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Story Structure
(Or "7 Easy Story Points To Build Your Plot With")
Recently there's been a lot of comments telling me that it is getting hard for readers to keep track of what is going on. Readers have a fair point when they say: "This is rapidly becoming a mish mash of plots, I don't get what's going on". If you don't want to read huge descriptions about character motivations and thematic choices, please skip this post. If you're interested, please read on.
A lot of people have complained about this, and misunderstood it. I don't think I've ever seen anyone really properly explain it. But there's a very good reason why Celestia is not all that powerful, and why people like Chrysalis can defeat her.
The central theme of Friendship is Magic is, if anything, true strength and power comes from your connections with others. You might be great and powerful on your own, but the power of many will always overwhelm the power of one strong person.
First of all I'd like to thank Estee, some of her notes regarding her latest piece (Monster Girl In Equestria) really helped me gain a more critical eye over my own work. I certainly re-evaluated scenes and cut what felt like cliché content, some of which( in hindsight) just wouldn't have made sense with where this is going and what I want it to be.
Now, this chapter.
I mentioned in my last post that this latest chapter (session 1.25) has been a pain to write. It has. Ignoring irl issues of course (heat, work, fatigue, illness) I've been grafting at the laptop to define the uncertainty in Calmys heart whilst also expanding on his outside life. In some ways, it's hard for me to imagine Calmy (cool, mostly confident, often in control) outside of his office. Even his home is fairly sterile, justifiably and with possible explanation in the future. Still, writing