The Steadfast Sky 9 & 10

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

School is one reason why this took forever. Another reason was general panic about voice and pacing.

Because I've just realized that no one teaches how to write a serial story. Because those kinds of written stories are never published. I'll probably keep tweaking these two over the next couple days... just word choices and such.

Anyway, I've got a good chunk of 11 done, and a good idea for 12, so those should come together over the next week.

Moonstuck

Oh my god I think I just died from adorable

Sudden Realization: Wait a Minute

I have realized something life changing and mindblowing.

I don't read stories for plot. Screw plot. All plot has been done already and everything unique idea has already been made trivial in turn.

I read stories for the style. I read stories for the methods of telling. An interesting voice is far more fascinating than a billion clever twists.

Also, Lilith's Brood sucks.

and i may have a fever

*eats a hostess cupcake*

Good Reads : Eternal

Archive

Oh Twilestia, will you ever stop being the One True Pairing? No, you never will, because I love you. Although I'm not sure if this is meant to be shipping or not. It's not marked as such on EqD, but that was probably the wisest choice ever. Shipping fics get vote bombed to hell on that site...

I've noticed a pattern with fanfiction that I want to share with myself in the future: No story ever, ever starts well. Ever. Maybe its because the author is still getting a hold of the work and gets into their groove later, or maybe everyone over thinks the beginning to the point where it becomes an overworked mess. But this story is no exception. Worse, because there's nothing obviously bad about it. Each scene in its own right could be a very powerful, effective summary of Celestia's current feelings before moving on. But that same scene is essentially repeated five or six times before moving on.

But once the story gets beyond that point, its actually a very entertaining. I got very caught up in the events, and I could easily call it a page turner. I got to the end and immediately wished there was more to read. What happens next?

But I don't know... since its so good, am I thinking too hard about how it could be better? Am I holding it to different standards because it's good enough to be considered in one of my workshops? Reading it, something felt missing. It needed some severe scene editing, a quicker pace, less repeated feelings and more exploritive description...

Plus, I cant help but compare it to Sunset Looms. He's looking at it more like Twilight's suffered and been unable to move on, but the story is so firmly rooted in Celestia's mind...

I dunno what to think about this story, but I recommend it.

Score: Five EqD stars and a bookmark

S2 Ep13 : Babycakes

I laughed here and there, but I was pretty much was unimpressed with this episode. There were a few world logic things that bugged me, but more than that, it was just an okay episode. Nothing really special about it.

What's more entertaining is the comment section on EqD. It is exploding into a civil and intelligent flame war between people who give lists about how the episode was not up to par, and people who roll their eyes and tell everyone to stop nitpicking because they clearly have too high of standards. Can't we just admit that not every episode is awesome in peace? Can't people handle the fact that some strangers have different tastes? When will we stop bringing out the tea and crumpets and speaking in slightly raised, yet polite voices about equally valid opinions?

The humanity! The horrible, horrible humanity!

The Steadfast Sky 6, 7, & 8

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Man, this is crazy fun to write. Guess that's part one down! I wrote 19000 words in what, ten days?

Yeesh. I should have done this for NaNoWriMo.

Dunno if I'll be able to keep up this speed, since the next semester starts Monday and my year is busy as hell. But I'll do my best, woo!

Art: Equestria Mock War Day 1

I need practice drawing ponies. So an event came up on EqD where you draw ponies. Good deal.
Today's theme was "Pony Armor"

I like how the colors turned out. I tend to be bad at those.
But this picture is gawd awful.
The line work.... it's so shoddy... aug.