My entries into Equestria Daily's Writer's Training Grounds. Various characters and genres that will be tagged on each individual chapter.
Prompt descriptions and links below.
Prompt #1: Not everything went as planned when Twilight undid her spell on Fluttershy. (BATS!)
Prompt #2: Manehattan leaves its hoofprint on everypony who ventures into it. (Rarity Takes Manehatten)
Prompt #3: While helping Twilight Sparkle with her genealogical research, Pinkie discovers another surprising familial connection. Pinkie heads out to investigate.
Prompt #4: "What's it like to fly?"
Prompt #5: I looked through Couch's prompts this week. All of them were terrible. I threw them out as a favor to you. Go nuts, but just make sure I'm the star, yes? - D.
Prompt #6: Author, Equestria is in peril! Assemble a team of one Mane Cast member and their foil with attitude!
Prompt #7: It's opposite day in Equestria! Write about someone swapping roles for a time.
Prompt #8: A new singing group has taken over Canterlot! Unfortunately one of their members is causing all sorts of trouble!
Prompt #9: The Cutie Mark Crusaders have learned how to mix potions, fix things, and do magic! Show how they use their new skills to contribute to pony society!
Prompt #10: Something went wrong, and now the Mane 6 are sealed on the other side of the portal! Somebreezie lets slip about an emergency exit, long forgotten... OR After safely escorting the breezies home, Fluttershy also receives a mysterious book from Seabreeze to take home with her. What she finds inside of it... OR Something went wrong, and now the Mane 6 are sealed on the other side of the portal! Somebreezie lets slip about an emergency exit, long forgotten...
Prompt #11: Years after the Flame Geyser Swamp incident, Apple Bloom readies herself for her first pie delivery mission.... OR Big Macintosh wishes chimeras were the only things he had to contend with on his delivery route. What he goes up against is far, far worse... OR Applejack decided against checking in on her sister and continued her delivery. Later, Big Macintosh and Granny Smith return to Sweet Apple Acres to see Apple Bloom doing fine, but Applejack
Prompt #12: In Equestria, there's no such thing as a "simple" rock farmer. OR While it was nice to meet Pinkie and her friends, Maud Pie must now return to her regular life. She never did let Pinkie know about her other side...
Prompt #13: Fed up of being overshadowed by others, one pony takes matters a little too far. OR Guiding the dreams of the realm is no easy task. Few realize, however, that Princess Luna has friends who help her do just that.
Prompt #14: Ponyville is a place of second chances, of forgiving and forgetting, no matter what lurks in your past... Unless you live there! Well gosh, you're just plain fed up with all that! OR Making a promise is the easy part. Keeping it, on the other hoof... OR Granny Smith should have read the side effects on the back of the tonic bottle.
Prompt #15: Learning happens in all sorts of weird and wonderful ways in Equestria, as this one pony finds out. OR Thanks to her uncanny eye for detail on the wing, Rainbow Dash glimpses something she should never have seen.
Prompt #16: Two competitors from the Equestria Games qualifiers cross paths at the Rainbow Falls Trader Exchange. Oh yes: they remember each other. OR There must always be a princess at the Rainbow Falls Trader Exchange.
Prompt #17: Another pony (not necessarily a unicorn) is somehow imbued with the Inspiration Manifestation spell. What happens? OR Spike has eaten the book of Inspiration Manifestation. It has some side effects...
Prompt #18: Describe another pony's Equestria Games experience. It can be any pony not shown competing in one of the events in the episode, and can include both the event they competed in and what happened before and after during their visit to the Crystal Empire. OR To Twilight's surprise, Spike discovers he actually can set things on fire with his mind! What happens?
Prompt #19: Tirek's brother Scorpan apparently knew Starswirl the Bearded. What happened between these two all those centuries ago? OR Tirek wasn't the only creature to escape from Tartarus when Cerberus left his post...
Prompt - Season 5 Episodes 25/26: Choose an existing character or create one of your own and set a story in one of the alternate timelines featured in the finale. You have tons of space for variety with this one; it can be about anything you like as long as it fits into one of the alternate universes Starlight's actions created.
I half-expected Flutterbat to turn and see Applejack and get grossed out.
"Ick! An Applejack?! No way, pal, I'll have the Lyra."
"Well, screw you too!"
*Snerk* Very nice, may I humbly suggest genre tagging in the titles though?
