ITT: There are 115599 published stories on FimFiction, there are 3 good stories on Fimfiction, Futaloo will never be a get, Teddy Roosevelt started World War 2, a super special alicorn totally isnt a Mary Sue (and we're not talking about Twilight this time), Rarity ate a salad for lunch one day instead of a daisy sandwich in my fic do I need an AU tag?, Meeester admits fimfiction staff dont give a shit about mistagged stories, only one person likes Starlight Glimmer, Cadance is the only princess thats ever gotten laid, 35,955 word chapters are A-OK, wanting to reread every fic youve read before in order to guage just how autistic you are, you want me to outline my story before starting to write it? aint no one got time for that, Spike + Gummy OTP, neckbears are the number one cause of hearth attacks, gaining a cutie mark equals going through puberty, and 'Is the name of our town really Our Town? What idiot came up with that'?
Tired of the same old 'Human goes to Equestria to fuck his underage waifu' formula? Burnt out after hearing about New Harmony? Well, we've compiled the best of the worst in order to bring you our absolute average!
Introducing, the FiM-Fiction Starter Kit (list of winners):
http://i.imgur.com/vuTA7EN.png
List of nominees by category:
http://mlp-fanfics.herokuapp.com/
>how do I write fanfiction?
http://eznguide.neocities.org/
http://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit/
>Riffs & Reviews:
http://pastebin.com/u/notkickass222urmom
>Voiceguy's readings:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt68MpmvEketmqOdHncHI2w
Do you want critique on your story? Post it on Google Docs with inline comments enabled.
Old thread: >>26878158
Futaloo get will never get a get.
scooterdude get
>>26926352
>>26926353
consecutive posts are posted consecutively
One day, Futaloo will get a get, and we'll all have a good time.
>>26926330
I think Double Diamond met her when she was already in charge of the village.
>>26926410
Oh.
That makes sense.
>>26926431I still uphold that giving it a name is expanding upon canon.
>>26926168
What if the writers were firefly fans and called our town Our Town as an homage?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znxFrgql5dc
http://pastebin.com/N4LPdaW6
Still looking for feedback, maybe? Sny feedback on what I have so far would be nice.
Basic Idea:
>le edgy hooman invasion
>harvest the epic may may and shit from poneland
>pone are mad
>revolt
>???
I'll justify an invasion further into the chapter.
>>26926756
Being ironic about stupidity does not nullify stupidity.
Make a plot you can talk about without cringing and we'll talk.
Six freaking months, but I'm finally about to finish the first chapter of my Luna Dream Fic. One scene more and it's good to go.Well, and then comes the editing.
I'm really liking how it's shaping up. I'll do my best to try to post it here for feedback sometime tomorrow or Friday at the most.
What about you, guys? Working on anything?
It is I, the great Don Carny. I have written the beginnings of a fine fanfic for you /autism/.
The year is 2016, the place is Orlando; city where dreams come true. In the depths of an inconspicuous office building, two humans explore a hand-drawn virtual world of ponies waiting to meet the human race.
They're not alone inside, as we meet more of the team in the next chapter to come. One of them harbors a dark secret that threatens to rend asunder the boundaries between fantasy and reality itself!
I am working hard and will be releasing a chapter a day for you, big guy! Please tune in!
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/132990/project-pegasus
What's your writing playlist /mlp/?
>>26927015
Movie and videogame sountracks, for the most part.
I'm currently listening to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Snl67XsI6Is
>>26926946
Thanks for posting it again, I forgot to dislike it.
>>26926946
>It is I, the great Don Carny
Literally who?
>http://www.fimfiction.net/story/132990/project-pegasus
Oh, this again.
Your previous description sounded like it might possibly be somewhat interesting, but I clicked the link and saw
>10 upvotes
>7 downvotes
which suggests that whatever you've written is barely recognizable as English.
>>26927055
>>26927037
I was trying to sound like Don Carnage, not that you'd know who that is. Yeah I'm not perfect but I'm sure you're no Dickens your self there sweetheart. Yeah. I'm gonna promote my fic seeing as the thread died overnight. I thought this was a place to post fics. Not your personal dick sucking club. Everyone can read it except you two. I don't write gay porn for faggots.
>>26927055
>10 upvotes
>7 downvotes
its actually 11:7 now. either one of us made a mistake, or dude just created an alt account.
this somehow made its way onto my deadfic shelf.
I'm reasonably sure the description is longer than the actual content at this point as well
>>26927085
I downvoted it, but I felt bad and you can't get rid of a downvote, so I upvoted it instead. Not like it will help.
>>26927081
>>26927093
great. I had to downvote it just to make up for your wishywashyness.
dont feel bad about the downboat. if it looks like shit, and smells like shit then its probably shit, homie
>>26927106
Sorry, sometimes I just feel bad for people who put effort into something that nobody will like.
>>26927085
People like you are why no one writes anything. I put a reasonable amount of work in, and when
>Twilight sticks her horn up Dashie's ass
counts as actual work I think I'm doing reasonable better than average. I'm trying to finish the fucking thing since on vacation. My job and travel schedule is too demanding to write most of the year. You're downvoting my shit without reading. The fuck is wrong with you? Go read some clop if you don't like it, sick horsefucker.
