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jukyter wrote:

I'd prefer your first idea, but it's still cliché. I love origin fics, so of course I'm going to suggest writing that; and Discord is awesome so you should totally include him. I prefer Adventure, but if you can get Slice of Life like something that'd happen in an episode I'd totally read it (well, I'd read what you write anyway, but you know what I mean).

The first idea's my favorite, too. It seems like a great idea for an actual episode. If I use that one, it's going to be a Slice of Life story.

I don't know how I can include Discord in the story, though... 
Maybe I can put in a quick reference?

Oh, and I have a feeling I'm going to totally nail Fluttershy's characterization if I use her in the story. 

jukyter wrote:

Sausagefanclub wrote:

jukyter wrote:

I'd prefer your first idea, but it's still cliché. I love origin fics, so of course I'm going to suggest writing that; and Discord is awesome so you should totally include him. I prefer Adventure, but if you can get Slice of Life like something that'd happen in an episode I'd totally read it (well, I'd read what you write anyway, but you know what I mean).

The first idea's my favorite, too. It seems like a great idea for an actual episode. If I use that one, it's going to be a Slice of Life story.

I don't know how I can include Discord in the story, though... 
Maybe I can put in a quick reference?

Oh, and I have a feeling I'm going to totally nail Fluttershy's characterization if I use her in the story. 

I just did a big long edit, if you want to read that. 
Discord was mostly a joke, but if it seems natural to you go ahead and do it! 

I'm going to focus the story on the Mane 6; I know nothing about sea ponies and I can't see myself characterizing Gilda well.
I'm thinking I'll just stick with the first idea I had and get started.
And I have a perfect idea for a Discord scene. 

Sausagefanclub wrote:

jukyter wrote:

Sausagefanclub wrote:

The first idea's my favorite, too. It seems like a great idea for an actual episode. If I use that one, it's going to be a Slice of Life story.

I don't know how I can include Discord in the story, though... 
Maybe I can put in a quick reference?

Oh, and I have a feeling I'm going to totally nail Fluttershy's characterization if I use her in the story. 

I just did a big long edit, if you want to read that. 
Discord was mostly a joke, but if it seems natural to you go ahead and do it! 

I'm going to focus the story on the Mane 6; I know nothing about sea ponies and I can't see myself characterizing Gilda well.
I'm thinking I'll just stick with the first idea I had and get started.
And I have a perfect idea for a Discord scene. 

DISCORDISCORDISCORDISCORDISCORD!
Haha, sorry. Tell me what your fimfiction account is (if you're posting it on there) once you're done/feel comfortable sharing it.

I would stay far away from the 3rd idea unless you're a good author and you know you can do something original with it... it's a horribly stigmatized trope and rarely turns out well. The first could be good, although it's been done before in a couple different ways, which is not to say that you couldn't do it, just that you'd have to be sure to be original.

There are plenty of sub-communities dedicated to fanfiction as well, so those may be worth visiting for help. Good luck!

I've already started working on it; I'm going to use the first idea.
It starts out with Twilight trying out a spell on Rainbow Dash that allows other ponies to teleport by themselves. However, she accidently casts the spell on Fluttershy, too. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy eventually teleport into the same place and get stuck together. Twilight uses a spell to separate them, but messes it up. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy end up switching bodies. To make matters worse, Twilight doesn't know a spell that can switch them back. She tells them that they will have to spend a day in each other's shoes while she tries to figure out the solution. It'll be sort of a Comedy and Slice of Life.

I still haven't thought of a title for it yet. I would appreciate if someone would suggest possible scenes I could use, too. I want to make sure this story has good, original humor.

Last edited by Sausagefanclub (2012-06-21 15:22:15)

ilackoriginality wrote:

So are you going to try to put your own unique spin on it or try to make it seem as much like a real episode as possible?

In a way, I'm going to try to do both.

So far, I've written up to the point where Twilight casts the teleportation spell. I'm not sure I characterized Twilight very well, but I could really hear Rainbow Dash saying what I wrote.

I've been considering trying my hand (hoof) out at fanfiction too, I thought of a Twist-centric sad fic because the fandom is seriously lacking Twist-centric stories.

Sadly, these 3 ideas you mentioned in your first post (switching bodies, pony plays videogames, and the last is pretty much every bad HiE fic in a nutshell, no offense) are really overdone. But I see you're going with the first already, you could twist that enough to make it unique and different from other stories with the same theme.

