Mixed Drinks Re-Vamped.

What started out as a joke turned into something more and gain a bit of a following. I have had many positive things said about the story, I have received many nice review, but I have yet to work on the story in over a year do to the fact that I do not know where it is going. I lost the motivation of the joke some time ago, and I feel like I am written into a corner almost. While I love the people who have Favorited and Liked this piece of fiction I want to change it. The extra character of Suzy was there for for the joke but lost in the background. My character is rather violent at the moment because I am a confrontational person, however that is only one aspect of my personality.

I am following along in the story line but getting lost at the same time with thoughts of "What should I do here" and "Should Soral even have an effect on this episode" as my character is a colt and thus would be limited in interactions with the mane six adventure's. For instance, as much as I would like it to happen, I can come up with zero reason for Soral to be involved with "Dragon Shy". He is effectively a child in the eyes of the mane six and has no place out in the wild or in these dangerous area's.

Another flaw I feel is when I vented to Celestia about being human and all that. I do not see any reason now that it should have happened in the first place. I feel that that portioned got rushed and really served no purpose other than exposition over some screwy ability I created. There are parts of the fic that I am dissatisfied with because I feel like they should bear mention but they really are not that important.

So I decided to post this here to get some input from any of the fans who might wish to respond to this. My plan for the rewrite is to:

[1] Not blurt out that my character was once human, and instead do a more discreet investigation if anything.

[2] Drop the extra character that never get's used. Suzy was there for a joke and that joke has pretty much been fulfilled. Because of this I am leaving the original "Mixed Drinks" story up for anyone to go back too if they so choose.

[3] Drop the power that seems like it is something most unicorns already have.

[4] Pick up a magic system that will allow me to go into more depth with spells and how the magic is used. I am looking at one already and I just need to ask the author about it.

[5] Larger chapters. This is just a personal goal. I want to write books one day but I feel that may never actually happen if I don't push myself. That is why I am so hard on my own works. The new story will have a chapter goal of 3000 words minimum per chapter. The reason for this it forces me to look over the chapter and see what I can add to increase the length. This means either well thought out exposition, more character interactions, and/or events that push the plot forward.

So now I would like to hear from any of you about opinions you may have on this subject.