>>26927139
>>26927115
but those people need to be shamed into understanding that their ideas are shit.
If kudzuhaijew, mental moth or penis stroker had been properly spat upon and discouraged to not write their shit, then the quality of horsewords across the board could be drastically higher.
>>26927148
Well, the difference is, people actually like their shit for some reason.
Also, MythrilMoth hasn't updated Persona EG for ages now. Wonder what's going on.
>>26927148
And what, pray tell, is quality on a Mongolian Flute Dancing forum? I'm trying. Let's see any of you shit out something better.
>>26927155
Nevermind, looks like he's busy sperging over Miraculous Ladybug.lazy fucking hack where are my persona updates
>>26927174
>>26926946
>>26927055
I read the first chapter and it was nowhere near as bad as I was expecting. Not sure how you managed to get 9:5 (which is a pretty awful ratio) even prior to shilling it here. I would normally expect to see it closer to 5:1.
>>26927189
Look at the description.
>>26927174
>Let's see any of you shit out something better.
You can fuck right off with that bullshit argument
>>26927174
>Mongolian Flute Dancing forum?
wat
>>26927199
Exactly how new are you to this african cavepainting stone tablet?
>>26927199
>He is confused by Tibetan throat singing Boards
Dude, you're probably on here every day
>>26927193
It's way too fucking long and parts are kind of dumb, but I would expect most people to stop after the first paragraph (which is not that bad) and either start reading the story or close the tab.
>>26927215
I'd say they'd either start reading the story or assume it's shit based on the 10k word essay in the description.
>>26927174
You know, if you want to write about humans and also have your dick sucked you should try the AiE general instead.
>>26926763
Man we're all /autism/ here anyways
>>26927189
You're awesome and thank you!
>>26927193
Is it too long? It was written three years ago and I'm no too attached to it. Is it TL;DR? I'll change it!
>>26927253
Yeah, definitely way too long. Try to give a very brief outline of the general plot idea and make it sound interesting. Nobody is going to bother reading more than a paragraph, and even that is a lot.
>>26927253
Don't get too excited. I do think a 2:1 ratio is unusually low given what I've read of the fic, but I should point out that most people ITT use 10:1 as the cutoff for "might be worth reading". I think even Bleedin has hit 5:1 once or twice.
>>26927264
Damn, I was just trying to get it to stand out a little. I figured no one would bother reading it if the description wasn't fire, you know?
>>26927314
No, I don't know. What are you talking about?
>>26927015
My foobar library has a total duration of just over six days.
But what I am hearing right now is one composed by Steven Universe's OST+a lot of Miracle of Sound's music+Daggerfall's OST. Right now I am hearing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPd0CGR2ftU , which is one of my favorites from Daggerfall.
>>26927314
If you need to click "read more" to see the entire description, it's too long. Keep it short. "Universal Studios is making blah blah virtual reality pony shit. Visitors can upload their brains/talk to waifus/blah blah blah. They took every precaution/impervious to hackers/restrictions on the AIs, but little did they know that badguys explosions danger oh no." This formula will get you a shit-tier action-movie description but at least it will get people's attention.
Also, you need cover art. 100% mandatory. And it has to be reasonably good cover art too.
>>26927375
Alright, faggot, top 3 favourite SU songs, go.
>>26927402
In this order
>Strong in the Real Way
>Lion's Mane
>I am Still Here
>>26927429
Okay taste.
>>26927442W-what's yours, sempai?
I know S i t R W is kind of a normies choice, but goddammit I love Pearl's singing.
>>26927461
My taste isn't great, and I don't particularly care for BGM.
In no particular order,
>Strong in the Real Way
>Like a Comet
>What Can I Do For You
I'm also fond of Full Disclosure, Love & Peace, Entirely New, pretty much every song on the show, for different reasons.
>>26927507
I'll admit that I'm Still Here achieved its status because of feels
>Watch episode
>"Sometimes I wonder if you can see me through his eyes, Rose"
>Feels at 999999999999999999999999%
>Episode's ending
>Feels at 9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999%
>Download the music of the show, weeks later
>Notice one of the song names
>"I'm still here"
Manly tears escaped me.
>>26927396
Holy shit, real critique! Thank you! So how do I go about getting something for the cover? I didn't want to just blatantly steal something from DA but I don't know any drawfags. How is it usually done?
>>26927543
Search relevant tags in Derpibooru.
Fimfiction has a system to atribute the cover's source.
>>26927538
That reminds me, I also really like Do It For Her because Pearl singing about fighting for Steven's mother really tugs at my heartstring.
>DON'T YOU DIE ON ME VOICEGUY
>I can't, I'm sorry, I'm tired of the Pony fandom
>NO, DON'T DO IT.
>I'm sorry...
>>26926756
Irony is just a cheap tactic to make bad plots stronger.
Quit embarasing yourself! I can see what it really is.
