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  • Birthday 1989-04-07

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    Pursue truth, but be skeptical of those who claim to have it.

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    Unfortunately, it looks like the clock's run out. Thank you everyone for your questions tonight, and thank you for reading!
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    Have a plan for the whole story from start to finish, and take time to plot out the important things That Have To Happen. Don't be afraid to make changes along the way, but you have a much better plan of seeing your story to the end if you have a solid blueprint at the beginning.
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    Oh, certainly. Like more literary tools, you just have to be careful how you use them. Thank you for tuning in!
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    That and "Rainbow Falls" stand out among my most hated episode.
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    Season 1. That was the only one where there were never any really 'bad' episodes, and I enjoyed the Grand Galloping Gala being a background story arc that was interspersed throughout the episodes. A few I'll be working on them down the line.
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    Much as Chen and Poni said, it's a compilation of the books I've read over the course of my life, with Jim Butcher being a big influence in recent years. Usually I have an idea of how I want a story or scene to play out, then go to music with an appropriate tone to help me flesh it out. I know I went back to An End, Once And For All quite a lot when I was working on From the Mouths of Fillies.
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    I really enjoyed expanding on her, even if it was just for one story. Seeing a happier and more fulfilled Nimbus is something I'd like to expand on more in that continuity, and it's fun to contrast her quietly loving and supportive style of parenting to what I'm used to with Derpy's 'Hugs and muffins for all mah bebehs!' method of motherhood.
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    Nothing comes to mind, though I may have simply forgotten them after I stopped reading. That said, I do remember being underwhelmed by book one of Tales of Earthsea. There was a lot of interesting world-building, but nothing to make me feel invested in the main character.
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    Semicolons help connect closely related ideas when you need something stronger than a comma, but not as strong as a new sentence (a period). That said, you should use them sparingly--one or two per page of text is generally a good limit. http://www.fimfiction.net/writing-guide#Commas-semicolons-colons-dashes-and-ellipses
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    True enough. That is going to be fun to flesh out. One thing I've always wanted to try is make readers sympathize with a villian.
  16. Comma-Kazie
    I can't speak for Equestria Daily, but I will say that there is some hesitation on a lot of readers' parts to jump into a long story if it's unfinished, simply because no one wants to get invested in a story that an author could lose interest in or not come back to for a very long time. (I admit, I am guilty of this particular sin.) Thus, I think shorter stories will get more immediate attention and longer stories will go into the 'Wait and see' pile unless they're from an author readers trust to see things through.
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    As I recall, Sellsword came about as part of a Winningverse writing event where the challenge was to write from a PoV that was in the Winningverse but not one of the main characters of Life and Times. The changeling who abducted Nimbus Gust (lovingly referred to as 'Momling' by us) was something of a blank slate--we saw its disguise as Nimbus, but once that arc has reached its climax, that was the end of it. I wanted to do some more with that, and get some world-building in as well to differentiate the canon led-by-Chrysalis changelings and the Free Mind changelings we'd created for Life and Times. It honestly was a lot of fun to create Momling--the use of 'this one' (borrowed from Mass Effect's hanar) helped form a character for whom a sense of self was detached and private, even from its own thoughts while on the job. From there, all that was needed was a dose of cold professionalism and a few self-imposed rules to keep Momling in the Lawful Evil side of things.
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    Anything you do, especially stuff like that, should have a reason and fit within the context of the scene, character, dialogue, etc. Too much of it without a good reason will make your story hard to follow.
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    Write anyway. Once you start, it'll help remove the block and the words will start to flow. I'm generally editing things piecemeal every day, though when someone puts out a Last Call, I burn through the chapter from start to finish in an evening or two. If you have editors, proofreaders, or collaborators, listen to them; you don't have to agree with them, but know that they're trying to help you make your story the best it can be. The comments section you can take or leave, though do leave yourself open to feedback and constructive criticism. As I said previously, write the story you want to write--only write what someone else wants if you're being commissioned.
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