At first I wanted to solve the situation between the cmc as quickly as possible and allow AB and Scootaloo come into the supporting roles they began as but that would be shortcutting a lot of character development plus story. So I opted to remove this from the latest chapter.

"So, you gonna tell us what Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon have you or not?" Applebloom asked in a slightly annoyed tone.

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You know, it pained me to remove this due to me having planned this reunion scene since the time travel portion of the fic but in the end, adding her into the story again by this point is not really needed due to the fact that Sweetie Belle after has a wide cast of support characters.

"You know, your looking really nervous right now. You should lay off the caffeinated drinks." A calm but nerdish voice said.

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So folk want to know what's gotten cut or altered during the course of 'Friendship is Scaleless' up to now. While no doubt this list is nowhere near complete as I'll no doubt continue to change things as time goes on, hopefully this gives some insight as to how my thought process and reaction to reader commentary works towards producing each chapter:

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I've been distracted these past few weeks by one thing or another (including the USA elections), and as a result suffered a bit of writer's block. Also, I wrote a whole segment featuring Luna visiting Mabel's dream, and was working on her visiting the others--when one of my editors, MyOwnNameWasTaken, made me realize that those scenes were adding nothing but unneeded drag to the story. As Mabel's dream was the only scene finished, I'm

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As a kid, I always really liked watching deleted scenes and commentary tracks on movies. Even today, I really like seeing where stories could have gone and what kind of things could have happened to them. So, as I write the Equiforce series, I'll expand on each chapter in the comments and display deleted scenes on my blog.

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This was removed due to the fact that while I loved the idea of a secret all teenage pony club hidden right under the residents noises, it literally added nothing to the overall plot of the story and I doubt I would ever came back to this location in my fic again so in the end, I decided to remove it.

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"And no funny business." The unicorn added much to the chagrin of Scootaloo whom blushed heavily and gave her an offended glare.

"The buck do you take me for?! She just tried to-" Scootaloo began to snap only to see the wide grin on Rarity's face and scowled upon realizing it was a bad joke. "Not… Cool." Scootaloo said hotly before she resumed trotting up the stairs.

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So, I finally got a job! I'm a factory worker at Imfac making brake lines and cables, which is boring, but I can do it and it pays money. I'm really happy I can finally be a functional adult again. Thanks for those of you who said you were praying for me, and anyone who just thought nice things about me. I really can't express how glad I am to have something. You may remember back in January that I

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Still working on the first chapter - work has been slow, especially since it is sometimes hard to decide between things to keep and to remove completely, because they do not fit into the "flow". I hope I made the right decision with the last thing I changed.

Still, the scene I deleted contained a nice theory. I don't want to remove it completely, so I will just post it here:

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I mentioned some deleted and alternate scenes for A Mad Pony in a Box in a previous journal. Well, here they are.

This first scene was going to be part of the first proper chapter. I removed it mostly because I thought it would take readers who weren't familiar with Doctor Who out of the story.

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It's true! There really was a deleted chapter! Or, that is to say, a pretty different version of "Deep Blue, Part 2." After writing it and having my editor take a look at it, I decided it needed some heavy rewrites. Since a lot of it is the same, I won't post it all here; it would be tedious to look through and compare. Instead, I'll post some differences followed by a large scene that was cut entirely.

Changes:

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Not everything makes it in the published story. That's why I created this list of my non-mature stories and their GDocs of remains (first drafts, deleted scenes, etc.):

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Now that we got all the vocabulary and tech out of the way in the last blog post, here's some more behind-the-scenes stuff for Spring Comes to Snow Hill.

Source

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The following is a scene from the latest chapter of The Iron Horse, "Television Rules the Nation." This scene expands on the brief scene in the Everfree Forest with the teleportation jump tower being set up by the TechQuestrian personnel under cover of night, but in this version, the Royal Guard spot the tower and investigate.

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Here's a special behind-the-scenes look at my writing process! This episode, we're covering the final chapter of The Supervillain Flu, as well as some deleted scenes from earlier chapters.

For those who are interested, the following are my unedited "jot these down so I remember later what I want to write" notes on the chapter (I suggest not reading this until after you've read the chapter, as it does not just contain spoilers, it is spoilers distilled):

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An AU that focuses on this character and two others.

This part focused on Thunder and Zoom.

Prior Context will stay unknown till I complete and publish it

This was a part I was happy writing but had to be removed. But one I still want to share.

Warning: This was a roughly done writing equivalent of a “rough sketch” so grammar and spelling mistakes are plentiful

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(image by Pixel_Spark)

A bit that was written but cut from the story's final version as it didn't advance the plot's romance. Enjoy!

“It is good to be back!” Captain Iron Blade said in pleasure at the sight of the triple gate at the entrance to the road that led to the Crystal Empire.

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Related to prev blagh

So...
This was unintentional...

I sat down to write just the very beginning of the next chapter, while it was fresh in my mind, and what came out could easily be mistaken for...

Vegan Propaganda?

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Milestones abound! "The Iron Horse" has gone over 800 comments, 34,500 total views, and has gotten to over 200,000 words! Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who's been enjoying the story. Also, from the most recent chapter, here's an unused sketch Green was working on for me. We ended up not using it because it was supposed to be Twilight in the scene with Turing, but I still happen to think Gadget looks pretty cute in it. We might end up properly finishing it at some point.

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