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Anchor your greentexts here! Niche generals, dying slidethreads, cool finds, latest masterpieces - all are welcome.

Just give us the quick rundown. A few lines is all it takes.

Want a review? Tag your post with "/ic/" in the name or comment field.

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>>41129184
First, to shill my green.

>One fateful morning, Rarity awakes with a startling epiphany - she is the silkiest, most luxuriously strokeable being in all of Equestria.
>So starts her epic quest for pets.

https://ponepaste.org/10075

It's unfinished for now but will be completed very soon. I was just waiting for the Rarity general to rise from the grave.

First ever green, so I'm taking any critique or reviews.

https://youtu.be/4Uqj0orBS0s
A different kind of shill: Horsewords & (You) is a thing I've been doing to help writers and those interested in writing. Rather than focusing on mechanical writing itself, I bring attention to aspects of writing. How to define and learn about a character, how characters can interact along with what that leads to. /mlp/con will have a panel shift to environments and the purposes they can serve.
>>41129180
Linking to OP because I have 0 clue how much value it will have. I also have many greens on ponepaste but those don't really matter.

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>>41129180
Do (You) still feel like skill of transforming your imagination into a written story is uncomprehensible fucking magic? Want to finally learn where writing skills starts?

If you are autist like me, the first question you need to ask: why can't you talk like that attractive chad in your head? Why you can craft great thoughts in your head but when you open your mouth to say them or write them, your mind goes blank or you utter non-sensible ramblings?
Well, there is very comprehensive answer on youtube that explains it much better than I could:
https://youtu.be/N-Zel07vrro?t=97
But main points are:
- in your brain your thoughts are all over the place but speech is contained in linguistic cortex, so tunneling your thoughts throughout linguistic cortex it's a separate skill to level up(it's not free unfortunately).
- assumptions- your thoughts make perfect sense because your mind automatically fills in the blanks, but when speaking/writing these fills are absent. you need to figure out which blanks you need to explicitly fill in but for that you need to think not about yourself but your readers. which blanks they can fill in themselves? which blanks only make sense to you. if unsure, fill in the blank and trim it later.
- calm your mind. beating yourself up and fueling your anxiety by trying to run away from anxiety degrades your capability to communicate, period.

I personally would add another important detail. If you want to start writing then you have to pass this litmus test: do you feel lump in your throat and your limbs stiffen up and you feel like all your energy was sapped out of you each time you pick up the pen in attempt to write? Or does a thought of not getting it right from the first attempt fills you with debilitating dread? Or does a thought of needing to rewrite your stuff fills you with debilitating dread? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, then you first have to address the source of these problems. People that are good at writing didn't experienced debilitating anxiety or perfectionism when they picked up the pen for the first time, unless they learned to have more healthy relationships with their mistakes, anxieties and fears. To learn it yourself, I highly recommend you to read and do all exercises in this book(read all chapters or at the very least chapter 3 and chapter 11), download link:
https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=A337E749BD7537C94989F77A31FA2427
(John P. Forsyth, Georg H. Eifert "A Guide to Breaking Free from Anxiety, Phobias, and Worry Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy")

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>>41129394
>Writing books recommendations block
These books assume that you already have healthy relationships with your mistakes, anxieties and fears. Download links:
https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=620592B6121B6D77633E34D93AF64E33
https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=C44CA665741D7D853E1ACB826B871528
These are 'Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life' and 'The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller'.
Reading books won't make you a writer, but it will clue you in on how to practice. The main skill you need to practice isn't creativity or imagination. It's a communication skill, your linguistic cortex. Bird by Bird had a good idea to introduce you into practicing writing by writing about real stuff that happened, not imaginary stuff, tho it is fine if you start with fictional as long you meet one simple metric: at least 5 minutes of writing a day, several days a week.

>>41129180
>nO YoU gUyS a green general has never been tried before!
Posting in a dead thread

>>41129384
>>41129394
>>41129399
Thank you for the links. I will be sure to look at them and add them to the next OP if we survive another edition.
>>41129384
> I also have many greens on ponepaste, but those don't really matter.
Post the ones you're most proud of.

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>>41129184
Seeing as I won't have much of an opportunity to talk about it elsewhere...
https://ponepaste.org/10118
Finally got around to making a paste for a green I was doing in a pop-up satyr bread. Still feel bad for not finishing it before the thread hit bump.
One of these days I should really get around to polishing it off.
It's a green about an older Floorb's teenage daughter going to the store on a nerve-wracking quest to surprise her mom and dad with dinner. (And to get out of her comfort zone)

>>41129412
Sure.
First is Angel Cake's Quest: https://ponepaste.org/5251 /bootleg/ green that I've been told hits hard and has had a lasting impact. But only anons say that so ^:)
https://ponepaste.org/131 /flaremare/ green that an anon said was the most wholesome smut he ever read. I wrote all of this inside of a week so I'm personally happy with it.
https://ponepaste.org/6750 another /bootleg/ Twilit Starsky. Bodacious mare who has nothing, no one, and is slowly learning how to deal with that. Second story has been out for a while and is around 80% done but bullshit has stopped me from writing mostly. For now.
https://ponepaste.org/128 /bootleg/ Jacky Part Four. I've been told that has been a good starting point. I don't recommend anyone read it. It's 300k+ words over four years. A lot of mundane life about three losers who died, got a second chance at life and had to learn to live with themselves and each other. I need to go through early parts and do just minor spell checks but even outside of that, I just don't know why I would ask anyone to read all of that. It matters to me and that's all that matters. First green I started and last one I've finished as of now.

>>41129372
Silly green. I like how Twilight was the straight mare in all that. I will say though, Sweetie Belle is probably more pettable then Rarity, which I'm sure she would be very jealous of.

>>41129546
Started reading it. Not a fan of Satyr myself, but the interactions are enjoyable and cute.
I spotted an error in tense in line 17.
>She scoots a little closer, an indication that she clearly wanted to be held, which you oblige readily.
It should be, I believe,
>She scoots a little closer, an indication that she clearly wants to be held, which you oblige readily.

