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TheOldPonyFromScene24


I love meeting new people, but they terrify me.

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  • 350 weeks
    A question of locations

    I'm working on a human AU fic, and I became curious. Some places in pony world (saddle arabia, for example,) are clearly analogous to countries in our world. There are also fanon stand-ins for real world countries, like neighpon for japan. So, in writing a human au, the question becomes, "do I stick with pony terms because it's a pony fan work, or do I use real world locations because the

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  • 352 weeks
    On the subject of Prominence

    So I put up a blog post about an upcoming story (then took it down shortly after cuz it's probably too early to be talking about that story) and in that post, I mentioned that I know what I want to do with Prominence, but each time I sit down at my computer to work on it, nothing comes out. I don't feel joy or motivation, I just feel pressure and a desire to move on to something more fun for me

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  • 377 weeks
    Just a thought

    So, I've seen a ton of people give Rarity the last name Belle, on account of Sweetie Belle. Which makes perfect sense to me. It's the only last name the family has, aside from the mother's "Crumbles."

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  • 379 weeks
    Considering collaboration

    I'm thinking about finding an editor. or a pre-reader. or maybe someone to co-write with on a project or two. I haven't made any firm decisions, I just feel like I should try this out, because I've really never done anything with another person before. I know not many people read my blog posts, few and far between though they are, but if any of you people who follow me might be interested, go

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  • 397 weeks
    New Prominence chapter underway

    I knew it! I knew that new story would get my juices running, and I finally figured out how I want to handle the next chapter of prominence! You all doubted me! YOU ALL CALLED ME MAD! WELL WHO'S MAD NOW?! probably the guy yelling at imaginary detractors on the internet.

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Apr
24th
2015

Still working on Chapter 9. · 5:34pm Apr 24th, 2015

I saw someone had added Prominence to a bookshelf they'd titled "I wish these would update :(" and I've decided I should address the issue. first and foremost: I'm working on it. but where I used to be able to crank out half a page every morning before work, now I'm struggling to get a sentence or two out. some days I can't come up with anything. I'm stuck in a bit of a creative rut, but I assure you, I'm opening the document and trying to progress every morning.

Still, I'm thinking of foregoing my usual goal of at least 6000 words for the next chapter (I'm 2000 short right now), and just finishing up a day. maybe get into something when someone wakes up but then end it there. Unfortunately, I still have the whole editing process to do.

I know what I need to do to get this back to being easy to write. and I'm sure it's not as hard as I'm making it. I just need to get things back to a point where I can clearly see what actions the characters will take and how each one would respond to the others. for that, I require at least one character in a certain frame of mind and everything else can play off of that.

I will say, though, that season 5's first four episodes have given me a little more juice to run on, and as soon as I finish up clone wars and catch up to rebels, I'll be rewatching the first four seasons for additional fuel.

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Comments ( 4 )

I will patiently await awesomeness.

I adore Prominence, but I'm pretty patient. Good things come to those who wait.

I've been following Starlight Over Detrot for almost two years now, I can wait for this as well. I will offer advice and say it helps to not limit yourself to one avenue of expression. Working on multiple projects (be they fiction or otherwise) helps keep the juices flowing, and allows you to draw inspiration from multiple sources.

3014437 I was doing that for a little while, but I was worried about getting off track with prominence if I kept working on other, non-pony type fics. still, I'll take that under advisement, and work on my other things when I just can't think of anything.

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