I just finished writing the third chapter for this fic, and it is LONG. It's twice as long as the other two chapters, and contains a lot of world building. Now, I had originally intended to keep each chapter under 1,500 words or so, to make it a little easier to read. But, this one wouldn't let go. Every time I turned around, new ideas kept on adding on top of the others, until it went well past 4,000 words. So, I may end up splitting it into several smaller chunks; or not, depending on what my

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I always wondered about those people that claimed a story just jumped up and bit them in the butt, begging to be written. I never put much stock into such tales though. After all, a fiction story is, well, just a story. And then, this happened...

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I've always wondered what draws us to sad fics; what is it that makes that meme so popular on this and on other sites. If it could be boiled down to one thing, it is this; sad stories, like sad songs, allow so much of all of that hurtful, angry baggage we carry to be freed.

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Going through the back alleys of FimFiction. I found a cancelled fic called 'A new Life with Lies'. Odd take on 'You're my mommy?!' fics. This was actually pretty neat, and I have a whole new world based off this idea (lots of Greco/Roman influences, I just love Old God references for some reason); much of it being that the chief marriage is Twilight and Celestia. Been there, done that. That ship isn't old, just overused. there is one, though, that I toyed with, that just didn't work, and that

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