Hello everypony (anypony is probably a better choice of word though XD)
So, I want to take a moment to talk about the delay on Chapter 7, section 3.
Long-time followers of mine will notice I often make reference to original fiction I’ve been working on. The project in question has hip-hopped and changed numerous times, and my short attention span and work schedule are certainly contributing factors.
Work... work... work...
Okay, I've been trying to draw out a concise outline for Feather Steel with my friend, theRedBrony. So far we've at least narrowed down a few things about the story. What we really, really need is a good way to end Feather Steel and to nail down a few vague details I had floating around in my noggin'.
So I'm assuming a lot of you are familiar with the World-Building Alliance, a group dedicated to expanding the universe of MLP, figuring out details from show evidence and gathering various authors' versions of the world outside Equestria, focusing on non-pony races.
As has become tradition right now, I hereby give you the complete mess that is my notes, research, plot outline, character sketches etcetera of 'Brothers 'N Antlers.' Once again you have the opportunity to look inside my head and see what went around in it while I created this story. Feel free to give it a read if you're interested in the process and preparation of writing a story.
No, I haven't abandoned the story. I'm just starting to collate all the ideas into one place, then start chapter outlines. My ideas are spread between a text file, notebook, and note app on my phone. I need to consolidate and organize my ideas by chapter, fix inconsistencies and the like.
Again, I will mention that I am retconning Equestria Girls. Not because I hate it or anything, but because:
#1 - It will cause issues with my story, which I'd deal with except for...
Friendly reminder to all and sundry that there's about three weeks left to submit your Most Delightful Ponidox. We've already gotten some great entries, but I'd love to see even more. And while I can't really accept it due to a number of logistical factors, Aragón's latest comic is a perfect example of what I'm looking for.
Octavia’s Story Making-Of
I originally intended to make this a complete bare-bone story. As in, no outline, no character sketches or location analyses. I wanted to write without preparing anything. But, being the I-hate-editing-so-I-outline-every-single-thing kind of writer that I am, I wrote two quick pages of potential making-of material anyway. Sorry, I couldn’t help myself! But then again, now you have some interesting behind-the-scenes material to read.
Welcome back to another Monday installment of our summer special! That’s right, it’s Being a Better Writer‘s Summer of Cliche Writing Advice! It’s not over yet! We’ve still got a few weeks (and cliche topics) left.
Due to RSI, I took two weeks off at the beginning of October. When I tried to go back to work, my hands still bothered me. It was only on the 16th that I came up with a solution.
Using an Android app called Orgzly, I've begun to outline Hereafter Ponies in its entirety, something I'd been doing sparingly in recent months. This'll let me rest my hands while also staying productive.
I've been working on Merry Christmas, Dear Twilight off and on for the last several days. I keep deciding that I'm starting it in the wrong place and go back to do a new outline. Tonight I wrote up a 1600 word long outline on the story, and realized that by the middle of it I was writing a completely different (and not at all Christmasy) story, and that while the Christmas elements of it made sense in context, the story was not the Christmas story I had previously envisioned, and had
The process of writing is as subjective as the product. Sometimes, however, hearing about the creative process of others can be interesting. It might help one consider things that you had not. It might give one insight into one’s own creative process. It might reaffirm why one does things the way they do.
For today’s blog post, I’d like to discuss the different degrees of planning/outlining I use.
It's been years since I written anything with this series, but I finally have a solid conclusive story to end it.
I'm actually super happy about it, and excited to write it.
I've written the first story back in 2018 (on Fanfictiondotnet), so hopefully I will have it finalized by the end of the year! Fixing some of the previous chapters with some mistakes I have, and making sure the grammar is good and understandable.
As my article on knowing the ending demonstrated, there are many tools you can use to help you complete a story of any length. At issue in using all such tools is building confidence while moderating procrastination. Almost all authors, especially unpublished and poorly published ones, have a crippling fear of failure1. Going from idea, to character generation, to plot generation, to writing, to
Yikes, okay, hello again.
I'm just checking in to let you all know that I'm not doing nothing, and I'm, in fact, writing stuff. I just wish I wasn't so lethargic at times.
Of course there's a making of, there's always a making of. This is but a short one, as it belongs to a short story.
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