Greetings My Seventeen Followers! · 9:52am Nov 17th, 2012
A few days ago, my professor asked the class to turn in a sample introduction of an argumentative paper. We had to use the two-part thesis set up, as well as spread out our introductory material over several paragraphs. Somewhere along the way we had to explain the nature of the 'problem' we wished to address, and introduce a policy to rectify it. After all that was said and done, we were to give the professor one copy, and then distribute three additional copies to three different students. While the professor silently judged our work from atop his pedestal, we the pupils devoured and edited each others work.
I will be honest with you, two of the three papers I received were atrocious. Miniscule in size and terrible in content. If I were in the professor's position, and had to read hundreds of these things, I would have made sure to keep an escape pod, fueled and stocked with a lifetime supply of Sierra Mist, nearby. Its always good to have a way out. Anyways, he gave me back mine, and I was surprised to find out what he had written on the last page:
Thank You
The words were underlined twice, and he drew a box around them. Apparently I had managed to do exactly what he wanted, and somehow earned his gratitude in the process.
Today I finished editing a third of Wellspring's gargantuan, 60,000 word Ptolemy. Its a massive effort undertaken by me and another editor, the wonderful Nightfall. If you were to read it now, you will not see any of the edits; Wellspring is going to chop up the story into the new, fresh chapters sometime in the future.
Anyways, with three pages to go, I came across this beautiful, powerful scene:
Twilight opened her mouth to say something, hesitated, and stopped. For a moment Applejack thought that Twilight was crying, painfully and uncontrollably crying. But she had no way of finding out. Twilight turned away and approached the orb.
“Witness, Applejack,” she said without looking, “the end of the first and the first of the second. Magic failed us. Magic could not revive those who had gone, but this... this is not magic.”
Twilight Sparkle placed her hoof against it’s surface.
“This is a miracle.”
Please go read this story. Edited or not, it is an emotional roller coaster, and it will not disappoint.
Thank you, Wellspring, for writing this story. I really mean it.
And it is to the appreciation of readers like you that I devote my writing.
*heartfelt brohoof* /)
Sounds good. I might wait for the edited version though, if it's not too far off.