On Writing "Strange Day at the Recruitment Office" · 8:24pm Oct 16th, 2020
I really don't get it. I get a funny scene in my head of someone from the Royal Guard assuming another pony wanted to join the Royal Guard Academy, only to realise that it's actually Gallus, a griffon, and gets flustered because its something that has never happened before. I post it on Wednesday afternoon, and by the end of the day it got less than 20 upvotes and just over 100 views, and I was perfectly happy with that.
Then the next day I check the page to find a load of notifications, more upvotes, more views, the story being featured and marked as "hot". A part of me feels greatful that a lot more people are liking it than I expected, with some checking out my other stories as a result, but another part makes me feel bad because I can see the issue some people had with the story not continuing.
A problem I have is that I grew up with a lot less confidence in my creative writing skills compared to other kinds of stuff I do like drawing or programming, so the thought of me doing a longer story feels more daunting compared to making a video game or posting fanart I drew. I'm worried that if I go into something long too early, it'll never get finished because I got really demotivated. Hell, I was really on the fence about writing short stories when I first heard about that fic writing contest late last year.
Do I have a longer story about Gallus and his journey to the Royal Guard? Sure do. I brought it up in an earlier blog post, it would go into Gallus making new friends in the Academy and trying to stay connected with his friends in Ponyville, as well as the issues he faces with being the only non-pony in a long established pony institution. Do I feel ready to write it? I'm not sure.
Oh come on dude! Cut this nonsence! There's no way you haven't realized how awsome this story is this when you read it berfore uploading!
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Yeah, when I finished it I thought it was as funny as I imagined it, but I wasn't expecting a "This is really good I wish it continued" kind of reaction.
Ha man you do you, you wanna write a bigger story you do that. But if u wanna keep it this nice little bundle that fine as well.
It was a sweet little fic either way