>>41129576
Thanks for reading my green, Anon!
>Sweetie Belle is probably more pettable than Rarity, which I'm sure she would be very jealous of.
I disagree. Here's my autistic reasoning:
- Thanks to years of meticulous spa treatments and impeccable grooming rituals, Rarity's coat has achieved an unparalleled level of silky smoothness. Sweetie Belle's coat, while undoubtedly soft, simply hasn't reached its peak pettability potential yet.
- As a result of her extensive beauty regimen, Rarity smells of lavender and warm vanilla sugar. Meanwhile, Sweetie Belle probably smells like… hoof glue? Who knows.
- Rarity's elegant, flowing curves naturally guide one's petting motions. Sweetie has yet to develop such pettable contours.
- Rarity is larger. More pony = more petting pleasure. It's math.
- Her fluttering eyelashes draw you into a petting trance. Sweetie Belle is still a novice in this art.
- Rarity's breathy sighs of delight are spa-like bliss for the ears. Sweetie's higher-pitched giggles, while adorable, can't quite compare.

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>try to post green
>exceed the character limit every single fucking time
Fuck this site. Seriously.

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>>41129180
Hell yeah, green thread. Time to start a new green and not finish it before the thread dies

>>41129723
Just break it up into multiple posts. People love that shit.

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>>41129723
>Paste story into Notepad++
>Shows selected character amount in bottom right
>Cut story into 2800-3000 character chunks
>Copy/Paste into quick-reply box and post
C'mon Anon, it's easy, I've been doing it for a decade.

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>>41129777
Oh damn. Still, it would be nice if the Windows apps had these kinds of features so we didn't have to download all these extra programs.

>>41129546
Speaking of Satyrs, I added the general green repository to the rentry in OP.
It does seem a bit dated though.
http://pastebin.com/RFgtrECq
>>41129553
Added "mare with flares" too.
https://ponepaste.org/5332

>>41129180
You actually made it! The absolute mad man.

>>41129811
>five of twelve listed greens are by me
Wew. Maybe that's my old home board /d/ shining through.

>>41129785
I just use wordcounter.com

>>41129723
You have a character counter at the bottom of your reply box ffs, it's not that hard to just trim it line by line.

Which greens would you say are essentials or must read? each general usually has their own set of essentials but if you were to choose, from your entire catalog, the ones that hit you the most, which ones would be?

If I had to pick one right away, it would probably be Bravest Face by Jeff Mango, I still remember vividly how invested I was into that one

>>41129969
classic answer but it's The End of the Universe for me. https://poneb.in/QdtXWds0

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>>41129851
I don't see it.

>>41129723
Just make to posts.

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>>41130001
Well it appears when you get over 1.5k characters, dunno if base 4chan has that but you shouldn't be using this site unmodded anyway if you post a lot.

>>41129184
I'll post some of my favorite poetry from ponepaste:
a poem about Luna
https://ponepaste.org/6124
a poem about Pine Ponder
https://ponepaste.org/5857

>>41129180
Are you guys OK with discussion about writing for comics/screenplay etc? The drawing-themed threads don't really feel like as welcome of a place to discuss this, even though comics are like 70% writing.
>>41129969
Applejack Season and The End of the Universe

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>>41129184
i'll shill two i'm working on right now, in /bug/ and /aie/
https://ponepaste.org/10008 - On Redemption, a green about Anon begrudgingly helping with Chrysalis's reformation. neither of them are enthused about it
https://ponepaste.org/10098 - part two of The Wanderer, only the first update so far. synopsis in part one, which is linked at the top of the paste
happy this thread was made! i'm not much of a critic myself but i'll contribute as often as i can. maybe we could have different little green contests/prompts in the thread header to spice things up

>>41130236
>Are you guys OK with discussion about writing for comics/screenplays etc.?
I don't know what other anons think about it, but I would lean toward yes. The board is not that active to refuse something similar enough, imo.

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>>41129969
Definitely EoU. Some more are
https://ponepaste.org/3660 Applied Magics
https://ponepaste.org/3657 Legend of the Wandering Autist
LotWA is the second entry in the prequel trilogy for Applied Magics. Its good quality, but the first entry isn't as great and is skippable.
https://poneb.in/6STAZFNB Leaving the Hive
https://poneb.in/5ECNnjxF Obsession
https://poneb.in/4CnRuKCP Anonymous and the Jedi Academy
Its a star wars crossover but still a very fun ride.
https://ponepaste.org/9252 Not at All Magic School Bus
I don't see as many adventurefics get posted nowadays, its mostly SoL or tamer character-oriented ones.

>>41129985
Don't read this one; it'll blow your heart.

I recommend anything from PeteQ:
https://poneb.in/u/PeteQ
Janitor Anon especially, but his most recent work was also incredible, shame he died
Also recommend A Glimmer of Hope (spg):
https://poneb.in/TnWCRgzK
His "Work Hard, Play Hard, Die Hard" was also something I was looking forward too with its premise, but it's dead
A good "recent" one (spg):
https://ponepaste.org/8260
I love the crazy bitch so so much and the characterizations just fit my fancy
Lastly, "This Heart That Fears" (unfinished)
https://ponepaste.org/1102
This one is just adorable, but once again another writefag goes and fucking dies and I'm extremely disappointed.

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>>41129594
Thanks for the heads up! I really should set time aside to scour through the green just to double check for stuff like that.
I probably should be doing that more often with my greens.
>Not a fan of Satyr myself
Understandable. Some of what goes on in those threads aren't exactly my cup of tea. I find the core concept to be pretty cute, though.

>>41129553
Loved Angel and Starsky, but I know I say that every time they're brought up. If I had to choose a bootleg story to show someone, I'd probably go with one of them.
Jacky is something I've always read in snippets, usually whatever is being posted at the time. She's a good longboot. The longest boot, even.

Still think it's criminal how people slept on /bootleg/. I am 100% biased btw. That thread is my favorite and is one of the reasons I started to write.

>>41130411
>maybe we could have different little green contests/prompts in the thread header to spice things up
Yeah, I'm down for that. We talked about it in the last couple threads, and themed events sound like a cool idea. Maybe we could even start a "greenclub" to discuss or discover some greens.
But first I want to make sure we've got enough anons :
-To keep the general alive.
-Who are down to participate.
It would be a shame to put in the effort and have zero participation.
If anyone else has ideas, I'm all ears.

>>41130411
>The Wanderer
shit man I love your green, I've gotten a steady rhythm of popping in and out of here but last time I was here I fell in love with it and now I need to catch back up on this, it's maximum comfy, glad I came back in time for part two

>>41130823
Without ego it seems like it was a full era with her. She brought the thread back to the board and now with her story having come to a close, the thread went back into hibernation. Given what Auto said about Midnight being translated on fimfiction, the quality is certainly there. Just not many anons around to notice it. Nevermind the deluge of art that followed. Music too.
But it will come back. You have my assurance on that.

>>41129723
Have you finally posted it somewhere?

