I've tried writing comedy, and I've always failed, but I did learn something in the process. Being funny is usually a mix of being "unpredictable" while at the same time being "emotionally close" to your audience: To surprise them with something relateable.

Biography time!

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I see many posts asking about the long approval times.
They fail to realize all the work required to approve a story.

Most people are anxious to get their story approved. Some people, like myself, is happy for the time it takes.

The moderator reading my story is usually the only reader I get, so personally I would find it rude to complain about the time it takes.

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As a writer, I’m well aware of my weaknesses; but I fail to fix it in my writing, and thus I’m stuck as a lousy writer with pitiful prose.

I know the mistakes are in there, but with a direct access to the source (my vivid imagination) while I’m editing; I see my story as I imagined it, instead of how I’ve written it.

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I recently published a funny/silly short story with a friendship moral.

The moral was shown (not told) that you can be friends and friendly to other ponies, even if it’s someone different and inferior to yourself. The story used Celestia and Twilight (and with slight contrast from Luna) as good examples of being nice, while having an OC as inferior.

Needless to say it got downvoted into oblivion with 100% pure downvotes! (Not a single upvote.)

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Writing is about putting words together, so that the reader can understand you.

It's about the choice of words. It's about the order and syntax. It's about language and linguistic, accent and dialect.
That is the foundation of writing, and any writer who aspires to become an excellent writer must understand that.

The Internet is filled with advice on writing, but the worst advice is here on fimfic.

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There once was a blog, but the blog was empty and without form (well, it had Cascading Style Sheets).
The owner of the blog wanted needed to experiment, so text was added.
Text was added... _more more ^more and more until finally there was no more.

From that moment in time, Moondancer appeared.

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