>>26927552
Will do. Thank you!
>>26927314
I didn't even bother reading it since the description was that uselessly long. I came there for a hook, not a fishing line.
>>26928189
>The double doors slid open and a tsunami of air conditioning rushed out to mingle with the sticky humidity of a Central Florida afternoon.
Don't you think this is way too exagerrated?
Also, even the first dialogue is misplaced, along with the needlessly long paragraph not even telling me anything I'd want to know. About the same for most of the first chapter, even more with it being extremely short to introduce us to such an ambitious project and world.
LAN, MMORPG, CRT, those mean nothing to me, and I'm not spending any time googling their meaning, as it's not my job. Overall, again, the first chapter is dry, undescriptive, extremely fast-paced and boring.
>>26928189
>>26928573
Not to mention the extremely original plot and characters.
Also, why is he sent to the world in the first place?
>>26927543
If you've got the cash for it, look for someone taking horse commissions, sometimes you can get decent for not too expensive
>>26928858
>>26928858
Don't listen to him, just photoshop something dank like this. You should able to get help from the drawfags.
>>26927821
Huh?
>>26928875
Yeah fuck my idea, this is way better.
Is this a cover to a real fic? If so, link?
>>26928927
He hasn't published it yet.
>>26928927
In the works, New Harmony. I keep drafts here;
>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A3CqVvo6t4Y5oq-P3kNtoRqF6WOCKejfT_4dl4xDAcA/edit
It's currently the prologue.
Basically Bon Bon goes back into service, doing Minority Report/Person of Interest style vigilante actions with an old partner.
>>26928953
Cool man, I might check it out
Can I snag some recommendations for decent recent Gilda and Griffon fics, or at least some where they are prominent characters? It's been a few years since I've checked fimfiction but from memory, I've already read:
Heart of Gold, Feathers of Steel, Summer Days, Evening Flames
Blunder and Lightning
Junior Speedsters Forever
Putting the Harm in Harmony
Helping the Dweeb
Mothers
Foreigner
Flying the Coop
And probably others that I can't remember. I'm not too picky; I'll take any length, crossovers or genre but I prefer no humans and not too far over the edge.
>>26929773
Griffons in The Dusk Guard: Beyond the Borderlands are pretty sweet.
>>26929867
What was Dusk Guard about already?
>>26929867
Ah, it's a sequel. Would I have to read The Dusk Guard: Rise first or can it stand on it's own?
>>26929882
The Dusk Guard is about an elite team of the Royal Guard, neither Celestia's or Luna's, that could be described as "The Elements of Military".
It also is pretty good, but griffon lore isn't even mentioned. BtB introduces a team that's a non evil opposite of the D.G..
Apparently the writer plans to write half the books focusing in a team and half in the others, but he's only written two so far.
>>26929932
Aaaaah Yes. You'll miss some puns and the MC's motivation won't be quite as clear, but it is readable on its own.
That said, D.G.:Rise is breddy good.
>>26929934
What do they do? Is it some kind of SEAL/Spetsnaz?
>>26929773
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/12350/griffin-the-griffinjk
>>26929964
>Dusk Guard
Equestrian elite team, composed of six
>Other Team With a Name I Can't Remember
Mercenaries. Or something to that effect, I can't remember the right word now.
Basically they take high-risk works and save the world from time to time.
>>26930010
>works
jobs*
>>26930034
>hooves
Halfway there. At least post some pony porn instead.
>>26926335
what does u filthy casual and anons think of my addiction
my name is my profile
>>26930063
>having a fic with 8 tags in favourites
You're not even close to some people here.
>>26930063
goml
>>26930114
I already told you this ain't no RPG you ain't gonna bump when will you undersand it
>>26930149
BUT I NEED TO GET STRONGER AND LEVEL UP
>>26930152
BUT YOU CANT
OR DO YOU WANT TO SEE WHEN DOES IT BREAK
>>26930174
I'll try to get quads, then I'll see.
>>26930193
quads like this?
This is more of a request in finding a specific story.
A couple of weeks ago, an Anon posted a link to a Fimfiction story about Twilight and her friends getting abducted and placed in a lab. The story followed each of them waking up, either alone or with one of their friends nearby.
The events included body-modifications and mutations as well as drug-induced orgies. And futafication too.
Anyone have a link to that?
>>26930249
I hope you never find it.
>>26930149
what
>>26930084
anon as u can see i have a addiction
i have had to lower my standards to compensate for my addiction
but i live by one rule
>no anthro
>>26930274
Well, at least you have SOME standards.
But you should still make separate shelves for stuff you've finished and stuff you really liked.
>>26930273
The first time I posted this, they assumed I was keeping them for "leveling up" and not just being lazy. I kept it, and you now see the results.
>>26930291
oh
for real dude, just click that icon
>>26930290
i know anon thats what im doing
best stories are my aboslute favorite
cringe is for those stories that are so cringy that the author had to be high to make them
>>26930324
wrong pic
>>26930324
uhhhh...?