>>41129723
It used to be smaller, we used to have a 2k character limit until maybe two or three years back. I think the jannies like reading our greens.

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>>41131366
It's not ready.

>>41131212
Midnight is being translated?

>>41131509
Post it anyway and live with the permanence. That can help a lot compared to letting fears getting to you to the point you never want to post it because you're always trying to tweak it another 2 degrees.
>>41131607
He's been translating/rewriting it in prose for fimfiction. If what he said is accurate, it's one of the highest rated stories around for new things. I believe it's a mix of that raw realness /bootleg/ has... and because a lot of fanfiction is just shit tier.

>>41131615
What the hell is prose? i still have no idea

>>41131650
Normal writing. Ask the fimfiction thread, greens make their heads fog up and their pants turn brown. I've put it off because I've had my issues with wanting to reformat certain bits because I enjoy the benefits of how direct greens can be. Wordcountfags hate greens too because you don't have the same overly flowery flow.
That said I'll write some things there too eventually. But they'll be their own stories. I don't think I'll try to mess with something that doesn't need to be messed with. Outside of a passing spellcheck because laptop keyboards are not the most reliable for Es.

>>41131677
I’ll probably never do prose. Is there any way to do it that doesn’t make you look like you have your head up your own ass?

>>41131650
Prose is everyday writing, words on a page telling a story or explaining something without the structure or rhyme of poetry. It's the language of novels, essays, article and even greens.
The quality of prose varies widely. Good prose is clear, concise, and engaging. Bad prose can be confusing, overly complex, or dull.
Here are some quick dirty examples:

-Poor prose:
>Twilight Sparkle walked very quickly to her library and opened the door with her magic horn power because she needed a book for her studies.
This is dull and awkward. "Magic horn power" and "walked very quickly" are wordy and disrupts the flow.

-Purple Prose:
>Twilight Sparkle burst into the hallowed sanctuary of her library, heart pounding with an urgency that echoed through the vast, silent chamber. Her horn glowed with an incandescent, ethereal light, flinging the grand oak doors wide with a flourish of her formidable magical prowess. The air itself seemed to shimmer in the wake of her entrance, as if acknowledging the gravity of her quest. The book, oh, that elusive, crucial book, held the key to realms untold, and she would not rest until its bound mysteries were laid bare before her!
This is excessively elaborate and flowery, using too many adjectives and metaphors that overwhelm the action.

Effective Prose:
>Twilight burst into the library, magic flinging the door wide. She had to find that book. Her studies depended on it.
This is clear and to the point, without unnecessary embellishment.

Keep in mind that these examples are simplified. Some might find the 'Effective prose' too dull and lacking in style, for instance.
Being flowery isn't automatically bad; it can be effective in certain contexts, adding atmosphere or emotional impact.
For greens, it's often better to be short, punchy, and evocative.

>>41131765
Effective Prose and the school of Orwellian thought that champions it is old-hat. The new hotness is Ugg Prose.

>Horse in book place. Horse grab book. "Book good," says horse. So say Ugg.

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>>41131757
Prose is just normal writing. Normal writing makes you look like you have your head up your own ass? Have you never read a normal book?

>>41131650
It's greentext but without the meme arrows and you don't have to start every sentence in a new paragraph.

>>41131814
I often saw the misconception here that prose = purple or flowery writing.

>>41129180
Are Fimfiction stories welcome here? I mostly write fetish stories, but I could link them here when they're ready.

>The pregnancy man cometh

>>41131757
You can do prose with meme arrows and call it greentext and nobody will even notice.
I'd know since I've done that for who knows how long. And I'm not the only one.

>>41131867
Isn't greentext a form of prose?
It's just that the format makes it punchier since one line often equals a new dialogue, idea, or situation.

>>41131863
Well, hey, if this thread lasts, I can see myself taking a request for a short story. Would anyone even want that? Is this trying to be like the drawthread or not?

>>41131858
That depends. What kind of fetish?

>>41131878
>Is this trying to be like the drawthread or not?
We are still defining what it will be. The basic idea was a general for both writers and readers of greentexts, with an anchor that would serve as a hub for all greens posted on the board, since some of them can be lost in slide threads or in dying/niche generals. It followed two full threads complaining about the 'death' of greens and the lack of exposure and engagement.

Later it can evolve with requests, themed events, greenclub, etc.

>>41131892
I'm pretty sure he's into pregnancy.

>>41131875
Kinda?
One of the defining features of prose is paragraphs that green usually doesn't have.

>>41131875
I consider it just weirdly formatted prose, yeah. It's a very accessible format since it can be as complex or as simple as you like making it easy to experiment. And the second person perspective can be really fun, for me it's the immersion and attention manipulation it enables.

>>41131899
>It followed two full threads complaining about the 'death' of greens and the lack of exposure and engagement.
Yeah, I was in those too, and there were people complaining about my story in the sniffing thread. I'll definitely link to that story at least, once I update it. I like the idea of this thread, but writing is so much harder to drum up excitement for than drawings; you can get twenty replies for a five-minute doodle, and nothing for a story update that took hours to write.

>>41131892
Yeah, it's pregnancy.

>>41131765
From a lot of what I've seen, purple prose is pretty common because autism or there is such a strong need to be grandiose, grossly incandescent and other words you need a thesaurus to understand. It isn't often that you need such delectable overindulge to adequately extrapolate on extraordinary circumstances orbiting false protagonists but you sure does sound smarts when you does it. Must mean you're smarter than I and I.
In greens that sort of shit is heavily restricted because limited second person is the norm and switching to a different personality may warrant different vocabulary given the new eyes we see through is it's own mind. Even then it must be consistent for it to work because no posh, pampered princess with puffy punani is ever going to proclaim that her milkshakes do indeed bring the colts to the yard.
Million words in green is severely different from a million words in prose. There is value in understanding the perks of both.

>>41131919
People in general just don't have the same attention as before. Too many distractions everywhere. I include myself in this too. It's sad to say, but I can see my own decline. I've been trying to fight against it for quite some time, though.

>>41131899
>greenclub
I love this idea. We totally need to do that for obscure or niche greens

>>41132194
how would we chose them? random on ponepaste?

>>41132194
When I'm around to, /bootleg/ has been having a Watch2Gether room usually on Fridays or the weekends. It has historically been a spot for /bootleg/ writers and artists to talk shop or just hang out while listening to music.
Presuming I can set it up again, would any anons here be interested in it? There's also the /bootleg/ cytube for the same purposes but that has been more for movie nights and such.

