Why I have not been writing · 8:44am Jul 30th, 2021
Hello all,
Yes, I’m alive, you know the drill… But why have I been almost completely absent since I started working on “Silent Love : Part 2” ?
I have something to tell ya’ll : I’ve made a mistake. Do not worry, I have not angered any mafioso and am not currently in hiding to escape certain death. Yet.
No, it’s more about my written work : as you may have noticed, “Silent Love” was written to be somewhat canon with the events of the “Equestria Girls” movies. So far, nothing out of the ordinary : lots of EG stories try to be in line with the official media, and up until the end of the part one of “Silent Love”, everything went smoothly.
But that’s because the first part was very much a side story, involving the Mane6 in very few scenes, while Vinyl and the others were doing their own thing.
Part 2 isn’t that. I convinced myself including my characters in the main storyline, with Twilight, Sunset and the rest, was a good idea. Which it wasn’t. It truly wasn’t.
For months I questioned myself about how best to include certain characters and storylines into certain points in the EG movie timeline, how to mix “canon” storyline with my own stories about Octavia’s family and whatnot, and it was not a good experience. I haven’t been able to be productive, because I wasn’t motivated to write a story I felt like was not my own anymore. This was frustrating, to say the least. And now I’m done with that.
I’m done with forcing myself to write a certain way, all in the name of self-imposed rules. And keep in mind there is nobody to blame except me : I wasn’t forced or even encouraged by anyone to write my story this way : it was just a bad decision.
But I want to write again, and I want to have fun doing it.
So I’m scrapping everything.
Not part one mind you, although I may decide to have it proofread to make it more engaging at some point (about freaking time). But part 2 will be gone. The story will be removed (not archived) and I will start fresh. Like it never happened. Because it never should have, not like this. I may keep some parts (that don’t include Twilight), though they may be rewritten.
I lost the small reader base I had because of my mistakes, and I’m hoping the few people who read this message will understand, and maybe even appreciate this decision. I will leave the current part 2 for a week before deleting it, starting now.
This is not the end, far from it. I want to be back and I want to write more about Vinyl and Octavia’s adventures. I want to be better.
See you all soon, I hope.
Kisses from Paris,
Antoine.
It’s alright, I think everyone will get it. Hope writing works well with studies (now that I’m at Ulm I know what it means to not have the time).
5562018
I actually have just finished my five years of engineering studies and I am entering a cinema school on November for 2 years !
Thank you for the kind message <3
I understand your decision and support it. As someone who's gotten into writing when my previous attempt was as a 13 year old with no idea of what he was doing, I can confirm both then and now, that writing is hard, so, best of luck.
5562041
Thank you for the support ! Glad to see I somehow managed to keep you around after all this time !
Yeah come to think of it, I wrote the first "Silent Love" chapter 4 years ago (at 19) !
5562044
Oh wow.
5562035
You’re welcome. Simple curiosity, where did you attend? Mines, telecom, A&M..?
5562062
Just finished my 5 years (2 of prep school + 3 of school) at ISEP in Paris (I would not recommend) and about to start 2 years at EICAR, in Paris as well.
I'm not smart enough for Mines xD
Lookin forward to seeing the new work mate ;)
Long time no see
Hope to see you post again soon