>>26930347
sorry here
>>26930342
here have a fic about a autistic hedgehog
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/100369/sonichu-and-the-autism-that-pierced-the-heavens
>>26930357
Dirty anthropomorphic faggot.
>>26930301
He wants to become the most powerful of us.
One Fag To Rule Us All.
>>26930357
Kill yourself, furfag. I hope they give you an IP range wide ban so you can't avoid it.
>>26930342
post best stories
>>26930427
here is my abolte favorite sadly he does not update it anymore and he is a furry
this fic is top quality read it and u will understand
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/219586/lunas-return-trajectory
he is probably the only furry i can stand
>>26930427
sorry forgot pic
for
>>26930474
>>26930474
>>26930483
>last updated a month ago
>does not update it anymore
I'm sorry what
>>26930483
...is it bad that what gets me of your obvious bait is windows 10.
>>26930500
look at pic releated
its been a month
he has not updated in a month
the chapter before that was over a year ago
so yes he does not update anymore
>>26930538
I'm starting to think you're not as familiar with this site as you think.
There's even a fic that's pretty popular here that only updates like once a year.
>>26930533
i do not have windows 10
i have windows 8 but that was because i bought this computer and it already had windows 8 installed and it was a really good deal
I want to try turning shitty or down-right autistic prompts into decent fics. Should I give that idea a shot?
>>26930561
>tfw Salvation is finished so I don't have to wait a year for another update
my life doesn't feel whole anymore
>>26930575
Diferent brand of shit.
Windows 7 was stretching it, and 8 took a plunge into the sewers.
>>26930561
i admit i do not read everyfic
hell i joined fimfiction in 2013
so yes there are a few i do miss so to speak
>>26930575
What the fuck are those malware
Also shit background. Get on my level.
>>26930613
7 was still pretty "decent"
>>26930613
Windows 8.1 is the superior operating system. 8 and 10 suck, 7 is acceptable, Linux is for super special snowflakes.
>>26930589
That would be interesting. But usually a shit prompt just makes for a shit story
>>26930627
i am a simple man with simple tastes
i very rarely change my background
Desktop thread?
>>26930575
You have literal junkware on your desktop. Clean your laptop, man.
>>26930627
>TWO CLOCKS
>useless shit taking up half the screen that wouldn't have to be there if you just used a normal taskbar
>fucking tanks
>weather
>disgusting whateverit'scalled bar in the bottom right that doesn't fit the rest
5/10
Simple is best.I do have cycling wallpapers though.
>>26930627
>7 was still pretty "decent"
Yeah, that's what I meant.
What really kills it for me is no GPU acelerated interface. Windows XP performs better dammit.
I'll admit that the taskbar is much better in 7 tho.
>>26930693
anon i am surprised somebody has xp still
>>26930781
Only potatoes using toasters.
>>26930781
I actually have the money to buy a new computer/actualize this one, but I am so lazy I've meh'd at it. This one has fit my needs for... fuck, has it been a decade already? I do plan to update it to 4 GB of ram and a nice CPU tho. Within my lifetime. I guess.
My friends often joke of how I keep this thing working well despite its age, there's a guy who always says I'll hack the universe when I achieve 64 bits and give myself godmode.
>>26930812
>actualize
>>26930833
upgrade*.
Meh.
>>26930834
Why our thread?
>>26930856
cuzz hes pawpaw fiting dah poweh and bein all rebel like.
>>26930862
No, I mean, he clearly got banned and decided to "antagonize" the janitors like it takes them more than two clicks to nullify his 3 minutes of resetting his IP.
But why did he choose to do it in this thread? Why not wherever he got banned?
>>26930856
He's going across the whole board.
>>26930894
Oh, I see.
Why?
>>26930906
Autism works in mysterious ways. A temper tantrum because his precious fetish general got deleted, I would assume.
>>26930936
They should just make /mlpg/ for generals.
hump
that
fillys
Hi, guys! What's going on?
Technical question: Is there another way to show a character is starting to cry while speaking other than writing stuttering dialogue with a lot of pauses?
>>26933724
Have them trail off? Describe it outside the dialogue
>>26933954
I thought so.
Thanks, Anon. I'll do my best.
>>26925209
>he was like three
It would place him in the 8-12 range. Twilight was a kid (8-12) when she hatched him. And she's seen as being in her early twenties in the show (20-24).
If you age up Spike, you have to age up Twilight and the M6, as there's no way she could be 22 and him be 18--that would require her getting her cutie mark at age 4, which seems really farfetched.
Canon's not firm on ages so you can do your own thing, but readers are going to be left scratching their heads over why Spike's suddenly an adult despite it taking place shortly after/during S6. It reads like a big inconsistency.
>>26926756
Is the intro paragraph there just for context, or is it in the story? Because it's drowning in exposition.
>humans
Why? What do they bring to the table other than standard sci-fi weapons and questions about why, if there's a rebellion, they don't just launch an orbital bombardment to quickly stop it? If the plot's a basic "ponies rebelling against an evil overloard," why not use something relating to the show? Like NMM/Chrysalis/Sombra winning? Then you can worldbuild an AU setting.