>>41132226
No thanks, I'd rather not turn yet another thread into a discord server-lite.

Let's keep outside circles... outside.

>>41132214
anons can recommend their findings, found either using tags or by going through archives of their favorite threads

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>>41129180
I guess I wrote a green at >>41062920 . Its not particularly good, but its fun to update occasionally. Story is based off this pic.

>>41132312
Anchoring it
>>41129184
I will give it a read later.

>>41129372
It's very cool. I will write a review if you finish it.
I have to respect that autistic reasoning too, lel
>>41129723
kek. Guess you don't remember when it used to be 2k.
>>41131858
Yes. Link your stories here.
and tell us when you update the crotch sniffing story, I like that one
>>41132214
>random on ponepaste
oh, wow, that is so chaotic. I like the idea
I have no idea who else would be game for that though, lel
>>41132226
Hello, Blonde
I'd be interested, yeah. As long as you don't need an account or anything. won't be able to do it this weekend though

>>41130873
First idea I came up with was a shitposting theme/contest.
Best shitpost wins.
No further thought was put into this.

>>41130104
just some, huh?
are you holding out on us. like, what the fuck, how much poetry is even on Ponepaste? there can't be a lot, right?

>>41132327
No account needed. Back when Reggiesomething and Auto were more active, it would usually go above five-six people. Lot of music sharing, lot of conversation regarding ongoing greens and ideas. Wasn't much of a book/green club as much as it was a weekly workshop.
I think for writing that can matter a lot more than circling into each other and reviewing work. I've done so on request but I tend to take it seriously. I've also been a little iffy on discussing greens that are in motion and actively being worked on because I've seen people pivot very hard depending on first responses. Some greens were ok despite it, some crashed or the writer lost their focus.
And also in the realm of self-shilling, I have a third Horsewords & (You) during /mlp/con coming up in around three weeks. The first focused on characters (singular), the second focused on characters (plural), this one is focusing on environments. Then there is the Marefair 2: Be Mare or Be Fair Horsewords that focuses on actually starting a story and all that entails. I haven't gotten too much feedback on those but I have gotten a lot of questions which is great since some anons think of things I don't.

>>41131875
>Isn't greentext a form of prose?
No.

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>>41130549
Cool, well then I'll throw my hat in.
This is a little something I'm working on for the applejack thread. don't tell them yet, this is just an outline!
I've seen some anons draw comics here and there, but there's no real discussion about how to get good at them- only really greens or illustration as seperate skills. Some of them commit really basic compositional mistakes that could be fixed if they'd just read up... I found some great books on comics in particular, and I'd love to have them put up somewhere if any general would support it.

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>>41132834

>>41132836
cute

>>41132834
>I found some great books on comics in particular, and I'd love to have them put up somewhere if any general would support it.
That sounds good to me. Great comics usually tell great stories, so I think it'd be relevant.
Have you posted this in /bale/ yet?

I like the comic btw and I want to ride horses with AJ now

>>41132927
glad you like it
>>41132985
No, I have objections to organizations made "for beginners," plus this isn't finished yet. I'll be posting it in /aj/, and maybe /aie/ when it's done, so keep an eye out there. Or I guess here too if you like it.
As for the books, I don't want to go through the hassle of linking them on 4chan, but just know you can download them all for free from annas-archive.org:
>Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud
Fundamental breakdown of the medium
>Making Comics by Scott McCloud
Explains the nuance of actually making the stuff
>Comics & Sequential Art by Will Eisner
Another great breakdown of the medium
>Graphic Narrative and Storytelling by Will Eisner
The most advanced book of all listed here; goes over the complex and most difficult parts of comics to master
>The Complete Guide to Comic Book Lettering by Nate Piekos
How to properly letter comics (captions, dialogue, etc)

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>>41133092
That's "The ESSENTIAL Guide to Comic Book Lettering." My mistake.
As for non-comic books, I'm currently reading a scientific breakdown of humor for the writer (fiction or otherwise) and I found it pretty much mind blowing. It's called "What Are You Laughing At?: A Comprehensive Guide to the Comedic Event." Can't recommend it enough for people who like to make funny stuff

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>>41131615
Fine.
https://ponepaste.org/10125

>>41132836
>Less fan-service-y?
Nah.
Fun comic. I'm really liking some of the expressions and poses, notably 'Extracurricular' AJ and the nose-to-nose.

>>41133103
Hey, you cleaned up nicely! I was the anon who found the original a bit heavy, but this version reads much smoother. Congrats!
I mentioned it before, but the Anoncolt with Meanlight idea is great, I’m excited to see where it goes.
I took some notes while reading and can share them if you want, but maybe you'd prefer more progress in the story first.

>>41133103
Now everyone's gonna read it and you can't delete it now and everyone's gonna see oh god there's no going back oh fuck

let's have a 1000 word challenge?

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>>41133306
Thank you. At this point I'm still working out the next chunk of story, but I should have some updates soon.
>I took some notes while reading and can share them if you want
Feedback is always appreciated. Hell it might even help shape the story.

>>41133657
Welcome to writefag life. There's no turning back.

>>41133802
Yes.
>>41133657
>>41133819
>There's no turning back.
Hasn't anyone here ever deleted something before?

>>41133840
It's over for this anon.
https://web.archive.org/web/20240605154422/https://ponepaste.org/10125

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>>41133840
Dunno if that counts but I never binned one specific green that got critiqued and I didn't really like it that much either. It's not mine, I have nothing to do with it and nobody will ever remember it. I also don't bin my EQG greens. Nope, not mine, I'm hooves only.

>>41133848
You should never forget your past.

>>41133848
Tell us the year and I will personally find it.

>>41133802
How do we define the theme? Open bar, or do we take ideas here and then do a random selection?

>>41133992
let's brainstorm some ideas

>>41133941
I have it saved locally. I think deleting stuff that's already known is bad practice but if nobody remembers it anyway then it's okay to memoryhole it, if others saved it then it's fine. Same way I keep some stuff like whole separate scenes or sequences pre-written but never post them since I often utilize that material in completely different stories.
>>41133942
Some time around 2017-2018 but I will not cofirm or deny any findings. However diving for forgotten greens that never got archived sounds pretty interesting and appropriate for this thread. I bet I wouldn't be able to find it myself.

>>41133819
>Feedback is always appreciated.
Alright.

