that leave their brains in a jar on their desk like a curio just to collect. Inane or blatantly bad comments will be ignored, discounted, or mocked. Bad english is one thing. Total stupidity is another. It's just how I am. *shrug*