>>26926946
>virtual reality MLP
> brought to life inside of a massive supercomputer
This sounds really familiar...
Spendread the first chapter. Didn't see any major issues. First couple paragraphs seem a little long. It's not really my thing, though, so I'm gonna have to opt out.
I'd suggest getting a good cover image that conveys what the story's about. Resist the temptation to just use Universal Studio's logo.
>>26927015
Which one. I have 39 of themall full of fandom music.
>>26927081
Come on. Don't turn into a douchebag. The thread will only reciprocate.
>>26927814
He's still around.
https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/613638/patreon-and-an-announcement
He just realized he's a lazy piece of garbage.
>>26934522
Look at how young Twilight is when she's hatching him. I doubt she's supposed to be 12, or 10 for that matter. If Celestia's school is the first school she's enrolled in, it would make sense to place her somewhere around 6.
bemp
>>26934941
a page 6 bemp? why?
Hemp
>>26934555
Again, we're talking about a group of fillies who can design dresses on their own, perform a sonic rainboom, go to Manehatten alone and understand vast amounts of magic literature. 6 is definitely not the right age. I'd put her at minimum 8.
You know, without realizing I made Starlight into something of a self-empowered, self-inverted Chuchundra.
If she had it her way, she'd die irrelevant, never having touched the center of a room. She'd have a long, tranquil life without any risks.
But she can't, and that's because she won't let herself. Instead of giving to the shyness and the dread she feels at the very idea of rejection and failure, she harnesses a kind of nervous energy out of those same emotions, a sort of running motion-- a fall that somehow manages to stay at the same distance from the floor and turn horizontal. Her willpower, charisma, all the power she's ever held ultimately comes from this vicious cycle.
Her fears come from various sources: fear of turning into a Sunburst herself, abandoning her friends if she became too big, and fear of being abandoned by new Sunbursts if she became too small. No small quota, now, of becoming too irrelevant to make up for her mistakes. A dread of becoming too big and repeating her mistakes. Her awkwardness could be said to be an adaptation period, as she has yet to find how to turn paralyzing guilt into motion.
Thoughts on this?
>>26935636
I already said that the main reasons I gave Spike that age was because
>He isn't that far from that age in my headcanon, three years from it at most.
>To avoid pedofilia arguments in my fics.
But of course people has to find something to argue about anyway.
>>26935695
>Thoughts on this?
your waifu a shit
>>26930063
Needs more tags.
So, is this a pony story? Because nothing about that suggests it's a pony story.
>>26933156
What the fuck, you were supposed to say "rump", "fillys" not only is grammatically incorrect, it doesn't even make sense.
>>26930589
I remember Des Pear.
It can be a fun exercise, but essentially it's just intellectual masturbation. If you've got your own stories to write, write them.
>>26935849
it could have been
>hump
>that
>filly's
>rump
but >>26933583 fucked it up
>>26936006
"fillys" is still grammatically incorrect!
>but >>26933583 fucked it up
He did it on purpose.
>>26936013
>"fillys" is still grammatically incorrect!
because we always hold so steadfastly to the rules of grammacity here, right.
>>26936023
Well, yeah.
ponii pon
ponii porn
ie ollde anachronistic revitalization of discussion aparatus..
REGi
I HEARD THAT FRENCH BAND YOU RECOMENDED ME
ITS LIKE VUVUZELA PARTY
ITS LIKE FARTS ARE CRYING IN MY EARS
FUCK YOU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX3k_QDnzHE
FUUUUUUUUCK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
>>26937090
>thinking regi would enjoy good music
what a maroon
>>26937153
THE ENTIRE FIRST MINUTE IS VUVUZELA
I FEEL LIKE A FUCKING DOOM SKELLETON AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
THE CAPTCHA IS ALSO ALL IN CAPS
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
>>26937090
>ITS LIKE FARTS ARE CRYING IN MY EARS
Now, apply this creative description to your writing, and everything will be good.
And if you want French, I guess you could try this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwVA5zYfNWw
Guaranteed no vuvuzelas.
Is there a single Twilight x Pinkie shipping story that has actually made you feel feels? I feel like it's the best ship, but nobody can freaking make it work.
>>26937255
What I want is non-smut CelestiaXLuna.
It is sad to like that shipping.
>>26937241
Eh, just didn't hit in my tastes.
Also I managed to find the source of my need for french music, https://youtu.be/939ACReWKfE?t=2m14s . I've had that song in my computer for a few days now.
>>26937255
>I feel like it's the best ship
In this moment, I feel nothing but appreciation for you, Anon.
I've tried my hand at a couple of Twinkie fics (though I'm embarrassed to say they're nothing but cheap sadfics)
I think my favourites have to be the one darf wrote, and a superb romance story whose author sadly died before posting the seventh chapter.
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/118244/as-the-days-go
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/113168/it-started-with-a-hoof
I've read a couple other ones that seem to have potential, but they're still not done (and one is in hiatus) so I'm reserving judgement.
