As part of my other projects, here is a list of almost everything my friends and I have come up with for magic and abilities in Equestria among the ponies. Feel free to use these for your own stories, suggest your own, or put together snippets for the E3 fanfic project. And here we go!

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Have you ever wondered why ancient pegasi told their foals never to build houses in anger?  Or why the ground-bound kirin say an inattentive individual "has their head in the clouds"? Do rumors of a walking mountain in the Dragon Lands pique your curiosity?

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Welcome back readers.

Things feel a little subdued this morning. That’s because the writing world lost a legend this weekend. Eric Flint passed away on Sunday.

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Welcome back readers! It’s Monday, and that mean’s it’s time for another installment of Being a Better Writer!

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So I am still not doing so hot in terms of actual storywriting, but I'm not totally dead. My collaborator thewondersomethingorother and I have started a "historical archive" blog for all the worldbuilding that's going into our works. Anyone interested in stuff that likely won't be showing up in the fic itself is welcome to come watch us stumble through setting up Equestrian History.

https://firstequestrianage.tumblr.com/

Hello again writers! It’s Monday (or Friday, if you’re a Patreon Supporter), so it’s time for another installment of Being a Better Writer!

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Hey everypony!
I've been informed that my scheduled events for PonyFest 3.0, an online convention happening next Saturday, has been finalized. Here are the two events I've been scheduled for, though I'll likely get roped into something else.

What Fun is there in Making Sense? A Discussion on Crackfics

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Hello readers and writers! Welcome back after yet another weekend! Who’s geared up and ready to write! There’s a whole new week ahead of us, and who knows what stories might flow from our fingertips as we enter a new week and a new month!

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Mythical birds? Check. Teenage dragons being teenagers? Check. Epic griffon versus dragon war? Check. Dramatic entrance? Check. Totally unexpected culture and lore building? Check.

Think that’s it.

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Welcome back, writers! Monday is upon us once more, and you know what that means! Being a Better Writer is here!

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There is one part I always remember about Princess Mononoke. Well, a few parts: that creepy scene with the humans disguised as boars and the tentacle animal monsters, for instance. But one line in particular stuck with me more than any other. At the climax when Lady Eboshi shoots the great forest spirit. A bullet pierces its head, but it calmly continues walking. The men look on in disbelief, and Lady Eboshi chastises them, “He’s a god, you fool. It’ll take more than one shot.”

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Immortality—or a functional equivalent—is one of those situations that presents an interesting challenge to writers. It has no real life equivalent, so writers have nothing to reference to give it verisimilitude. Like all unorthodox situations, the freedom available to writers is offset by the need to ground it in reality and consistency. How would one react to situations, how would they act, if they had lived for centuries or millenia? How would it affect their outlook? Or their emotions?

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Hello readers! Welcome back to another episode of Being a Better Writer! There’s no weekend news (or rather any you didn’t already know past Episode 10 of Fireteam Freelance dropping), so we’re just going to dive right into things and get down to it!

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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.

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Hello!

It's been a long few months mate, been back and forth to my Flat at Uni, and my normal home, and now Im stuck at home doing online lessons for my course. Fun.

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