I don't know how to avoid tropes.

good thing the entire point of the title of my story is to address the idea of a stereotype so i can either play into or subvert tropes as much as i want and i'll still look good heheheheh

wait fuck that's just another kind of lampshading

There's a button that adds a horizontal bar onto the page and I never knew.

Look at that thing. Look at how good it looks. All this time, I've been using a spacer bar made out of dashes and centered. Like so:

I am the biggest fool in the entire world.

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Well, not done, but I finished the writing part. Just needs a paranoid proofread or five and it'll be in your hands, and more importantly: out of mine.

I want to apologize in advance for its length. I'm not gonna drop the number here, but it's long. I know what that means to some of you, already.

But, surprisingly enough: it's not bad.

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So valentine's was like, three months ago, right?

Well I had a side story chapter pretty much ready the day before. A perfectly acceptable thing filled with all the good comedy and denial things that light is so good at, as well as a little dash of sweetness; all it needed was an ending.

an ending.

an ending.

so here we are three months later and it finally has an ending.

Hey there peoples of the world and thereafter, it's me! What a surprise seeing me after clicking on this blog I published, right?

Okay, so it's been a while, yeah? Just about a month, a holiday, and a whole lot of miscellaneous, worldly change. And through all the time, I still haven't put up that next chapter.

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Although, I hadn't ever really left. In-between last chapter and the one I just put out, I did write an entire story. As well as a side chapter a month after- so really, my period of pure inactivity only lasted two months. Technically my longest one, but I wrote a loooot of notes in the interim~

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where do i keep finding the first 7 thousand words in a chapter before anything 'interesting' happens

i keep telling myself that it'll be easier to cut right to the point on the next chapter, and then an overwhelming brick of character interaction and reflection clubs me over the head; leaving me insensate and on the edge of death for precisely 10 - 40 days

i have an indiscernible urge to make every possible experience a slow burn and i can't and don't want to turn it off

Sometimes, when you're writing, you just get into a rut. You're chugging along with a maddening 1k words a day because of inspiration issues, and you're wondering what the point of life is. It all just seems so dull and unoriginal and bland and synonym, and then: bam.

You hit the sweet spot. Creativity flows like a sweet river of molten chocolate that's absolutely free to drink from. 3k words in three hours, easy.

Life is great.

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Hey hey people who have a tangential interest to me and my story!

So the small subset of people who care may have noticed that the next chapter isn't out yet.

That's because of... stuff!

I'm taking some time to flesh out some ideas for later parts of the story, stuff like plotlines and maybe an actual ending somewhere. I've been flying this entire time by the seat of my pants, so I at least want the barest skeleton of a plan to follow.

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I've had this picture in another tab pretty much the entire time I've been writing the next chapter, because it's just the perfect facial reference, and she's so pretty.

https://derpibooru.org/images/1255029?sort[]=1767&sort[]=1255029&sd=desc&sf=upvotes&q=applejack

Look at that mare. Is there any wonder Light's in love with her?

chapter's probably coming out tomorrow

Alright, no preamble, let's jump into addressing my issues. And by that, of course, I mean just rambling about them for a while until I manage to bring up the 'solution' I thought of while I was away.

Problem #1! Pacing!

Yeah, shouldn't be a surprising place to start if you've been paying attention.

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Mmmmyeah-hi. It's me- I'm back- miss me- my issues- hiatus-

None of that matters. I'm uploading a chapter like, tomorrow, and I'll be putting a blog out about where the story's going someothertime, but i'm tired, and I'm asking this question at 2am for a reason.

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it took two months.

it took over 40k words, most of which were cut and recut over and over again

it took a year and a half to get here

it took 100k words of buildup

i've got a massive headache and i'm badly dehydrated

expect it soon

by soon i mean a few days because it needs a ton of editing first sorry

What it says on the tin!

Just thought I'd give a 'lil heads up, since I'm anticipating total completion of the chapter in the next few days. Three, tops. i've said stuff like that before. hedge your bets, 'cause it might take four

I think it came out fairly interesting in the minutia, not to mention I'm dropping a biggol plot bomb! This is going somewhere. I promise, you're gonna get something out of this chapter.

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...That I could go back and redo the first three parts of chapter 40. :T

It's been a general slog althroughout, right? But the first three parts were just so- blegh. I had barely any idea whatsoever about how to take the scene, and rather than try to pen out a clear outline and really think through character motivations, I went instead for heavy-handed descriptors and 'moments.'

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next chapter's in the editing stage

look out bitches and or nice people that i love very much

i promise it kicks all kinds of butt

oh also i don't know how long it'll take me to edit whoops

Hiya! How's tricks? Keeping well? Sitting comfortably?

...I'll assume you're doing okay, since this is an evidently parasocial conversation between me and a completely fictional second party with which I share no apparent relationship.^{read: you}

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That's right! I'm rereleasing an HD version of TSN for full price with no other additions!

No, wait, I'm just rebranding chapter 40. Where'd that come from?

Yeah so, if you keep in touch with my blogs, you'll know that I recently asked whether I should retitle the disparate parts of the ever-arduous chapter 40, and as one person replied telling me they thought it was an okay idea, I went ahead and did it!

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It's more likely than you think.

Check it out?

I made plans to finalize edits and have the chapter out by now, but I had tO ENTERTAIN SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED COMPANY. WHY DO I EVEN HAVE FRIENDS ALL THEY DO IS DISTRACT ME FROM BEING ANTISOCIAL?

i'm really tired but I'm gonna try to power through and get the chapter out in the next few hours