The pink haired girl: epilogue. · 4:41am Jun 11th, 2016
(do not read until you finish the last chapter.)
So after working on this story I had somethings to say. I started out unsure of my writing ability, unsure if I was just kidding myself or if I was just good enough to be a writer. English isn't my first language, as you may have seen from the typos, but it is the on;y language I felt comfortable writing in. When I started I was in college learning more English, and this helped.
My editor Squarishoctogon, who I met from reddit, had been a godsend for me. seeing what I needed to change made it easier to learn than any of my classes could. in 2014 I completed writing the last chapter, but I still had a long way to go in writing. Learning from books does not work for me, I have to create and have it judged so I can learn. I then started my next project, a shorter pony story about a certain teal unicorn which may be an indirect sequel to TPHG (The Pink Haired Girl).
after I finished that story I felt unsatisfied with it, left it for future editing, but I had time to fill. I knew I couldn't write pony fics forever, even If I had many ideas, so my next project was an original work. Unlike this story, which was 92,000 words long and took three years to complete this new one, was 96,000 words and took less than 6 months to accomplish the first version. a current revision makes it longer and makes the ending better. with hopes I can publish it by December.
back to the story.
I had so much planned for this story, including a chapter about a mercy killing of a wolf, which would have been a turning point for Fluttershy's character, but it didn't fir with other revisions. It was fun even though I winged it after creating three revisions. this was the reason Many ideas were scrapped including a completely different ending, one of three possibilities. the chosen one fit the current revision, and I believe fit the story well. I felt if I added more it would ruin the feelings of the ending. After reading the end, a year after writing it, it still felt good, if not drawn out a bit. But it is an ending and I am happy with it. hopefully I made you satisfied with the ending.
I would like to hear from you. please express yourself. don't make me feel like I am talking to the wind.
But talking to the wind is fun.
This was a great story with a great ending,
I wonder what else you have in store for us.