October news · 4:08pm Oct 23rd, 2016
Hello everybrony!
Fun facts:
Lately, I have been on the spoiler-avoid mode because The season six is over and Legend of Everfree is out and I still haven't seen the finale nor the movie. Keep in mind that I live in Italy so it will be at least a couple more weeks before I can watch it. So, yeah...
Sad facts:
I'm slow. Way too much slow. And I'm also late.
If you really took my words when I wrote "I'll do the next chapter in two weeks" then... you're naive.
[Evil laugh]
No, but seriously this is kind of a bummer for me. I really wanted to give you more content in a shorter time.
To my dismay, my "workplace" is not one of the best. I often get distracted, or something (or someone) bothers me to the point that I have to leave the room.
But what's really holding me back is... well...
I know how the story goes on. I have already planned all the twists, all the events, most of the dialogues, heck I already planned part of the sequel (if I manage to go that far). There's only one part I'm not sure about, but it's near the end and I hope I'll have an inspiration as I'm writing it.
The problem is, I sit in front of my PC, open the Gdoc, resume where I left...
And that's it. I know what I should do, but I just don't.
It takes me hours of looking thin air before I really start writing. Once I do, I can be really fast and my work is of good quality. I don't have to go back for big changes most of the times.
Now, it's not like I'm just fooling around. The chapter is almost half done, the only problem is that with my rhythm I could finish both tomorrow or in a week (please, let it be a week top).
I apology to everyone who was expecting a chapter this weekend. (I usually do a joke where I point out that 'everyone' means 'little bunch' but I do that too much. Have Spike instead
)
And while I wait for the last episodes to arrive here, I'll go read some stories from greenhorns like me.
Here it is, somebrony who wrote his first story!
Mmm, 2k words...
Rainbow Dash and Scotaloo? Good!
Comedy, EG, SoL...
Uploaded five days ago...
four hundred likes...
Over three thousand views...
ninety comments...
Just buck me hard.
I dunno if this will be of any help to you, but there's a free program called Writer's Block that locks up your computer until you reach a goal you set for yourself at the start (either a specified amount of words or for a specified time limit). I wrote a blog about it where I explain things better and go over my experiences with it.
Note that I don't mean to sound like you have to write in this next paragraph. You're creating content for free and should do it on your own time, with no obligations to do so whatsoever. That said, if you want to push yourself to write more then I know the feeling very well.
Sometimes it's just hard to get motivated. It sounds like my usual solution is what you've already been doing: I kinda just try and force myself to write anyway. Sometimes it works (it's definitely something I've gotten better at through persistence), sometimes it doesn't. A lot of people would suggest taking a break, and that is a good suggestion if you can manage it responsibly. Any break lasting longer than an hour isn't a break, it's procrastination (which, again, is fine. Free content, no obligations, and all that other stuff). Usually, I'll listen to music and play puzzle games on my phone because these are things I can time easily, won't get too caught up in, and are relaxing to me. I won't play regular video games, even though I love them, because I'll inevitably end up spending hours on end doing that instead of writing.
Wish I had a better answer for how to make sure writing happens, for both of us
Hope it works out soon, I'm looking forward to reading more 
4267780 Thank you for you suggestion.
I'm currently in a bit of the same situation.
Been working this whole week in a new story, so far I have only written 2k words. I know what will happen, but whenever I'm about to write it I'm just like "i'll do it in a moment."
I try to at least write 1 pharagraph per day, and a lot of times, that paragrph turns into a whole page.
4267907 Uuuh,
I'm really eager to read your new story.