On the form:
The story flows much better now, with no major pauses during my read. Just two minor points caught my attention:

Line 68:
>"All done!" you proudly declare.
>If it was one thing you were good at as a little colt, it was cleaning shit up.
>You look up at Meanlight and smile sheepishly, proud of another job well done.
"proud" is used twice in quick succession. I'd remove "proudly declare" or replace it with something else.

Line 110:
>You're beginning to wonder if this world is a twisted circle of hell that disguised itself as Equestria.
>Regardless, the world gradually fades to black as you succumb to your wounds.
Same for the word "world" repeated quickly here.

That's all for the form. Nothing else stood out on a quick first read.

On the content (suggestions, so take them with a grain of salt):

Line 45:
>Your inquisitive train of thought is suddenly derailed by a shocking revelation.
>The transformation spell she cast on you didn't just change your appearance.
>Your mind was gradually twisting into that of a young foal as well.
This key point feels abrupt and out of context. The exposition disrupts the narrative flow and seems more like a necessary explanation rather than a natural progression of the story.

Maybe shorten the revelation and tie it to a natural trigger, like when Anoncolt accidentally calls Meanlight "Mom."
Or, when she insults him, he could reflect on why her words are increasingly hurtful, leading to the realization about his mental change.

The biggest issue for me, though, and I'd like to hear what others think because maybe it’s just me:

I got serious whiplash from the milk/lactation scene in Part VII. It felt like a completely different fic, suddenly really horny, which clashed with the tone of Part V.
I think I get the idea and it’s a good one: combining infantilization with Meanlight's sadism to highlight how twisted she is. But if you aimed for a mix of shock, erotica, and dark vibes, the horny factor is too strong.
Or, if you meant to lighten things up after the heaviness of Part V, the shift is too drastic IMO.

Speaking of Part V, I really liked it. The part with Mr. Fluffernutter was also good.
I reread Part V in fact and liked it, but just a small suggestion:
>Suddenly a light appears on the horizon.
I know I advised you to punch up your writing before, but given the ethereal vibe here, it's a bit abrupt. Maybe try to make it more ethereal and subdued to enhance the Part.

The message is a bit long, but I will continue to read. I like the ideas, and they are mostly suggestions/reflections at this point. I truly like the green.

>>41134015
A Millennium of Memories.
Small vignettes capturing moments and events from Celestia and Luna's past lives.
They can be epic, slice of life, tragedy, past romances, etc.

>>41134530
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4FE03279FA2A0C42
I got you senpai. Great thing to read. Less "past lives" and more just different points in time.

>>41134538
I won't lie, I had that 100% in mind.

>>41134543
It's a great thing to think of... as obscure as it is given the game. I still love it. I still want to play it at least once a year.
Regarding the princesses, that might be more awkward since they are ultimately still immortal royalty with strong obligations. Kaim had the fortune(?) to be a random nobody. A soldier, wanderer, family friend, many things where not many people would really care to see such a man because unless you know him, you would never notice him. Of course he wouldn't have worn the same exact thing for decades without change so he would never stand out as some archaic beacon.
While the princesses may not as fluid an option... how about we add some extra spice? What about a location? Like a hypothetical security camera pointing at corner, you focus purely on a small part of the world and what has happened there. It doesn't have to have a sequence, it may not always be positive. It could be a part of the rise and fall of civilizations even.

Does anyone find it the hardest to finish the middle of a story? Like, when I think of one, I got the beginning, end and lots of important parts in mind, but nothing when it comes to filling out everything in-between.

>>41134616
A lot of surprises can come out during the middle of a story. You naturally continue from the beginning and let the characters run the show. You don't need to think too hard as a conscious figure because you're just the scribe. If you have issues with that then the question is if your characters are defined enough to have their own goals and driving forces.
With that said what's going on in the story?

>>41132327
>I will write a review if you finish it.
Thanks. I will for sure. I just prepared two different endings, and I prefer to post them together.
I will be finished this week.

>>41134616
Depends on what I have in mind as the core idea. But instead of middle I really struggle with endings these days. I personally solve the middle part issues by either making an event chart to plot a direction through story- or character-defining moments, or reading what I have up to this point and asking myself what I as a reader expect to happen next (to either lead the reader forward or subvert these expectations). Dunno if that's a good approach but often you also can get these ideas while you're writing, so if you get an idea you like try to sketch it, maybe some other points can arise from that.

But if you're like me and sometimes none of this really helps then all you can do is let it brew in your head a bit and wait for the inspiration to strike. For it the ending problem is exactly like that. I manage the middle but when I ask myself "where is this actually going?" I can rarely answer that. Sometimes doing the chart solves it, even if it sometimes turns into stalling if you're liveposting the story, but I still need that bingo moment to know for sure what I want. It's my worst problem these days and it prevents me from writing frequently. Hell I've put one of my favorite green ideas into the back of my backlog for almost five years because I just couldn't come up with an ending, and then it appeared out of nowhere and the whole thing came together immediately.

If you're autistic enough, one way to hurry these inspiration moments is to roleplay the situations in your head. Not like parts of the green, just the interactions at the points of the story you're struggling to fill with something. Imagine your characters as actors and your setting as their set and let shit happen. If you're writing and AiE story, be Anon in it, method-act that shit.

>>41134743
very solid advice, anon

>>41134616
that's actually the exact problem i had with the wanderer not too long ago. i had the beginning and end absolutely solid and knew every story beat i wanted to touch, but couldn't really figure out a way to get from point to point. i still struggle with it from time to time, but i think what helps me the most is to try to place myself in my characters' shoes and think logically about what they need to do in order to achieve their end goal. i do this for the antagonists too, and it helps create interesting, realistic conflicts and events that naturally bridge from beat to beat. pretty time consuming to do though
>>41134743 i'm taking this anon's approach for On Redemption though, and it's working so far because of the smaller scale of the narrative

i'm reading thru balrune's "rarity's little helper". god this is so good

>>41134555
>Like a hypothetical security camera pointing at a corner, you focus purely on a small part of the world and what has happened there. It doesn't have to have a sequence, it may not always be positive. It could be a part of the rise and fall of civilizations even.
That does seem nice. We do need to find an interesting place, though, if we go with that.

>>41135905
What makes a place important to (You)?
Alternatively, should it be a single place everyone takes a shot at instead of everyone taking multiple shots at a place of their choosing?

>>41134236
>I'd like to hear what others think because maybe it's just me
Okay
>>41133819
I've written some thoughts on your story:
https://ponepaste.org/10135

Feel free to speak up if you disagree on anything btw. I'm not very argumentative, so I can't promise a thread-long debate, but it's still your green, dude, and you know it better than I do.
>>41134661
Good to know. This is unrelated, but I didn't mean to come off so snobby. I would, of course, have reviewed the green for you earlier, but I just prefer for it to be finished first. And you really seemed like you were going to finish it; so that's why I said that.

