*wobble wobble* ...what the...? · 6:25pm Nov 8th, 2014
Again, there are so many things I suddenly see needing a fix in the latest chapter. For some strange reason, once I post a chapter I suddenly see things in different ways in the back of my mind. No bloody clue why this is, since the last chapter I had completed and sat on for a day or two while I thought about it and nothing really stuck out. Then post and *boom!* I recognize several things I need to go back and fix.
The ending scene in particular of the Revelation chapter is irritating me. It's a little too cheesy and I need to rework several parts. I want to keep the idea of the royal sisters accepting him on more equal terms because it ties into something else coming that I'm not sure should be soon or a while away.
The funny thing about not being an experienced, let alone having no training, writer is I make lots of mistakes with the story and already, the Rose Window enchantment is an evolving response to my doing dumb things earlier with half-formed ideas and directions. In and of itself, this isn't a bad thing. Makes unexpected things crop up that fit but can come out of left field with little to give away the surprise. Also tends to make the story an adventure to write as much as it hopefully is to read. I discover things as they happen just as much as anyone reading.
I know long term directions that I'm meandering towards. I've got an increasing number of things going on in the middle, like something coming together for Nightmare Night and the Grand Galloping Gala. One *MASSIVE* battle towards the end that will require a respectable amount of buildup. A decent amount of OC ponies to bring in, and sometimes kill off. Kind of hoping I make at least one really interesting and loveable before killing them off during the war.
The major shift into gear with the oft mentioned war begins when I complete this first segment of Pathfinding. Still not even sure I want to break it up into books like that. It wouldn't take much deduction to make a successful guess about the primary problem baddie, but little about that character is going to be following the same lines as the show.
Another things about my lack of experience in writing is I find I've trapped myself in a 'kid in a candy shop' position for all the things I'm slapping into the story. I've only got a couple more at least, and my OC is meant to be in a weird position on several fields. Still not sure how much of a combat caster to turn him into, as opposed to spending more time purely in more mundane kung fu fighting. Given the things he'll have to do, the combat caster side is a little more important down the road.
For wont of feedback, I'm just gonna keep stumbling around headfirst in this maze of concrete walls. o.O'
