Everyone here can have all the story writing you want. My days of writing are officially over.

The Power of Instrumental Music

I have found that in order for me to write the best quality first-drafts, I have to put myself in the most appropriate mood. To accomplish this, I have one simple strategy that often works more than not.

It’s actually a three step process, and it consists of the following required tasks:

1) Identify the genre in which I am trying to write

2) Find appropriate instrumental music that relates to what I’m trying to write

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Using the Story Ice Box

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Pursuing Creativity

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A lot of times when I see people asking questions about their plots, it’s because they lack a clear endpoint or guiding line that can help them orient themselves towards what the story needs from them. So, I’m going to try my best to break down some of the basic principles that can help you maintain clarity in your workflow at every stage of the story. 

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I have a Tumblr now... Woopdie Doo! If y'all are interested in my creative writing featuring stories such as Parental Guidance, Cleo the Wanderer, and Normal St. please follow me here. I want to be known for writing and creating wonderful characters and stories, and I need your help to get there! So get out there and follow your favorite barbecue deity!

At 7 chapters and over 16,500 words, I think it is safe to say my new story is far enough along it is viable and will become a thing published in the near future months.

Called, "Shadow of the Sun", it is set in the world of Equestria Girls and will feature the regular cast of the Human Seven (Mane Six plus Sunset Shimmer), Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna, along with others, including a few characters from the King Sombra Chronicles world.

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I've actually been planning to do this for a while, but Mythril Moth just (read: yesterday) gave me the best excuse to do this:
https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/845869/creative-writing-exercise-write-your-own-smash-character-reveal-trailer
Also, some Final Fantasy 6 spoilers in here, though it's only things that every other Final Fantasy game assumes you already know.

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Disclaimer

The purpose of this guide is to teach you, the writer, what you should and shouldn’t do to assure the quality of your stories, and to show you how to best communicate with other authors as well as your audience. We, the authors of this guide, understand this will come across as telling you what to do, but that is the point of any style guide or anyone offering advice. There are many ways of creating and viewing storytelling. We are merely providing our viewpoints on it.

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Disclaimer

The purpose of this guide is to teach you, the writer, what you should and shouldn’t do to assure the quality of your stories, and to show you how to best communicate with other authors as well as your audience. We, the authors of this guide, understand this will come across as telling you what to do, but that is the point of any style guide or anyone offering advice. There are many ways of creating and viewing storytelling. We are merely providing our viewpoints on it.

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