Hey everypony! I am currently sitting down for the opening ceremonies of LooneyCon 4! If you want to see, join the LooneyCon Discord!

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Guys, please, leave the statue of Lenin in Seattle alone. Destroying and/or removing objects does not solve problems.

Remember, if you really want to help the nation, try destroying and/or removing communists, socialists, leftists, liberals, democrats and others.

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I'm still on writing-hiatus, which will last probably another week. It's the end of the semester so things are busy for me. But I have this thing to bitch about and I'm not waiting any longer.

"Show Don't Tell" isn't just for prose. I realized that after binge-listening to The Shake-Ups in Ponyville. They're a very #HORSEFAMOUS brony band because they're actually a band: they play real instruments, live. Some of their songs are pretty good.

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Just a reminder that I have a Discord server now! Come on over and chat! I promise much SunLight. (And since Tchernobog’s around, there’s a ton of AppleDash. And since Monochromatic’s around, there’s a ton of RariTwi!)

Happy Tuesday everyone!

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Well, the collab I cobbled together is finally fully posted. I want to say thank you to everyone who participated; thanks not just for participating, for putting up with my blunt and occasionally obtuse criticisms, but also for sticking it through and finishing it. I never expected the response I got, and I think that, together, we made a story greater than a single author could have.

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Those who have read enough of my fics know that I like Dark fic. I find extrapolating from canon, making it more dramatic and dangerous, to be an interesting challenge.

Yet Dark fic is also one of the most commonly derided sub-genres of fanfic, because so many stories do it so badly. For today’s blog post, I’d like to discuss one of my favorite types of fanfiction: what separates the good from the bad, and how those ideas can be seen in other types of fiction as well.

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Delete, cut, backspace, empty recycle bin. However it happens, deleting things is one of the most important and difficult parts of writing. Choosing to throw away a piece of work can often be like ripping off a band-aid, or in the worst cases, like putting down a pet. One of the most dangerous things an author can do is to never delete anything. This applies to everything from individual words to entire ideas and concepts.

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For those who can't stand gore, do not read this (and it's all talk about story plotting)

As you know, I am working on a fanfic called https://www.fimfiction.net/story/390095/friendship-is-failure-10--teen-titans-the-end-of-ends.

The plot is very simple: A great evil is destroying all worlds and killing all life, and eventually comes to Equestria.

The enemy, "Count Logan" demonstrates his cruelty and power by killing Discord, but then there was a case of Flurry Heart.

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One of the strange things about fanfiction is that its characters are premade. There is often no need to create original characters, because the show provides so many for authors to utilize. But all characters use the same building blocks. Writing a character in fanfiction is not that different from making characters of your own. For today’s post about writing, I’d like to discuss one of the fundamental building blocks of character: the archetype.

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Inspiration is great. It drives my stories to no end, and in truth, is the reason why it may take some of my stories so long to complete or update. My greatest inspiration comes from music. Instrumental or non-lyrical music is such a complex story-teller, because what you think about while it plays differs from time-to-time. I have listened to the nastiest, most gangster-corrupted rap, and have thought up the sweetest romantic stories. I have listened to chill, relaxing dubstep, and have

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For a breakdown of the format, don't forget to check the first entry.

Title: Of Angels
Author: PaulAsaran

Short summary: Angel Bunny learns to write from Twilight, for a reason that quickly becomes obvious. Told through letters/written conversations.

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For today’s critique, I thought I would try something different. Rather than reading a new story, I took a story I had previously “reviewed” (by leaving a comment on it), and then rework that comment into a proper critique.

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Title: Red Apples
Author: billymorph

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Title: Painted Jack
Author: adcoon

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Descriptive prose can take many forms:

She was a hot glass of milk drank by a lactose-intolerant pony just before bed. A hot oven whose door you dared not open.

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Hey everypony! Getting excited for HarmonyCon in less than a month!

If you want to go, and still want a badge, you can still purchase them in advance at harmonycon.org. Remember, Director Jim Miller, Comic Artist Tony Fleecs, and the voices of Zecora, Ocellus, and Starlight Glimmer will all be there!

For those who are attending or watching the streams, these are my seminars...

Worldbuilding 101

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