The Day of Fire changed everything; it was the day when the moon died and the sun cried, it was the day when pumpkin was fried and Ahuiztol was denied... and it was also the day that Checkers, the black and red dragon, was hatched.
So, I'm going through Sanderson's lectures on writing, and he mentions a bet Jim Butcher took to make a book out of two "lame ideas" (Pokemon and the Lost Roman Legion); the result being Codex Alera -- For my coursework under his lectures I've done the same, taking several "bad"/"lame" ideas and running with them.
Bad Ideas That Will Be Appearing:
A red and black dragon OC.
Conversion Bureau.
Rainbow Dash becomes a penguin.
Rainbow Dash/George Washington.
A quarter of Equestria's population spontaneously combusts.
Overall Method: Gardening
Target: 50,000 Words.
(Thanks again to everyone that suggested them.)
I'd say that this was a good start. It caught my attention, and I want to see more. Which is what in matters, in my opinion.
Current known causalities:
-Ahuziotl
-Luna
-Spike
Potential casualities:
-Sweetie Belle
-Rarity
-Apple Bloom
-Granny Smith
For some weird reason, I'm imagining Dr. Horse voiced by Nicholas Cage.
HAHAHAHAHAHA!
I like it!
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...now I am too.
One of my ideas is in here! I just have to read it...
A quarter of Equestria's population spontaneously combusts.
I do believe that Bonbon is a Changeling.
Haha! You're doing so great, that I'm considering doing a 'bad ideas' story of my own.
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Thank you; I just hope I can keep up the pace... 2,000 words a day is more than I've been able to do in years.
I know it's the day of fire, but why not six more? Then we would have the seven days of fire
Get it?
No?
Sigh, it's a Naucica reference, you wouldn't understand
Trixie is best Unicorn, the Conductor should have known that.
Oh and NOOO-who'll save the universe now?
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Nope; but someone is.
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The Mighty and Terrible Phil, of course.
(j/k)
Lel, Shining Armor doesn't even care about Brad's oh so unfortunate demise.
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You could even say it's...
I . . . . I can't read this anymore. Not after what happened to Fluttershy . . . . . I'm sorry, but I just can't . . . . .
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I know what you mean; writing it was hard because when I was flipping coins (I needed an unbiased method) to determine who lived and died it was like:
No, not Luna! No, not Lyra! No, not Fluttershy! No, oh wait... Flash Sentry's death doesn't bother me. No, not Apple Bloom!