Welcome to the third and final part of my blog series on Negative Space.

You've seen what I think about the definitions and usage of negative space in stories. Now let's look at the opposite side - filling in that space.

Negative space does not and, not in all cases, should not remain empty. Empty literary space can, in the wrong forms, be frustrating to the reader.

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Cool things I've read recently, FSVO "recently" that means "tabs still open in my latest browser window":

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I know I said I'd do this Friday, but I think maybe it's best to strike while the iron is hot, so to speak, and Filling Space unexpectedly got hot. Which is funny, because space is cold. But... well, filling space would make it hot, I suppose. Nerding and joking aside...

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So, a friend of mine started a writing blog!

Dutch Tilt is a buddy of mine from overseas who I've known for years. He's always had a love of writing and so he's started up a blog of his own. A few of you maybe are familiar with his work (Country of Roses, a neat little Dark Tower/MLP crossover that got featured on Equestria Daily a while ago).

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Gonna try something new with blogs or something while I'm in between stories or in between completing one story and finishing the next. Off the cuff blogs, where I just write what comes to mind when it comes to mind and throw it at y'all.

Today's topic that brought up an off-the-cuff idea was writing about what, and reviving a dead or dormant story.

What, or more specifically, what question should be asked to revive a story?

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When I look into the similar section of the recommendation list, I often see my own stories. Either I am an awesome cad filling in stories in a sorely deprived niche of pony fics or, more likely, that my fics have gotten samey.

And is that a bad thing?

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And so here we find ourselves yet again, on the verge of another word-vomit blog, like that one time I rambled about how But Keep Discord was a sloppy attempt of an intentionally shippy episode. And Fluttershy is involved again. I even referenced her in passing in the

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