Had a really fun idea at work today (pushing trays leaves you a lot of time to think): a collaborative writing group. Everyone would work on a story together, through every step of the process, blurring the line between author and editor. Deadlines would need to be in place for each stage, otherwise the story might never get published, doomed to be forever revised (while that could be fun, I'd imagine people would want to eventually finish one story and move onto another)

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Totally forgot to re-blog this earlier. Basically, InquisitorM (think I should start calling him Scott now, "Inquisitor" is starting to feel awkward) is initiating a community effort to make it easier for new writers to ask for help. I see a lot of people spamming (and that's what it is, regardless of how well-intentioned or however much I might like some of the people doing

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Temerity noun - the quality of being excessively confident; contempt for danger

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Just finished reading Augie's Trial by Flower—which you should totally check out, if you haven't already—and it got me thinking about second-person narrative. Now, I don't know about any academic theories on the matter, but here's how I'd go about it:

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A brief fic I wrote at TrotCon 2014, with a few minor alterations

Her ears rang. The stench of blood-tinged sweat permeated the air, and she was unable to see even her own hoof in front of her muzzle. A gravelly cry cut through the muffled cheering.

“Get up, Sweets!”

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I hate the trend of regularizing irregular verbs. It was one of my biggest gripes with Fallout: Equestria; I once shouted at the TV because some news anchor said "lighted" instead of "lit". It just sounds wrong; like something my six-year old sister might say. Now, though, I find myself de-regularizing words. Words that once felt natural - and I wish I could think of an example right now, 'cause that's exactly what this sentence needs - now sound clunky to my ears. I

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I tried writing a fic once, based on a flash fic prompt on EqD. It didn't exactly pan out. I took another crack at it two months ago, but quit less than 600 words in. I really have no idea where to go with it and don't feel like ever finishing the damned thing. I kinda like what little there is, though, so I figured I'd upload it here. On the off chance that someone actually sees this and wants to do something with it, there's no need to credit me. Ideas are cheap, after all. Just don't

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