Double Jump

That was amazing advice! Here's some additional details that I hope are relieving: He stays human when he goes to Equestria, but his aesthetic changes to fit into the world's style. Don't worry, he's not "The Chosen One/Seventh Element" and he starts off pretty weak and unattractive. However, he is sucked into Equestria for a weird reason that exclusively applies to him. There's a decent balance for every character to be important. His adventure is very difficult and sometimes the "good" characters are unhappy with him, while "bad" characters respect and try to gain from him. I don't make him morally wrong and he's already smart/mature, but he's borderline socially incapable in Equestria and almost never solves conflicts by himself. Hopefully my bro's not too offended with me basing the main character off of him (BTW, he's my editor)! Anyways, I'm off to finish this thing!

Thanks Feather Gem! It seems so simple, but this actually makes me feel a lot better. Do you post on Fimfiction? Please let me know when yours is finished. If it's not too long (like 100,000 words), I'll definitely want to check it out!

You guys know I'm a girl, right? Anyway, I can see why my fic comes off as similar to Harry Potter, but that's coincidental. It's actually more inspired by GentlemanJ's "The Journey of Graves," just with mostly pony characters. By no means is this a self insert, but I put a little bit of myself in every character to make the flow of their conversations smoother. The human boy character is loosely based on my brother because to me, he embodies many of the traits for what I think of a brony. Sorry if I'm coming off as an attention seeker. The reason I'm posting is because I'm aware that my fic is a tad cliche. I'm sure a lot of us have imagined ourselves in Equestria, so my series is inteded to give my readers a semi-believable adventure for them to explore. Since this is the first time I've ever tried creative writing, I'm wondering if you can tell me how to avoid the common pitfalls found in these types of fanfics. Also, if I'm in the wrong forum, what's the more appropriate place to seek this kind of advice?

A couple weeks ago, in an unexpected rush of inspiration, I came up with the outline for a seven book fimfiction series. I'm already 11,000 words into the first book and I expect it to end up being a little over 15,000 words. Last few days though, I've had some writer's block, but I think it's because I'm too unsure of how people will react to my work. Please tell me what you think from my vague descriptions: -It's an adventure series about a 23 year old human boy from our universe (but without the existence of the MLP franchise) getting sucked into Ponyville after the events in Equestria Girls. Our world is not the same as the Equestria Girls world because they just exist separately. -I gave the boy a backstory to make him smart and socially awkward, but he's supposed to be a role for readers to easily slip into. He's not a blank slate, but I think most bronies could see themselves in him. -Double Jump, my pony OC will be a character at some point! -The fic shouldn't conflict with future show canon as long as I upload the first couple books (at most) before the Season 4 premier. However, my fic is based on my interpretations of the show so far; i.e. I think the mane 6 are currently the Earth equivalent of 25-26 years old, and were about 22-24 when the show first started. -While there are occasional "shippings" between different characters throughout the series, it's not a romance per se. The series is mostly about adventure and will not have any explicit sex or gore. -The fic is intended to explore some of the more advanced themes within the show more deeply. Particularly, the differences between Earth and Equestria and how the boy learns to like pony society more than his own. I think some of these subtle themes contribute to why we bronies/pegasisters like MLP as much as we do. Whew, this post took a while to finish!

2 men in 1? I'm liking this idea!

8.3333/10 It needs to be about 20% cooler.

Eek! You're not Pinkie Pie!

It needs to be about 684 percent cooler!

Back in my day, all these gol dern video game franchisers were jus' gettin' started. Almost everythin' was a new IP, fresher 'n me ma's baked cookies. We didn't need them internets to tell us what ter buy 'cause there were so many good 'uns out there. Nowadays, there aren't many new franchisers and when there are, they're worser 'n prune juice n' bran flakes for breakfas' on yer birthday. Where have the good ol' days gone off to? I dun wanna pay money fer DLC that should'a been on the game in 'a firs' place. I dun wanna play competitive multiplayer all 'a time. I wanna game I can enjoy fer months by me-self or with me bridge crew, not some reskinned FPS ya haff ter buy every year. Don't even get me started on achievables n' trophers. Some a' them Japanese games look ok if they ain't made by Nintender, but they either got bad voice actin' or too much text. My vision's not what it used ter be, so I dun wanna read or watch cutscenes ter play a game. Even though kids these days need ter respect their elders, Bethesder should make a new RPG that isn't Elder Scrolls or Fallout. I shoulda been asleep 5 hours ago. ZZZZZZZZZZZZ.................