>>26937302
>http://www.fimfiction.net/story/118244/as-the-days-go
>That fic
It's all like
>Author: YO EVERYONE IS SAD AND STUFF
>Me: But w-
>Author: AND THEY LIKE WANT TO KILL THEMSELVES
>Me: Yes but why d-
>Author: AND THEY ARE IN A BEACH AND STUFF YOU GET IT? ITS A METHAPHOR OF TWILIGHTS MOODS AND-
>Me: See ya
>>26937323
I read it at a low point of my life, and I guess it just hit the right notes for me.
I am well aware of it's overtly blunt way of presenting the themes, but at the time it left an impact on me. That's probably part of the reason I haven't read it since. I want to keep the memory I have of it. I know it sounds dumb.
>>26937345
>I know it sounds dumb.
I get what you mean, we all have those little silly personal things.
Hell, one of the stories I am planning on is based on an argument I had with my brother when I was like seven, and he probably doesn't even remember it.
So...
You guys working on anything?
>>26938993
ur mum
>>26938993
>Luna CYOA
>AM&HD
>Unnamed Starlike thing
And that's only the things I am working in this precise moment. My projects list has about twelve items right now.
Writing two things while making pixel art for a third is a headbuster.
>>26938993
I'm finally, finally wrapping up the first chapter of my Luna Dream fic. I'll end this scene, edit it, and put it up here.
I'm rather proud of it, I liked it a lot, and I hope you guys like it.
>>26939130
>AM&HD
I still have to catch up on that. And let me know when you finish the Starlike fic.
>>26939380
>And let me know when you finish the Starlike fic.
I'll post here. Right now I have a second chapter done (This one with proper dialogue punctuation) and I think I am forming a propper plot.
>>26939393
Make sure to get a pre-reader or two before publishing.
>>26938993
Finally finishing a realllllllly fucking longAmputee AnonxRainbowDash
Green text. Taken ages to get this last bit done
>>26939467
>Green
>text
N
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>>26939467
>that spoiler.
Jesus, I actually laughed.
Do things normally get that weird during the hiatus?
>>26939491
Much weirder. This hiatus was the shortest one yet.
>>26939467
People will give you a LOT of shit for greentext. It is partly justified but I still feel that warning you is the only fair thing.
>>26939453I don't have any friend who talks English well enough to do that. That's why I ask so many questions about English here.
Sowwy.
>>26939536
You'll need to find someone on FimFiction, unless someone in this thread is nice enough.
Sadly, I'm not a native speaker either, so I might miss some things.
>>26939536
Justified, Greentext is so fucking awful a format and so easy to write in it's insane
Seven months and then thousand words later, the first chapter of my Luna Dream fic is done.
Behold!
>Prologue
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SSaN8HNKAYe4JL2SUT4FmoQBPWYPlAL8f0nprLN_XiM/edit?usp=sharing
>Chapter 1
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H0JNZ9DWDecd-5QPxrej-JfTm-lmcigKp5H3F2_RVsM/edit?usp=sharing
It's been a journey, and I think I'm satisfied with the results.
As always, any and all comments and opinions are appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
>>26939605
Everyone here is guilty of at least some short greentext.
But yeah, calling it difficult... pic related. Pic very much related.
>>26938993
Might write some moregreentext, maybe run a more elaborate civ/cyoa thing at some point.
>>26939738
>then
ten
I'm off to a great start, it seems...
>>26939752
What's up with all the cancer in this thread?
>>26939768
You tell me, Anon.
>>26939777
No, tripanon, you tell the trips of truth.
>>26939838
In that case, I tell you to check these repeating numbers.
>>26939934
One off.
>>26939984
Behold.
>>26940002
TWO OFF
My condolences, Anon, holy shit.
>>26940002
FUCK.
>>26940002
IT HURTS.
>>26939738
Left two corrections and a comment, but overall I liked it. I'll read Chapter 1 tomorrow, since right now I am feeling tired.
>>26940345
Much appreciated, Anon.
I hope you'll enjoy the rest of the story as well.
>>26937090
>not liking god tier electronica
time to kill yourself
>>26940923
FART VUVUZELAS CRYING IN MY EARS
>>26940935
Have you ever heard a vuvuzela in your life?
>>26940951
YES.
ITS A PAIN TITAN RAPED UNTO AN EARTHLY FORM.
>>26940968
>>26940976
How embarassing.
191027A
Bernhard's Door (dream condition)
The professors responsible for analysis of the collected data believe that everyone has, at some poiont, experienced Bernhard's Door.
32% of subjects interviewed (sample size 1,300) reported experiencing (one or more) dreams during the previous five years where the door was present. 16% recalled the door from childhood dream(s) occurring at least 10 years prior to the interview. An additional 19% were able to recall the dream only when placed under hypnosis.
67% of interviewees have experienced the phenomena.Would you read a fic with this theme?
>>26938993
My Nighmare Moon fic. Complete rough draft FINISHED fuck YEAH! Now to rework the whole first chapter, fuck no.
>>26941056
>Bernhard's Door
Yes but what is it?
>>26941101
Post first chapter in GDocs.