>>41129180
I'm reading a MLP + JoJo green and it's a gem of fleshed out characters. I like how in this >>41102737 example the author made Fluttershy long deep analysis of a human body like she would do an animal. (Which funnily enough resulted in just one-word conclusion.)

Starting point of the green:
>>41101630
>>41101630

>>41136167
>Anon's a colt
>i kept calling him anonfilly
Okay, I'm dumb. Sorry about that.

>>41136171
This one is particularly good.

>>41133103
>Anoncolt with a pony mom
Aww yeah! I'm going to enjoy this one. There needs to be more pony moms for anon, this idea is under used in my opinion

>>41136167
>I didn't mean to come off so snobby.
No problem. I didn't take it that way at all.

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I wanted to write something today but couldn't manage more than half a post worth of text. That's my story.

>>41137341
That’s a good day for me.

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>>41134236
Thank you for taking the time to analyze the story. I'm not sure why, but I keep falling into writing duplicate words within 3 lines of each other. It's an obnoxious habit, but it shall be overcome.
>>41136167
Thank you for the constructive feedback. I want to touch on a few points from your notes real quick:
>”I don’t know why I put up with your shenanigans, you filthy green cur.”
This was meant to be a rhetorical jab to further antagonize Anon in the moment.
>So, he’s an Anon, that got changed into a filly, who is now imagining himself as a full-grown stallion, so he can hatefuck his abusive Meanlight mommy.
Not well-fleshed out yes but the idea was to reaffirm that Anon is still a horny bastard despite the physical changes done to him. Theoretically, hatefucking is one of the few ways Anon could get back at Meanlight, as he's reaching his breaking point at that point in the story.
>You write vaguely at times where I feel you should be more detailed.
Balancing detail with simplicity is a struggle. Oftentimes I find myself being TOO descriptive to the point that any given line becomes a painful slog to read through. Keeping the sentence structure (mostly) simple is the only cope I have with this particular issue.

You guys have given me some good suggestions. I'll update the green this weekend when work is over.

>>41137341
Better then nothing.

>>41137884
God, I was worried all day yesterday about how you'd receive my review. I'm sorry again I called him Anonfilly. Glad that that's settled.

>Balancing detail with simplicity is a struggle.
I feel ya, believe me. I think this link below has good advice, if you're interested; I hope you have fun writing this weekend:
https://mariaeandreu.com/2015/01/12/writing-what-to-tell-vs-what-to-leave-out/

>>41137341
I'm a cold car, I have trouble starting. I get performance anxiety when it comes to writing. It's really weird. I'll find any excuse I can to not do it. I'm both too hard on myself and not hard enough on myself at the same time.

If I do get started though, it becomes a lot of fun, and I forget about all the bad stuff I've written over the years, and my stupid fucking pastebin and all that crap. Sometimes, if I write a lot, it makes me remember how it was when I first started, and I had no idea how any of this writing stuff was going to turn out for me. I was just doing it cause it felt new, and I had no idea why some people seemed to like it sometimes. That feeling is always fun. It doesn't happen to me very much anymore.

>>41138392
It’s like looking into a mirror. Next you’re gonna say that it takes you hours to write what someone normally blasts through because you’re too much of a perfectionist and focus way too hard in every little line.

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baump

>>41138775
>shitposting
god she's perfect
>>41138773
>too much of a perfectionist and focus way too hard in every little line.
I do that sometimes. To tell the truth, I just don't think I'm as good as most other writefags.
As usual, the solution to this problem is
>write moar
But you try starting a cold car! It's hard, bruh.

>>41138862
He who is in cold car feels not his body.
He who feels not his body feels only mares.
So basically write only in a freezer.
>I don't think I'm good
You can do better. Know that you aren't any good. Write anyway. Dump that goofy ego before you end up like the morons.

>>41138392
I feel like I used to be like that but now it's the opposite, I'm always hyped to start something and get the first strokes on the paper, but this goes away on the second time I'm touching the story. Then it's just "whatever" and I have to force myself to get back into the vibe.

>>41139027
Kek. I dread stopping something that I've started because of this.
So many half-finished greens that no one will ever see. Stuff I spent so much time on. Oh well. At least this way I'm the only one who wishes they were finished, and I'm not blueballing some poor Anon out of an ending.
bump

What threads have the best greens?

>>41139568
Whichever thread caters to your fetishes.

>>41139465
>I'm not blueballing some poor Anon out of an ending
Amen to that. I've got a library of half-baked greens never to be posted as well and thank god for that. The one story I posted but haven't finished yet still haunts my mind like some sort of spiritual debt I can't repay, and I still can't figure out how to finish it.
At least if you're not at a point where writing makes you sick it's still possible to salvage those half-finished greens and use them somewhere. Takes a while to get out of that state and then you still feel not good enough anymore. I'm not posting anything I'm not confident I can finish ever again.

>>41139568
I dunno. The dead ones.
>>41139776
>salvage those half-finished greens and use them somewhere.
That's what I'd tell myself sometimes, if I ever abandoned something I was plugging away at. But I was also pretty sure it wasn't ever going to actually happen. How do you repurpose a greentext, you know? I'd save some of 'em anyway. Nine years of writing stuff for the board passed. Then, last year, I actually got a chance to do just that: I plugged part of an old green into a new green, and it helped me finish the new one.

It worked okay. The old thing wasn't the worst part of the new green, but it was one of them. And I ended up rewriting a lot of the old stuff anyway. So, for me, it worked about as well as the original green probably would have, which is pretty typical results for me. Neither one was ambitious either, lel.

>>41139577
I wish they were more fetish threads. People are more likely to write greens if they get turned on by them.

>>41141311
To be honest, I stopped caring about green smuts.
Most are badly written and very repetitive.

