Comments are welcome · 2:23am Jul 28th, 2014
Thanks for all the wonderful comments - I really like having the interaction with all you readers out there.
I've gone through this second story much differently than the first. My outline for my first story was pretty much complete before I even sat down to write. I really only changed one major thing in it over the course of about 3 waves of edits.
For the second one, I'm still hard at work - still going for a chapter a day release. I'm at least 4-5 chapters ahead of publication so I can edit things as I reread over it before anyone actually gets a peak at the latest stuff. My outline is changing a bit as I go. The same basic points are there, but I've found I have some parts that demand more attention - so I've focused another chapter or so to really bring out the story and let the characters shine.
Pretty happy with where things stand right now on it. I think the epicness of the story is still yet to come - so stay tuned and I'll have it out shortly.
Thanks again for reading, and please keep those comments coming. I really appreciate the support and constructive bits of criticism and questions.
Thornwing
more epic then derpy? why is it that I doubt that....
2321839 ok - maybe not -more- epic than Derpy... but the ending will be epic I promise!
writing tip: character vs self. a conflict within a character can be just as interesting as a battle with nightmare moon. an internal conflict in the characters mind. like if apple jack had to lie in order to keep some pony safe. not a good example, but I can work with it. better, if rainbow had to abandon her friends to keep them out of harms way. this is the kind of thing that will make your readers jaws drop. (much like mine when I read that the king was the tree.) I was just reading about character development and how it can help to progress the plot, and thought something like this could add a nice twist to your story.
2321945 I've been trying to do more of that in this second story.
Some of the character conflicts near the beginning are in that vein. Like the struggle Rarity had in bringing herself to go on this new adventure in the first place.
I have a few scenes that I am still writing where this should play out even more near the end. I'll try and keep this in mind as I go.
Thanks again for all your comments!