>>26940923
>liking any form of erectronica period
Words cannot express the amount of shame your family feels knowing that you share their genes
>>26941111
Ah, dang it, I only pasted half of it.
Well, the gist is that there's a particular dream shared by hundreds of people where they come to face a door that leads to a room where they find a certain object from their childhood. Shortly after, the object comes to life and becomes violent.
The approach I thought of was that some ponies accross Equestria start having the same dream, and Luna realises it's some sort of ancient creature from before her banishment, and trying to take it down on her own.
>>26941128
I like most of Daft Punk pre-Random Access Memories. Does that still count as bad?
>>26941056
>>26941168
Fuck yes.
>>26941056
>Would you read a fic with this theme?
Yeah that sounds relevant to my--
>>26941168
>Shortly after, the object comes to life and becomes violent.
--never mind.
But seriously, that first post sounded pretty great. I would totally read a sort of horror story about Luna investigating this shared dream where absolutely nothing bad or scary happens, the only oddity is that literally everyone has had this same dream once in their life. Then of course she encounters all kinds of weird shit - the professor has no memory of the project, the grad student has been driven insane by nightmares, the journal where it was published was burned down a year later along with all of their archives (and the arsonist swears up and down he was in bed asleep at the time of the fire)... Basically just weirdness on top of weirdness until finally near the end it becomes undeniable that there's some unknown entity controlling the entire thing.
>>26941365
Yeah, I was planning to leave the extraneous details out and focus on the shared dreams, eerie atmosphere and the entity behind it.
>>26941390
>focus on the shared dreams, eerie atmosphere and the entity behind it
10/10 would read
Though IMO it would be better to stick with the "eerie atmosphere" part and not get into the entity until the end. Basically spend as long as possible leaving the reader with the lingering doubt that maybe it really is all a big coincidence.
>>26941415
>it would be better to stick with the "eerie atmosphere" part and not get into the entity until the end.
I think so too.
It's funny, I already had a similar idea in mind, (pic related) but that one was relatively larger in scope, while this one seems as if it could run its course with a long one-shot or a story with two or three chapters.
Ok, it's decided. I'll write the story about Luna and shared dreams first as a trial run, and then tackle the bigger monster.
>>26941056
I so rarely remember my dreams that I don't really feel a lot of attachment to the topic.
But it sounds like an interesting premise.
>>26941168
>tfw you know where that picture is from
>>26941390
>>26941508
Fuuuuck I want this to be a finished fic already.just ditch the shared dreams fic and do this one
>>26941571
I have a very, very rough draft of how the fic would play out, as well as some of the circular logic Twilight would make.
I still feel I should make the trial run with Luna's shared dream fic first, just to make sure the latter one won't suck.
But rest assured, I do plan on finishing both this year.Three, if you count >>26939738
>>26941701
>But rest assured, I do plan on finishing both this year.
But... this year has just started...At least tell me it's going to be fairly long.
>>26941508
>Twilight the Mirror Logician
>defeating the bad guy by going "no u"
I'd read it.
>>26941718
>At least tell me it's going to be fairly long.
They'd be as long as they need to be.
Which, judging by my reflexive narrative style, would still mean tens of thousands of words.
While the Shared Dream fic is probably not going to be longer than 10k words. Twilight's FrightfullyForgetful Follies would be in the 25~30k word range. I wouldn't want it to be needlessly long.
>>26941760
>Which, judging by my reflexive narrative style, would still mean tens of thousands of words.
GOOD-O!
For NH, does using the map's database as a short introduction to new characters sound too lazy?
>>26941986
If you use it a few times to introduce some OC's and show the capabilities of the map, then it could work just fine.
If, on the other hand, you're going to spend a lot of time presenting a tirade of characters like in a shitty 80's action movie, then you should go to the corner and think of what you've done.
>>26942012
What would be shitty 80s movie level?
>>26942138
Basically using it dump a lot of info about a bunch of characters with little to nothing else happening.
In short, pic related.It's http://www.fimfiction.net/story/79264/1/staying-sane-in-a-peaceful-world/how-it-all-began if for some reason you're curious.
>>26942213
>mfw Tran is a name
>>26942213
ahh staying sane. i completely forgot I was reading that
and tracking that
and riffing that
wait im tracking that and dont recall seeing it lately. is that retarded asian finally kill?
also
>linking directly to a chapter
damn it I already downboated it too
>>26942334
his middle name is sexual
:^)
>>26942383
>linking directly to a chapter
Well, I was linking to the chapter where the dumb character bios appear.
Right in the middle of the chapter, nonetheless.
>>26942334
I actually got a friend named Dat Tran. Tran is his family name.
>>26942406
huh I thought they were included in the 10,000 word long description as well.
sometimes I wonder if tranny really has any friends, and if so do they know he turned them into retarded ninjas and added them to his overly cliched gary stu self insert wish fulfillment shitfic
I kinda want to track them down just to make sure they know about this shit.
