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whiterook6


Software Developer and amateur writer.

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  • 373 weeks
    Epilogue - Author's Notes

    tl;dr: The color of a Unicorn’s magic is as unique as one of our finger prints. To see a room colored just so would be reassuring to a Unicorn in trouble.

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    The Friendship Express: sometimes I forget just how young the target age is for this show.

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  • 373 weeks
    The Southern Orchard - Author's Notes

    tl;dr: Don’t buck apple trees if you’re tired. You’re liable to pull something.

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    What would it be like to not cast a shadow? Hold your hand up over your face to block the sun. Can you still see the light source? If so, how do you see through your hand? If not, how is the skin immediately around your eyes illuminated? I mean, magic, sure. But how?

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  • 373 weeks
    Mini Guide: Getting Featured

    Getting a story featured is a combination of reader count, likes vs. dislikes, age, and momentum. This means get lots of readers fast, and get them to like and comment. For subsequent chapters, you want the original readers to watch and favorite the story so they’ll be notified right away when you update.

    How to get lots of readers fast:

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  • 375 weeks
    Do not Fuck with Apples - Author's Notes

    tl;dr: There’s a reason there’s only one apple farm in all of Ponyville, and it ain’t because they’re lacking in space or demand.

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  • 377 weeks
    Betrayal - Author's Notes

    tl;dr: HE STOLE IT RIGHT OUT OF HER SADDLEBAGS.

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    I’m nervous. I’m really nervous. Not about Chapter 14 — that’s easy. Slam Dunk. Straight Value. I’m scared because I’m not finished Chapter 15 and I’ve only got a month left. It’s gotta be good. It’s gotta carry its weight. It’s gotta follow Chapter 14 — a tough requirement if ever — and I’m not sure that it does, yet.

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Sep
27th
2016

Shattered Bedrock - Author's Notes · 12:30am Sep 27th, 2016

tl;dr: You never, ever dig straight up.

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I was indeed featured on EquestriaDaily! Whee! And I got almost 300 views that day alone. If you’re publishing MLP fiction and want to reach a wide audience, EqD is the way to go. Just be sure to be patient with the feedback process—they get a lot of submissions and they have high standards. For reference, I submitted back on the first of August (it’s nearly October now.)

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I don’t really get anxiety attacks like some people do, so much of Twilight’s fight scene comes about from Googling and imagination. I hope it’s somewhat realistic, of course, but the primary goal of any scene in an action story is to be entertaining, and moving, and tense, so I chose those qualities over realistic. It only has to be believable.


Protip: Search for Twilight Snapple on derpibooru.

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I really like writing fake spells. They don’t need to do anything, of course, but they’re fun to write. Since you’re here, reading for extra credit, I’ll let you in on a secret: I’ve written three “spells” for this story: Bottled Life, Infernal Blast, and Shattered Bedrock. In case the meter is confusing, and before you complain that the lines don’t match up, I’ve deliberately gone for an iambic hepta/octameter structure, so the last line in each stanza is 16 syllables instead of 14. I think it sounds cool.

Also, a mountain is one of those things that most people dismiss as boring and old and dirty (it is) but in reality, mountains are metal AF. Many mountains are secretly volcanoes.

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The next chapter, titled either To Roost or Silly Filly, will be released in two weeks.

With assistance from Daetrin. Cover art by Foxinshadow. Alternate cover art by Diremuffin.

-wr

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