Personally I tend to like Slice of Life fics more if it's one-shot, but I like them adventurous when we're talking about a series.

technoguyx wrote:

I've been considering trying my hand (hoof) out at fanfiction too, I thought of a Twist-centric sad fic because the fandom is seriously lacking Twist-centric stories.

Sadly, these 3 ideas you mentioned in your first post (switching bodies, pony plays videogames, and the last is pretty much every bad HiE fic in a nutshell, no offense) are really overdone. But I see you're going with the first already, you could twist that enough to make it unique and different from other stories with the same theme.

Personally I tend to like Slice of Life fics more if it's one-shot, but I like them adventurous when we're talking about a series.

I've never actually found Twist interesting. :'(

I actually like writing MLP fanfictions in my spare time too. I never share my stories though. 

If you do want to write a story, though, here are some tips. First, know your characters. Do you want to use characters from the MLP canon, or make up your own? Also, come up with a creative storyline. Typically, as I write an MLP fanfic, I like to imagine it as if it were an actual episode of the show. Usually, those kind of stories are really enjoyable.

You probably have a creative mind, so try to come up with something original. It doesn't have to be something totally new that no one's ever done before, though. As for the genre, it could be a Slice-Of-Life, shipping, or something like that. I recommend making a story that's humorous. Or, you could mix genres together to create something entirely new! 

Also, here's an idea. If you know of a fanfiction called "Fallout: Equestria"...well, it's so legendary that it's sort of spawned a fanbase of it's own. If you want to write a story that takes place in the Fallout: Equestria universe, you can read the original story if you want, but that'll take forever (the original story is about 2000 pages long), or read some other fan stories to get a good idea of what the setting is like. But doing a Fallout: Equestria fic means that it'll have to be dark, morbid, violent, and extremely serious. So that may not be that great of an option, but it's entirely your choice.

And if you want to share your stories with the world? Well, I wouldn't recommend doing it here on Scratch. You should probably post your stories on FanFiction.Net, or even better, FIMFiction.net, which is specifically for MLP. Also, if you're really willing to take it up a level, submit it to Equestria Daily!

Hope this helped! 

Also, I HIGHLY recommend that you do not write a story that involves you getting transported to Equestria. Those stories are extremely cliche, and people just don't enjoy them anymore.

Sausagefanclub wrote:

I've already started working on it; I'm going to use the first idea.
It starts out with Twilight trying out a spell on Rainbow Dash that allows other ponies to teleport by themselves. However, she accidently casts the spell on Fluttershy, too. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy eventually teleport into the same place and get stuck together. Twilight uses a spell to separate them, but messes it up. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy end up switching bodies. To make matters worse, Twilight doesn't know a spell that can switch them back. She tells them that they will have to spend a day in each other's shoes while she tries to figure out the solution. It'll be sort of a Comedy and Slice of Life.

I still haven't thought of a title for it yet. I would appreciate if someone would suggest possible scenes I could use, too. I want to make sure this story has good, original humor.

The first part sort of sounds like this one Spongebob episode, where Squidward and Spongebob get fused together cause of one of Sandy's experiments. 

It would be interesting in MLP though. Also, I think I would recommend just sticking with the switching of bodies. And instead of Fluttershy, it should be Applejack. That would be better because Rainbow Dash wouldn't know what it's like being an earth pony with no wings, and Applejack will have to learn to use her wings.

Last edited by banana500 (2012-06-21 18:09:12)

Actually, I might be able to replace Fluttershy with Applejack at this point. I haven't gone too far, and Fluttershy only has 2 or 3 lines right now. The problem is, my brother really likes one of the lines Fluttershy speaks. It's a well-done scene in my opinion, but I might have to end up sacrificing a great characterization for a great plotline. I'm still going to try to include Fluttershy though... and a short Discord scene for jukyter.

jukyter wrote:

Sausagefanclub wrote:

Actually, I might be able to replace Fluttershy with Applejack at this point. I haven't gone too far, and Fluttershy only has 2 or 3 lines right now. The problem is, my brother really likes one of the lines Fluttershy speaks. It's a well-done scene in my opinion, but I might have to end up sacrificing a great characterization for a great plotline. I'm still going to try to include Fluttershy though... and a short Discord scene for jukyter.

Pffft, I have odd MLP likes. You don't have to include it. I mean, I listen to Call of the Sea Ponies on repeat! 
And the RD/AJ idea sounds great! They're both very different characters, stuck to their beliefs.

Yeah, I'm still going to keep the Fluttershy line stored somewhere though. It was cute.
The Discord scene I'm planning is where RD argues that they should just shatter his statue to destroy Discord permanently.