Here is chapter 3 of The Danger Within! Released deliberately on Super Bowl Sunday because I can't be the only person who wants to get away from that sort of thing. There's a blurb for those who are keeping up beyond the page break, as it's reached the point where I can't really do one without spoilers.

TThe Danger Within

• MLP: FiM
• Adventure

A magical accident at a castle garden party leaves Fancy Pants, Rarity and Fluttershy apparently alone in the middle of... somewhere. But where, and how will they make it home?

• Violence
• Fluttershy
• Rarity
• Fancypants

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Look, I know I said I wanted to finish Crystal Princess before I started on the sequel to the other division of the timeline...

But I know that once I get this finished commission either tonight or tomorrow my hype is going to shoot up to "💯👆💯👆💯👆" levels, and you don't really contain it at that point.

So my question is, if I update both at the same time, will you guys get too confused?

Have you ever wanted to write and post a story on here cause you’ve hyper fixated on the topic, but the group/universe hasn’t been active for a while, the main story hasn’t been active for a long while, plus it adds something that’s way outta left field?

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And you know what that means...

EOn the Wrong Track

• MLP: FiM
• Comedy
• Slice of Life

The Equestrian Railways network is remarkable. That's the problem.

• Twilight
• OC

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We can perhaps work together on something. If you wish. With me... Bendy. Adults only.

I recently finished up a nice big pony x human story: Giant Pony And Human Love Notes. It was great fun to work alongside my co-writer primortal. This story was meant to be a one-chapter story, but it got expanded into three chapters.

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I am reflecting. I wonder if I have gotten worse at writing, or gotten better over the years. What do you think? Give it to me raw, don't hold back. I can take it.

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I’ve often blogged here that I like stories with meaning, stories that are about something, and that I detest the post-modern disavowal of such stories. But, after reading a book full of stories that were all about something, I’ve come to understand the distaste for them. Too many writers think of their stories as ways to communicate their themes. This leads to boring stories, even when great writers do it.

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In which Discord tells Fluttershy what...er...happened with Tirek.

Yes, that.

Since my last blog on this topic, I have actually published something. Sadly for some of you, that something was Sunset's Sales Snag, which is officially the worst received story I have ever put out: a thumbscore of +15/-6 as I type this. I'm not particularly upset about that, because it isn't exactly one of my finest hours in ponyfic --

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I know I get that way sometimes.

Anyway, if you need something to get the ideas flowing, take a look at this infographic thing:

Pick a pair of ponies and see how their personalities contrast. For example:

Pinkie Pie vs Twilight Sparkle
unmethodical vs systematic

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Sometimes it’s helpful to take advice that you don't agree with. Three examples:

Advice that makes you uneasy for reasons you don't understand

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You may have heard of the "rule of three" for fiction:

• A major success should follow 2 failures. This is the hero in the try-fail, try-fail, try-succeed arc of a movie, or the pattern of a fairy tale: the oldest son tries and fails, the second son tries and fails, the youngest son tries and succeeds.

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Christie Yant is an excellent writer and a cool human being. She made an excellent spreadsheet for tracking word counts and writing achievements, which you can download here. I've taken to using it as a tool to gaslight myself into writing more. So far it's been working! But how does attempting to accomplish long-term daily writing and changing my

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Sometimes you have to wonder how authors can get new chapters out so quickly when they still have to work eight hours a day plus commute, eating, doing necessary chores, and so forth. The answer is quite simple, and courtesy of a graphic modified by Airy Words, I'll reveal it to you...

I haven't abandoned my intention of churning this story out quickly. It's simply that a large number of Real Life Factors have coincided this month. I do now have a rough version, though (rougher than usual, yes!) and I hope to publish chapter 4 before the end of February on Wednesday. No promises, though!

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People ask me,

"Shakespearicles, how can I be like you, The World's Strongest Writer?"

Well today, I'm going to tell you, with these easy-to-follow steps:

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STEP 0: Don't be a tard.

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From Chuck Palahniuk, Consider This: Moments in my writing life after which everything was different (Hachette 2020):

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Quick question; I use the "Views" of chapters I'm working on (so unpublished ones) as a general proxy for how many writing sessions I've spent on the chapter. Does 27 writing sessions for one chapter (that's about 1/2 to 2/3 complete) sound about normal?

After reading a really brilliant blog by the inimitable Mr. Numbers, I wanted to talk about Carry Me Home.

Obviously, spoilers for Carry Me Home below the image.

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[Summary: Sometimes, as a writing exercise, I write a story without allowing myself to use fantasy, science fiction, sex, romance, or life-or-death situations.]

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