Book-writing isn’t easy. It takes years of hard work, dedication, and skill to write a book that publishers deem worthy for libraries. There’s also editing, proofreading, cover designing, and more.
Pinkie Pie has decided she doesn’t need all that to write her book.
She’s going to make a cookbook that’ll contain her most fabulous recipes, everything she’s learned since the moment she cracked her first egg! Why, you ask? Because Pinkie wants to share the joy she feels whenever she eats her treats.
After all, what’s the point of pie if not to share?
Behind-the-page: Pinkie’s Pies
Rated: Pretty Good by PaulAsaran
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This was quite charming! I love the idea of Pinkie's recipes being based on her friends, haha. It really helps add a bit of flavor to them. I also appreciate that Pinkie had some serious difficulty getting the book published. The publishing world is... a painful place to navigate at the best of times. It's a little easier these days with online publishing, but still.
I think the bolded is supposed to be "conversation"?
Also I adore the cover art. It's eye catching, simple but bursting with personality. It's perfect for something Pinkie would write.
Love the story, but you miss spell Sunset and want to point it out
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Thank you for the compliment. Mistake fixed.
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And thank you for your compliments. This just made my day. Mistake fixed.
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Welcome welcome
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You got it.
This is my bad, but in the beginning of the story I didn't know this was the Equestria Girls setting. All I had to do was look at the tags at the beginning of the story but for some reason I overlooked it. By the time I read the word "wifi" in the story I got suspicious enough to check, and sure enough . . . Eqeustria Girls.
The whole story seemed oddly familiar to me in the beginning, as if I read a fanfic that was almost exactly like this. A book that was attempting to be made and that person approached Twilight. The rest of the details are too vague to recall. I'm not even sure I did read something like this before. If I haven't, then I experienced deja vu.
I wonder if Pinkie's recipes will still explode if others make them.
This is so debatable. Pinkies' intelligence is weird. She's brilliant with certain things and really dumb with others. Overall I think she's average.
You probably mean older sister Maud.
I grabbed this one type of text at random to illustrate how random it is. These are sprinkled in throughout the story to sort of interrupt the story. I get why it's there but still feels like a side-track. Aside from the fact that this is a story about a cook book from Pinkie, one way this does fit the narrative flow of the story is Pinkie is the main character here, and she is pretty darn random and weird.
This is sudden. All of these girls just suddenly show up at Rarity's house. There was no build-up to this yet I can still accept it. They're friends so they visit each other often. In this case it feels sudden but that's likely a common trademark of one-shots.
Seems to me there is a backstory to the above.
In this story I think I identify with Twilight somewhat since I helped to edit some of your stories before or help you work out a narrative. It made me curious if that was the intent.
It should have hit me sooner since it was mentioned that Twilight Velvet was self-published. It should have occurred to me as soon as the focus of the story shifted to publishing but for some reason it didn't until I read the words "Twilight Velvet" in that paragraph. All of a sudden I realized where this was going.
Either I'm not understanding how this "t" letter is supposed to support this sentence or you have a genuine error here.
This quote from Rainbow should be, "I never knew you to be interested in book-writing, Pinkie,"
An interesting note about Quill Meadows that I'm wondering is a coincidence. In one of my stories, the main character is named Quill Scroll. Also, that's my profile name for fimfiction. You're very likely aware of that. Also, you PM'd me personally to check out the story. I'm wondering if this is a subtle nod to me.
Overall I think the story is well written in terms of grammar, spelling, and punctuation. I pointed out a few flaws here but note that means everything else is fine. I also think Pinkie was well written here. It feels in character with her upbeat personality and giving everyone a signed copy of her book and want it to be a surprise. There is even something quirky and off-beat about the narrative flow of the story which I can also accept as appropriate for a Pinkie centric story. Good job! 👍
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Thank you so much for your comment, Scroll. And you read the blog, too, so thanks.
You mentioned three typos, two of which I fixed. But I can’t find this one:
Could you point out its location?
To be honest, I included this line for convenience’s sake, because I needed to explain how Pibkie was learning so fast.
Pinkie is random, alright. The baking definitions and the recipe descriptions were woven into the story for two reasons. One: to give the readers a glimpse of what’s in Pinkie’s book; two: to show how random and unpredictable Pinkie is.
It’a a one-shot about Pinkie. Does it really need build-up?
That’s taken directly from the Anon-a-miss comic, which I consider to be canon.
I’m so sorry to disappoint, but no, it’s not what you think. Quill Meadows is an OC I had since before we met on the site.
I’m really glad you enjoyed the story.
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To help you find it, I grabbed a larger chunk of the story with the quote in it. Copy this and insert it in Control+F. One mistake I made is the fact that Rarity made this quote, not Rainbow. That's what might have mislead you.
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Typo fixed. Thanks a bunch.
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Your welcome.
Great story!
So, is Rainbow one of them?
Pinkie, I just want you to know that I would take it seriously
Thank you Uz Naimat for introducing me to this food because I'm going to make it right now.
*Leaves*
I'm back!
IT
WAS
DELICIOUS!
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Thank you for commenting on my story. These are what keep me going.
Even if human Rainbow loves Daring Do, that’s not what she’s talking about. She considers Twilight and Sunset to be eggheads.
This one made chuckle. I never expected anyone to actually try any of Pinkie’s crazy recipes. But I’m glad you made it and loved it, too.
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Your welcome!
And yes, Pinkie's recipe was delicious and
of course I tried it! It had grilled cheese in it!
My favorite food!
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My Little Reviews & Feedback I reviewed it.
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Ooh! A review! Thanks!
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Thanks!
i really enjoyed this story! its a good pinkie-centric fic ^_^
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Thanks!
You can has review!
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Thank you!
This was a wonderful read. It felt somehow very unique to EQG Pinkie (herself an under-used character), and gave her a spin and style that felt perfect for her. The cozy wholesomeness of her working with Twilight (an unusual pairing, to boot), overcoming challenges both internal and external, and finally cresting their goal was a delight I shall certainly come back to in the future.
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Thank you so much for your compliments. Youʼre very kind.
That was a good story.
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Thank you!