POST MORE GREENS IN PROGRES I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE AAAAAAAAH

>>41141785
I believe we posted all of them

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>>41142095
>"I believe we posted all of them"
>Anon couldn't believe his ears.
>All of the greens? In the entire fucking world?
"HOW?!" you shout at your monitor with rage.
>The other anon remained silent.
>There HAD to be more greens out there somewhere.
>You sit back in your GTRacing gamer chair and sigh.
>Without greentexts to read and coom, the weekend had no meaning.
>The clock slowly ticks and tocks, mocking you with every passing second.
>4chan had failed you. You fellow anons had failed you. Your flaccid dick had failed you.
>Something inside you snaps as your hands angrily knock all of the empty cheeto bags and empty mountain dew cans off your desk.
>They rain onto the floor with a symphony of crinkles and clatters against your cum-stained floor.
>If these faggots wouldn't give you coom greens, then you'll make some instead.
>You fire up your Bing search engine and begin grabbing every erotic pony green you can find.
"I'll give those soijacks a green they'll never forget" You declare.
>The keyboard groans under the weight of your fat hands, barely able to keep up with your erratic typing.
>Today was the day you would make your own anon coom pony greentext dreams come true, whether /mlp/ liked it or not.

>>41142095
Hold my beer greens?

>>41141785
Best I can do is a very slow CYOA.

>>41142132
why was this the first thing to make me laugh today? fucking hell

I'm trying to make green poetry. I suck balls.

>>41142392
this idea has potential since poetry is catchy and can double as copypastas.

>>41142392
>Writing greentext poems
>I'm trying but I suck balls
>I want to fuck Maud

There is a story I have been thinking on.
Anonthing or thing-anon whatever you want to call it.

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>>41142493
Stop thinking and start writing.

>>41142493
Do it.

>>41142392
I made a song finally.

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It has been updated.

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>>41129372
I made something. A continuation. It was a clusterfuck, so I wouldn't mind some opinions.

Song: https://files.catbox.moe/zsyiic.mp3
Lyrics: https://ponepaste.org/10142

Two endings planned. In one, Rare travels dimensions - to (You). A random /mlp/ anon.

Originally I planned for a very simple greentext ">be me >random horsefucker >suddenly Rarity". But it was underwhelming.

Then I noticed a poetic lilt to some lines, rhymes emerging from the muck. I tried to sculpt it into a mutant offspring - half poem, half greentext. But like I said, I'm a hack. >>41142392

Then, buried in that mess, I caught a glimmer of a tune. >>41143053

And so, like a schizo alchemist, I transmuted:
>Basic greentext -> Stillborn poem -> Musical monstrosity

Maybe it works. Maybe it's utter trash. All I know is at some point the process hijacked my good sense. You be the judge.

>>41142493
So is that like thingpony, but with Anon instead?
>>41143248
o rly?
>>41143627
>a very simple greentext
>opinions
I think I can do both

>be me
>random horsefucker
>suddenly Rara green update
>nice
>it's a fucking song or something
>wtfbutokay.jpg
>open lyrics first
>read title
>laugh my ass off
>lyrics are pretty funny
>hear song
>pretty sure it's ai but don't know for sure (i'm behind the times)
>of course the lyrics sound way better when sung
>pony voices start
>sounds ai
>Dash calls Rarity "Rawrs" instead of Rares
>cringe and close it
sorry, I just can't handle ai voices, lel. they make my skin crawl, it's like being able to hear the uncanny valley phenomenon.
I can still respect the effort though, holy shit. Well done. I look forward to the next ending.

>>41144189
>it's a fucking song or something
>wtfbutokay.jpg
I still don't know how I got there, but here we are.
>sorry, I just can't handle AI voices
I have a version with the 'singer' voicing them. It's a bit jarring too, but maybe you'll like it better.
https://files.catbox.moe/oacl5o.mp3
>it's like being able to hear the uncanny valley phenomenon.
Yeah it's not that good, to be fair, it may just be me being really bad at it. This is the first time I've ever used this.
>I look forward to the next ending.
It's done with an epilogue, but I just want to reread it first.
I also want to give an epilogue to the song ending focused on the petting itself to avoid blueballs for anyone.

>>41144216
I listened to the rest of it. The singer version flows better to me. Don't know why.

>This is the first time I've ever used this.
Better than I could do. I couldn't even make the song.
And I just have trouble accepting ai voices in general, whenever they voice a familiar character like that. Even the Simpsons ones sounded bad to me, though I haven't heard any of them recently.
looking forward to the pets

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>>41143627
I thought for a moment it's gonna be a real song

>>41144300
I can't sing or make music, sorry.
But yeah, I got too experimental with this. I'll work on the other ending first and then rework this one to offer a classic format.

There was a proposition to launch a 1000 words challenge. Any other anons interested?

>>41144466
Till when?

>>41144634
Nothing is defined yet. I just want to see if there are anons interested in participating. Not many suggested themes before >>41134015, so I'm not sure about that.

>>41144466
I wish, but I'm too exhausted by shit going on at work to even keep up with my regular writing.

>>41129372
>https://ponepaste.org/10075
Updated with Ending A and Epilogue A. No gimmicks.
>>41144466
I would try to participate for sure.

>>41144466
I wish I had the patience for it.

>>41144466
Sorry but I have a 200 word essay due next week. Might just kms desu desu

>>41144466
A 1000 word challenge has two flavors

1: create a small and simple story that fits in 1000 words
2: maximize the value of 1000 words

In other words, how try hard are we talking? If we're just producing for the sake of producing with minimum difficulty, there's no need to think about it. The time is now and no brainstorming is needed. Sitting around would be a detriment, directly against the point of getting us off our asses and into the habit of writing.

If we're trying to create a legit short story bordering on poetry for some kind of competition, yeah ok work that shit out.

>>41144466
I'd be down for that but I don't think I'm good enough to make a green that short.

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fuck's sake writer's block is a hell of a thing. i feel like anything i write when i have it is just muddy garbage
how do you write horsewords when you're not necessarily in the groove, anons?

>>41145314
I wank one out, actually.

>>41145314
Think of something you really like and start writing a basic story about that.

>>41145314
Here are some things that may help you out:
>Did the story start?
>Where in the story is it?
>Who is involved?
>What else is happening at that time?
>Is it in the middle of a situation?
>Did the situation happen at all yet?
>What is the emotion of the story?
>Is the situation that is holding you back important enough to focus on?
>How many perspectives are included in this situation?
What has helped me put it into words is that a green in motion is like a movie. Some greens are like that, where I don't have to think, but when I stop writing it's like hitting "pause".
What has also helped is focusing on what has happened since the last time. Is it a direct continuation? Was there any time gap, is it the next day or a few hours after calming down? How are the characters reacting/where are they going?
It's a lot of questions with very few answers because only (You) can answer those. Sometimes, your characters answer. You just have to stop being lazy and sit down to do it.

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Welp, I've hit a writer's block and and don't have a wrecking ball to clear it.

