January, 2019 Update · 8:04pm Feb 1st, 2019
Well. I'm not sure what I'll be doing today, other than spending the next hour compiling this post. I really want to work on The Night's Stars more, I really want to write a Twidash oneshot for Valentines Day Hearts and Hooves Day, and I really want to work on that story I started on a long time ago that had Filly Rainbow and Momlestia.
So much to do, so little time... and I'll end up wasting it, probably.
Regular update below the break.
Normally, I start off by recapping what I've been up to writing-wise, which generally includes life happenings. However, this time, I want to open with something different. I've had an interesting week. I don't really want to go into details because it's not really my details to share, in addition to probably no one wanting to hear about this, but I've been trying to help someone through depression. He's been in a bad place. He should be getting the help he needs now after yesterday, however. I've not been writing anywhere near as much as I wanted to in the past week because of this, but it's been worth it. And let's leave it at this.
I've also not read anywhere near as much as I've intended to this month either. I tried reading Little Consequences (I liked the prior stories) but I can't really get into it, so at least for the time being I've given up on reading that (I don't want to say it's bad, but the flow is... Let's just say that, in my opinion, and I am in no way saying the story is bad, that it could flow better. But then I'm also aware I'm not perfect, and perhaps it is The Night's Stars that has made me feel that this story flows poorly). In it's place, I started reading Triptych by Estee. I made a lot of progress on it! And now I've crashed, more or less. Somewhere around 160-170k words left to read, and I am struggling to continue reading it. It's not really bad; it's interesting, it just draws on and on, and it reminds me far too much of Lines and Webs, which is one of the few stories I've read that deeply agitates me.
Lines and Webs... thinking back on that I still get agitated. I read it and its sequel, but Princess Celestia in it really agitates me. I don't particularly like Celestia being portrayed that way, which may very well relate to the fact that I have a crush on her, although at the time, I did not.
A recap and summary of my writing in January...
It's odd because I can't really recall all that much of what I've written this month. I know I wrote, I remember what I wrote, but it just feels like I haven't.
From what I remember, I've written somewhere around 20-30k words in January. Don't hold me to this number, however, as it may be blurring with December. I don't think I've touched anything except The Night's Stars.
And on the topic of The Night's Stars... I am proud, embarrassed, and horrified to announce that it is now the single longest fic I've written, passing Civil War of Harmony by a solid 3,000 words. I say this because, well, I've written this in a few months and Civil War of Harmony has been around for years.
Might as well just rename this blog post to something about The Night's Stars.
Regarding The Night's Stars, the story sits at ~216k words long right now, with 6 unpublished chapters, of which 5 are finished (excepting edits) and the sixth is almost done. I'm quite excited for the chapters to follow. Looking back, it seems like during January, if my December 2018 post was accurate, then I wrote something like 36,000 words for The Night's Stars.
What to expect coming soon...
More of The Night's Stars. A chapter tomorrow and then again on the 23rd. I may try to work on some one-shots. Other than this, I can't think of anything. I'm only focusing on The Night's Stars right now, and I love it so much.
I really put too much emphasis on statistics. Like bothering to do a weighted calculated of likes/dislikes and coming up with about 95% like/dislike ratio for my work. I'm good and I'm getting better, but I, quite obviously, still make mistakes. Case in point: Sunday.
I've considered making a blog post about Sunday, but I feel like there's no point to it, and I'm worried I'll end up sounding defensive over it and making a bigger deal out of it than it is. If you're interested in my thoughts on where I went wrong, the TL;DR version of it is I butchered the ending. I could edit it, but I'm not sure that I should.
I'll probably post another blog post shortly, one about The Night's Stars.
Don't tire yourself out on only one story.