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  1. Comma-Kazie
    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.
  9. Comma-Kazie
    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.
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    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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    I admit to a little pride, for for me it's generally pretty quiet. That said, I'm nowhere near as prolific an author as Chen or Poni, so there may be a correlation there. For my stories, it depends--I don't leave an idea in my head too long lest I lose it, but actually fleshing it out beyond brainstorming can take anywhere from a week to a month or more. Jim Butcher is the obvious contender, though I also enjoy Robert Greene (of The 48 Laws of Power), Roger Crowley (Empires of the Sea), HP Lovecraft, RA Salvatore, and Stephen King. Not really, no. I (and I think I speak for all of us) write a story that I and the Winningverse group would want to read. If others on FimFiction want to read it, awesome. If not, that doesn't bug me. I'm a firm believer in the free market of ideas. It depends on the mood I'm in, but I usually enjoy strong orchestral scores like Denny Schnidemesser's work, symphonic metal like Nightwish, or else fandom/geek culture-oriented stuff like from Miracle of Sound. Pretty often. It helps my stay in character and choose how a story progresses based on the choices they would make. Hyperexponential. He only has two stories under his belt so far, but they're criminally underrated.
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    The biggest issue with crossover stories is the same with any fan fiction: when an author doesn't fully understand or develop the universe they're writing in. A good grasp on the universe you're writing in is important for any fanfiction, and doubly so when there's more than one involved. Insofar as what makes for the best kind of crossover, I think the best ones are the ones that take two preexisting universes and uses the characters and rules in each to do something new, rather than just having the characters meet up and have the meeting be the only experience. (Not that that can't be done well, mind--Forever! is a good example of just that.) Loyal2Luna is an absolute master of this.
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    I have a hard time picking just one favorite, but my top five favorites in alphabetical order are: Fallout: Equestria It Takes A Village My Little Alicorn The Colour You Bleed The Flight of the Alicorn As for my favorite from Chen and Poni ... oof. That's a hard call. I think I'd have to go with Princess Twilight's Protector and the Prankster Pests and Twilight Sparkle vs. the Haunted Mailbox, respectively.
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    My personal preference is emdash, unspaced.
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    I think Ezn's writing guide answers this very nicely: http://www.fimfiction.net/writing-guide#Show-versus-tell
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    Not really; it helps that we collaborate really heavily and can bounce ideas off each other from brainstorming onwards. We'll have our differences of opinion on how things should go sometimes, but we always work it out in the end. Strong characters, something for them to work for/towards, and an interesting setting for it all to happen in.
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    Poni hit the nail on the head. Deviating from canon is very dangerous, especially since the Winningverse is meant to compliment the canon of the show so precisely.
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    We generally let a chapter go for a week or so while I and the other proofreaders pick it over, then send out a 48-72 hour notices for the Last Call. In answer to Hemingway, I go with Patton's words of wisdom that no plan survives implementation. How much it deviates will vary from author to author. Absolutely I do. Honestly, I think that's why fan fiction has taken off like it has in the digital age.
  23. Comma-Kazie
    Yes, I do. AWAY WITH THEE, MORTAL!!!! (j/k, of course) Well, I'm a little biased towards Winningverse ponies, so if I really wanted to write a shipping story, I'd go more in-depth with Star Kicker and Sparkler.
  24. Comma-Kazie
    Have a strong, short opening that grabs readers' attention--usually no more than three sentences. The best example I can think of comes from our universal inspiration Jim Butcher in the book Blood Rites: "The building was on fire and it wasn't my fault."
  25. Comma-Kazie
    When I made the cover art for The Incredibly Embarrassing Parents of Rainbow Dash, I misspelled 'embarrassing' and didn't notice it until a few days after it went live.
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