Looking for Writing Advice!

[Irish Mist 119]

Greetings and salutations everyone, I'm looking for advice on how I could go about writing a decent sized fanfic surround the idea of Equestria after an apocalyptic situation. I've been working on this idea for a few months now and I've run into some trouble regarding character, the combination of the MLP universe and a post-apocalyptic one, and the oh so fun "I have no idea what to do with the second act," issue. If anyone could offer some advice on any of these or just general writing tips that would be a great help.  Also, if anyone wanted to go one step further and open themselves to chat about this over an IM program, (mostly since I need some way to get these ideas out and pacing around my room isn't getting me a lot of feedback) I would be extremely grateful.

 

I'm also looking for any good post-apocalyptic stories, novels or even a movie or two that would be good for inspiration. I'm also well aware of Fallout Equestria and I'm trying to avoid using it as much as I can since I don't want to end up with a story criticized for being a copy. 

 

Cheers~

Edited November 23, 2013 by SmileyV

[Standard User 2,127]

Heyhiho there, I think this link can help. We've got plenty of writing aficionados in there, and they're eager to help! 

 

Try making a post in there and see if you can't drum up some support. If nothing else, post-apocalypse always interests me, so I'd be up for giving you some tips. Just PM me if it ever strikes your fancy.

[websterhamster 203]

Make sure you're familiar with the MLP universe and also find something to get inspiration from for your post-apocalyptic part. Some good sources are the Fallout series, Resident Evil (zombies!), that sort of thing. It also depends on what kind of apocalypse; natural disaster? Man-made calamity? Zombies? Get your ideas on paper (or computer and build your world first.