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GAH! Knew I was forgetting something
Ehh, if 'Shy wants people to remember her she needs to learn to speak a little louder.
Yeah... I side with Trixie on the 'not forgiving Blitz' thing.
Oh Lyra, they would hate you in prison.
Would've been interesting as a background character, but considering her behavior in her debut... definitely excusable to not have her there.
That was fun.
Always a winning argument.
*Snort* Okay, that was damned clever and meta in a good way.
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Damn, you beat me to the punch
That line was truly magnificent
Would love to see this as a full story. Great work!
3890334 Ditto. Twilight & Trixie, the snarky adventuring duo!
3890334 Same here. You got their contrast done quite well. Glad both of them were mostly right and a little wrong.
Grey is the best color for moral. I like this.
3786908 It would have been fun if the real reason he gave her up was because she kept falling through the cloud floor.
But I really dislike situations (in stories and real life) when a person finds out they're adopted and immediately embraces their biological parents while ditching the ones who actually took them in and loved them. At least Trixie still has some love for her mom.
Dammit, Yukito! I got enough to do without reading your stuff! And laughing at their foalish antics!
Yay, Lightning Dust!
Well, not going to get any writing done today.
Thanks a lot, Yukito.
Gangsta DT
I love it!
Sonic reference lol.
That was a cute cutie mark story.
Sweet.
Aww. That was rather sweet.
Not bad, not bad at all. So unlike the depressing backstories that Trixie so frequently gets.
Fun stuff. Minor typo: "broken cannon".
This was really good
That ending
I love Twilight's deepest desire.
So, so you. :D Anyway, great 'tests'.
Yay, random!
Random and silly. Very funny. And yes, 4030031, I agree on that. Actually, I thought that the challenge in that case would have been to be able to walk away from your greatest desire, but they seemed to have no trouble with that, besides RD. Well, Twilight might be in denial.
A bit rushed, though. There were a whole bunch of small mistakes, with typos and missing words, like this one:
I'd recommend tidying it up a little. No point in looking sloppy.
Damn Zelda. Can't even take care of herself.
Ah, Big Mac. Made of sheer win and badass.
A practical guy, too!
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You say that as if it's not common knowledge
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Completely agree with you.two. I only meet my father after turning eighteen and it took more than just somebody pushing me to him to even think about forgiveness. This is not the first time I see this same situation with this same outcome, I'm actually sad (and a little angry but mostly sad) that most of writers think that only blood is the important.
If I was on Trixie situation (wait, I was) I would pretty much try to come to terms with Dash but totally keeping my distance from Blitz till hearing an explanation better than just "I was a coward." And that line "I did it because I love you"? Major. F*cking. Bullsh*t.
For the author: Even when disagreeing with the outcome I actually liked the chapter and it's style. I've read most of your Trixie stories, specially enjoyed "A Family Reunited" you're are a very good writer.
Rocks: Serious business.
Well they are. Coal. Shale. Diamonds.
Except diamonds. Diamonds are a scam.
4095676 Diamonds are just coal lumps putting on airs. Sure, they tell the girls they're their best friends, but...
Ah, Maud, ever the determinator. Good story. Maybe she should have signed up for the hot rock treatment instead of a massage.
Well, that was exciting. [/monotone]
Apple Bloom makes a poor Holmes.
Well, that was random, but also pretty hilarious.
I'm a little disappointed that this didn't end with the sword tossed into the closet of spare swords.
It really is a shame that Twist hasn't gotten more use in the show.
Well, it was fun while it lasted, Granny.
You make a good point about Rainbow's short term memory vs long term.
Easy come, easy go.
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Bismillah! No, we will not let you go.
Third WTG entry I'm giving input on.
Hello, this is Goldymarg ~
Right off the bat I noticed a few problems with 'showing vs. telling', especially with the first few paragraphs. Remember, it's imperative to show us how the characters are feeling and what they're doing by being as descriptive as possible. I'm still learning how to show it in my own work as well
Also, when using the 'Princess' in that sort of context, it needs to be capitalized.
As far as the premise and plot goes, it's alright. Not too spectacular, since it's a trope that's been done in the past, but still entertaining to read on the side.
I like the idea that Rarity and Suri USED TO be on GENUINE friendly terms with each other. But the Suri Rarity knew DIED in Manehatten.