After consideration... (on chapter length again) · 9:59pm Sep 28th, 2016
"Hey Soarin, I'm having trouble taking my suit off... again."
The original claim that i made about part 3 ending right on the dot of chapter 140... yeah, i'm gonna be retracting that assertion 
The decision came as i was writing more of chapter 133 last night and i realized i had only covered 1/4 of my outline for the chapter... and it was already 11,000 words. So... yeah... the outline is not changing, the story is going to continue as i have planned, but part three will most definitely not be ending on chapter 140, it wouldn't be surprised if the finale of part 3 lands somewhere in between chapter 145-150. There's just too much content left and I'm not 100% okay with how long the chapters have been coming out (i like consistency in my schedule, and these longer chapters have been harder to get out at my usual pace for obvious reasons.) So this will give me some much needed breathing room and it will likely allow me to put more focus on important moments.
So no changes, just expect part three to extend a little further than chapter 140. Part three has been massive... much larger than i was expecting (gee doesn't that sound familiar?) and i can't say if part 4 will reach as far as this one has, but we definitely still have a long way to go before this story is finished.
Damn! Make up your mind, Calm!
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NO U
Just don't post the next chapter until AFTER we get a chance to talk about this one! (but Sunday would be alright)
I can't imagine this story ending. But you said we have a long way to go still so it wont be soon thankfully. I wonder when it will be done and what we will all do afterwards?
... does this always happen to me? well you wouldn't know it but it does.
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Oh I plan to keep writing after the story is done. I have plenty of ideas for short stories after PTH. Some including the Wonderbolts some exploring other parts of the Wonderverse ;3
Oh thank God! Yes, so happy you decided to make the chapters shorter!
4231535 I agree with VK on this
Like I said, whatever works for you. I'm just impressed you have a decent wait between chapters. I actually forgot I had an unfinished story for a long ass time.
well hay all that means to us readers is way more awesome story to read.
Alrighty then. Hopefully this won't lead to an increase in cliffhangers, but we all know you're evil like that
Well- this is when i put up a meme but at this moment, perfect memes are hard to find.
Then again that line was sort of like;
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Because we all did, 'kay? 'Kay.
Also, look at this!!!
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And do this...
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Because that changeling is so cute!!
4231672 Awesome! Glad to hear.
Ooooh
Such excite
Much happy
With you slowly and steadily getting slower and your chapters and storylines always getting bigger, I'm wondering if we are actually getting closer or farther to the overall finish of the story...
It just keeps going and going and going and going...
I'm just glad to know there's some more personal chapters coming up (I'm on 127 right now, I think?). It's been kind of a chore to just read battle after battle after battle. I really enjoy the drama and romance here more than the action 
Really looking forward to the other Wonderverse stories too. I really love what you've done with the rest of the Mane 6 as well 
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thank you! it's been a lot of fun putting my personal take on the mane six.
And yeah, i know that not everyone is into every aspect of the story, more recently i have been trying to make the action chapters a little less pure action and a little more meaningful to the story
4233617 Oops I forgot to put a smile here, it was meant to be a humorous comment, although the question itself does intrigue me. If only there was a method to estimate it somehow... I would need some data about calm's tendencies, but that is somewhat available in his blogs an author's notes... And of course I'll need the correct mathmatical apparatus, but that is also well within my reach. Hmm...
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It will likely be closer to how it was before the sudden spike in chapter lengths. I put myself in a bit of a corner, estimating based on how my outline from here to the end of part 3 looked. I have tentative chapter numbers placed in between the information and was confident it would play out that way but... well it didn't quite work out that way
so i scrapped the 'target' to just keep going with the flow as usual 
Don't be afraid to be slow about undressing her either, Soarin.