Merry Christmas, So Have Some Christmas Cutting Room Floor Peeks! · 9:22pm Dec 21st, 2021
Merry Christmas folks! Yes, I know I’m on vacation, but this post is a good idea. See, last week a reader posted saying that since they’re not getting a new Axtara book this Christmas (Christmas is magic, but not that magic) they’d love to see some of the cut content that doesn’t make it into final books or stories from across my library.
Personally, I thought that it was a pretty good idea! I do have a pretty solid collection of cut scraps, partial stories that never went anywhere, material that got cut, chopped, completely rebuilt, etc. And that sort of thing is pretty popular these days. You can watch blooper reels or cut scenes from films, look at sketches of scenes for animation or graphic novels that were cut and never made it, and I do have a decent amount of that stuff!
So today I’m going to share it with you. Those of you that have read the final products, you’re definitely going to see some serious differences on show here, and not because of editing—though in that regard, yes be aware that some of this stuff is old as well as unedited and raw. Which could be one reason it was cut.
Anyway, let’s dive through the cutting room floor of writing and take a look at some snippets from original drafts, cut content, and stories that didn’t make it! Merry Christmas, and enjoy!
One of the great things about a shared universe like MLP fandom is little fragments that don't fit in story X can later be used in story Y without losing context. And by later, I mean up to a few years. Ex: I wanted to use Chrysalis in Thou Shalt Not Eat Of The Tree, but she just didn't fit, so I left her role in the background and kept the bit. Two years later, in Equestria - 1940, I got to pull the bit out of storage, dust it off, and pop it in the perfect spot.