Random Ramblings XXXV

APOLOGIA
I open my documents in Notepad (lately I've found it easier to type in that program than in Word, possibly because I don't think as much about formatting), and I stare at the words I've written — the setup to a second Mayor+Spike story, the beginning of the rest of Antonovka (a story I've outlined in its entirety), the skeleton of Adagio Wants A Burrito — and I just cannot be motivated to write anything. Sorry.

I'm not a particularly popular writer – though let the record show that I'm grateful for the three dozen or so followers I do have – and since my most-liked stories are all one-shots, no one's badgering me to write anything more. Maybe if I hadn't waited nine months after Sunset Buys A Burrito to write Sonata Eats A Burrito. But I'm not a quick writer. Never have been. Is it that I'm lazy? Probably. During my final stint in school (after I finally figured out how to get off my ass and do my work), I always admired and hated those kids who could pump out a multipage essay in an hour or two, when it inevitably took me at least twice as long. Sure, my grades spoke for themselves, but it's the principle of the thing. I'm a SLOW writer. Even Highs And Lows, which I wrote in a single go during a manic high and is only 1274 words, took me close to two hours; I was already starting to crash as I finished it.

What do I want to do for the next Mayor's Break Time? What can they complain about besides Twilight? That would get old after awhile. Diamond Tiara maybe? That might actually work, since Mayor Mare (in my universe) hates the Rich family. But why should Spike care? Guess I have to tie the CMC into it again. I can make that work.

What about Adagio and Burritos? The Burritoverse is one where nobody ever wins. Adagio must fail, but how? Sunset's story was, aside from the frame plot, a pure stream-of-consciousness rant. Sonata's was sort of one too. Adagio will be tougher to write in that style. She's intelligent (like Sunset but unlike Sonata), but she has a high opinion of herself (unlike both of them). So what would her internal monologue be like? I don't have a high opinion of myself, so it's difficult to get into that mindset. Should she proposition one boy or several? How would Adagio react to a boy making a snide remark about her flat chest? What if anything should she be dwelling on? These are the questions that I have to ask because the only characters that are even remotely easy for me to write are Sunset Shimmer and the Mayor.

Well… back to the grind.