There are many different techniques people employ to get themselves to shut up and write. Today's showcase is:

20 Minute "write-as-much-as-you-can" Sprints

Now, I'm sure you can all do this on your own just fine. (Just set a timer and have at it)

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I was listening to the Note to Self podcast and they had the head creator of Black Mirror on to do an interview, and he said the most extraordinary thing about social media that I have to share.

(And so you know, when I say "social media," I include FimFiction in that as well)

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It doesn't matter when you find this blog post. This AMA is active for at least the next two years.
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I've always wanted to do an AMA (Ask Me Anything). And well, I just hit my 200th follower!

Now seems just as good a time as any.

So go ahead, Ask Me Anything.

I may run out of time to answer questions tonight, but they will be answered eventually.

This is a continuation of Chinchillax's ongoing career drama blog series.
TL;DR: I got a job.
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Imagine, if you will, that you've never used FimFiction before. And on your first visit to the website you come across this story, and you'd like to read it.

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I'm finally graduating guys. I just took my last final a few hours ago and (barring something going horribly wrong) I should get my degree in the mail in two months. I spent an inordinate amount of time getting my undergraduate degree. "Super-senior" doesn't even begin to cover somehow graduating with over 190 credit hours.

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[Start scene: In Chinchillax's brain]
Me: Hmm... it's quiet in here.
Also me: No stop.
Me: I better turn on some music.
Also me: You better not.
Me: ♫We're no strangers to loooove♫
Also me: I SWEAR TO GOOGLE
Me: ♫You know the rules♫
Also me: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH
[End Scene]

And that's what it's like to be in my brain in a quiet room.

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Guys! Guys listen. Guys. Gyus. Guys.

There's this show. On Netflix. Guys Listen. There's this show on Netflix that's ridiculously cute, absolutely gorgeous, and crazy relaxing.

I mean LOOK AT IT!

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/u/Wallacoloo over on Reddit has also done his own Fimfiction data analysis, and he's taken it to places I haven't thought of or delved into before.

You can go read his blog post over here.

Do you ever see the content made by other Bronies and wonder: "How did they do that?"

And then right after asking that, do you ask yourself: "How can I do that?"

Then, this panel is for you!

In this lecture, I'll be going over the initial steps to take when trying out new skills such as writing, drawing, vectoring, audio recording, and video production.

Check it out! It's even subtitled!

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I've finally updated all my Fimfiction spreadsheets!
If you don't know what I'm talking about, check out this video.

Here's the updated basic Fimfiction statistics spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Wsj45jwHofcWpow4hXgJa3-BSOQcD1FnKSEcWREKgXA/edit#gid=0

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