>>26942424
>>26942820
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>>26943519
>IMPLYING
IMPLYING
MPLYING
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>not reveling at how he set himself up for that
Are you guys ready for April's Fools' barrage of terrible crackfics?
>>26943740
compared to just regular, everyday terrible crackfics?
if anything the april fools shit will likely be an improvement by default.
besides it not the fics that will be the problem. its the 20,000 autists who will make obviously fake blogposts "my retired mom says she wont cook my hot pockets anymore unless i stop writing about microhorses, so im quitting, guise"
Im not sure which will be worse- the 'im quitting' blogposts, or the morons who actually read blog posts falling for it
>>26943961
>tfw that one author whose quitting blog post wasn't fake
>tfw he died of cancer
:^(
>>26943961
>>26944081
If I were to be diagnosed with a terminal disease, I'd make the announcement on April's fools, just to fuck with everybody.
>>26935695
>three years from it at most
Most readers don't share your headcanon and if you're placing it close to S6, there's going to be a lot of headscratching and confusion over what's going on as the show clearly shows one thing (baby dragon Spike) and you're showing something else (18 year old Spike). It looks like a big plothole.
>>26937090
/wsg/'s ruined me. I can't unhear that fucking Spongebob webm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m2fVWj99x4
>>26938993
I've actually been able to get a little bit of work done on that Rainbow Factory story. 1k down, 59k to go.
>>26939738
8/10. Bretty good. Would track. Some nice feels. Left a couple of comments, but no major things to point out.
>>26941168
Sounds cool. I'm always up for a spoopy eldrich horror dream stuff.
>>26943740
Are you ready for the fics that haven't updated in two years having a new chapter that's full of shitty humor?
>>26944539
>Most readers don't share your headcanon and if you're placing it close to S6, there's going to be a lot of headscratching and confusion over what's going on as the show clearly shows one thing (baby dragon Spike) and you're showing something else (18 year old Spike). It looks like a big plothole.
And it's not like people care about fictional possibly-pedophilia on fimfiction. There are hundreds of Spike shipfics out there.
>>26944666
>And it's not like people care about fictional possibly-pedophilia on fimfiction. There are hundreds of Spike shipfics out there.
yeah so long as no one 'underaged' is human/humanized then its awwww right
also checked
>>26944748
Yeah, exactly.
Also thanks.
>>26927189
As someone who has an only slightly better up/down ratio on a fic I've been working on for a long time, and finding it impossible to get off the ground as a result, I can sympathize with the guy. Sure, he has issues with purple prose (that, paradoxically, isn't very descriptive), run-on sentences off the wazoo, and frankly sub-par sentence fluency, but I've seen better ratios on fics that I could barely even read due to their sheer mechanical ineptitude.
>>26944765
>tfw have fear that my writing is terrible
>dont have any friends that write that can help
>too afraid to post it here anonymously because afraid of it being shit and looking bad
:^(
>>26944774
Afraid of ruining your reputation as an anonymous poster nobody knows, huh?
>>26944774
Even the best pencil artists start out drawing stick figures. Same goes for writing, or any other skill for that matter.
>>26944798
I know it is silly, but I still feel very nervous posting anything I make if I do not like it myself.
It sucks.
>>26944817
>making things you don't like
why?
>>26944817
>Being this affraid
Dude
Look at this: http://www.fimfiction.net/story/217259/gilda
Read it. Weep and lauh and puke at the same time.
If I could ask for opinions about this what, over a year ago?, you can ask for opinions about everything that isn't greentext.
DO IT
>>26944817
>>26945781
Seriously, even Bleedin asked us for opinions a few days ago knowing perfectly well that his reputation here was awful, and his fic actually turned out pretty well.
If he wasn't afraid, you shouldn't be either.
>>26945821
Yeah but that is bleedin, the guy took fifty something stories to write something apparently pretty well. I am not as terrible as him by far, I can say that much, but I still hold fear friend.
>>26945821
That sounds like a Vvanderfell name.C-can we call people N'wah together?
>>26945832
Wait what the fuck.
>>26945832
Fucking dark elf scum.
We could if the names weren't randomized every time.
>>26945781
When I posted my fic here (actually, /fimfic/ used deductive reasoning and fimfiction's search engine to find it and post it here without my permission, but hey, details), nobody even said anything one way or the other. Probably because it was at around 30k words at that point, and hell if anyone wants to dedicate that much time if they just want to shit on something.
>>26945930
Or maybe it was uninteresting?
We aren't soulrippers or something, chance is that if we give opinions there'll be some constructive critic.
>>26945930
Actually I just knew what it was because I remembered the title and description.
>>26945982
I think it's that nobody here will give anything longer than 5k words a read unless they're really in a mood.Then they just add it to their read later lists.
>>26945993
Well, it's a lot longer than 30k now. Almost done. Still has fuck all for views, but I'm hopingthe sequelwill have more luck.
WAIT WAIT WAIT WHAT THE FUCK
IS THIS THE NEW 4CHAN OR SOME SHIT
PLEASE TELL ME ITS A SICK JOKE
IT LOOKS LIKE SHIT
>>26946347
dude
what day is it