>>41145314
Do stuff that's not actually writing the thing. Think about characters and possible events. Listen to music that reminds you what you want to do with your story, or even watch movies for inspiration. Maybe your mind is telling you there's something wrong with what you've got planned. Ask yourself if there's something about the writing that you want to avoid. Is a character being too boring or annoying? Maybe you need someone else to come in and shake things up.
Beyond that, try improv exercises. Tell a story out loud using the first words that pop into your head. Give yourself one minute to come up with an ending to your story. Write a list of the worst possible things that could happen to your characters. Doesn't need to be good, just needs to get your brain juices flowing. And often a shit idea can become a really good one if you put in the work to set it up.
And always remember you can write in circles. Don't be afraid to completely change the layout of what you're writing. Often I think it's better to just lay your cards on the table rather than waste too much time trying to build suspense or set things up. Of course, don't jump to events happening without the proper context or anything, but be careful of repetition when putting your building blocks in place. I'm writing a green where I just finished a lengthy (for me at least) 'chapter' that I hadn't intended to include until way later in the story, but I realized that with everything I had set up it made more sense to do it now. Earlier I also cut out a shitload of exposition because I realized it wasn't interesting and it would be easier to just refer to off-screen conversations or have brief flashbacks rather than try and write out a lengthy conversation that would mostly just be characters learning things the audience either already knows or can reasonably assume. If Applejack knows X and Twilight knows Y, and the two have been together for some time, then it's safe to assume that they had conversations about X and Y at some point. You don't need to write them explaining it to each other, you can just mention that they did when Twilight needs to demonstrate that she has knowledge of X. Ask yourself: what would happen if the climax or next big scene of your story happened right now? What would you absolutely need to have happen beforehand?

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>>41145314
>how do you write horsewords when you're not necessarily in the groove, anons?
That's the thing, I don't. If I knew how I'd be writing shit 24/7.

>>41145314
Maybe read some good fanfics to get ideas?

>>41144654
we have a pretty good theme suggested by>>41134530

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>>41145932
Just write words bro.
>Twilight went to the store.
Okay. Why? What does she buy? What time of day? What city or town?
>To buy some food for an all-night study session in Canterlot with Princess Celestia.
Okay. Does she meet anypony in particular?
>She runs into Moondancer, who is coincidentally also at the store to buy groceries.
>Neat. Do they reminisce about the past or go on some kind of cheesy quest to obtain the food they want, treating the task like some kind of game?
You're literally building a story out of small details from a very basic premise. It's up to you to decide how the story is told and where it goes from story beat to story beat. Overthinking it is fine, but you must remember the golden rule of writing: HAVE FUN!

>>41144466
I'd be down to clown.

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>>41146592
I recently had an idea for a small story and planning it isn't what I'm having troubles with. I know what events I want to include, who goes where and why, that's fine. What stops me is the fact that it doesn't glue together. I want to capture a particular mood with a tiny slice of life and thinking about what has led to this slice happening and where it will go once the story is over just doesn't make much sense, it's out of character for both characters involved. I'll probably shelve it for now and repurpose it for some other story later, or just change the characters and/or setting for this to make sense. What I hate more than writer block is dwelling on it while there's other stuff to work on.

>>41144466
Sounds good. Might help me get off my ass and actually write something for once

>>41146682
If it's comedic then you don't really have to worry about what happens when the story's over. Look at Seinfeld or Curb, 'slice of life' stories that often end with a huge unsolved problem, but it doesn't matter because the story ends where the comedy ends.

What are the easiest and hardest genres to write for?

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>>41147307
>easiest
smut
>hardest
non-smut

>>41147307
>What are the easiest and hardest genres to write for?
IMO:
- Easiest: Clop, then Comedy
- Hardest: Slice of Life, or maybe Adventure? I'm less sure here.
Just keep in mind, "easiest" doesn't mean super easy. It's also hard to make truly outstanding Clop or Comedy that really stands out.

>>41147307
Comedy is hardest.

>>41147234
Not really comedic, it's about a former couple meeting years after breaking up. So making it seem believable is priority for me.
>>41147307
That depends on how seriously you take your story. I personally rank difficulty from easiest to get a reaction from people to the hardest. For me the easiest to write is clop but I always want some sort of a twist in smut so I make it a lot harder than I need for myself. I also find comedy easy but I don't think I often got feedback on the funnies I include so it's probably the hardest for me. Also SoL is fucking hard to make entertaining unless it's a self-loathing autobiographical piece. Sci-fi also seems hard if you're banking on being somewhat grounded but I'm personally easily impressed by technobabble so I can't judge.

>>41147307
>Easiest
I think it's slice of life. I maybe have it easier there because I don't really stick to canon only characters which is a cardinal sin. But it's easy to think of how fucking boring life can really be. Have three characters bicker about what movie to watch and why and see how easily it can turn into a big conversation that gives you insight on all three.
>Hardest
Quality slice of life. Smut is easy and hard because regardless of quality, you'll get someone to enjoy it. Smut is babby tier writing, just like drawing smut, because it's very easy to get monkey brain response to say it's good.
Quality slice of life is difficult I think because you have to make characters worth paying attention to. No one would ever want to read my life. As another anon mentioned, Seinfeld is a big example. The characters are weird and the situations are goofy no matter how little they matter.
I'd also say that horror is a hard genre both because we live in a heavily desensitized world, and it takes something truly horrific to leave a lasting impact. Even then, someone might be more angry than scared. It's an odd thing.
Comedy is I think something that has to be a spice rather than a focus. Like Ghostbusters. Great comedy in it, it isn't a comedy movie. Hard to do something that's a "good" comedy on purpose. People usually aren't funny if they try to be versus when they just are.
>>41146682
>capture a particular mood
Focus on the mood. The concept of time doesn't matter that much until it does, if it ever does.
>out of character for both characters
Is the mood the focus or are the characters the focus?

>>41147429
>it takes something truly horrific to leave a lasting impact
At least you can turn that around and present something horrible as something completely normal. Nobody will actually be scared by conventional horror tropes but I think you still can make people sad or disgusted by presenting horrible things as par for the course.

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do (you) listen to music when you write?
if so do humor me and gimme a good album plz
i feel like a massive faggot for saying it but i am in the middle of writing a green and am genuinely scared to post it for some reason
its not even the first time ive written something, its just been so long

>>41147743
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVg30U6O764&t=1398s&pp=ygULbWVuIGkgdHJ1c3Q%3D
I got you fampai. I don't always listen to music while writing but I do think of certain characters when it comes to certain songs. Sometimes it is the lyrics, other times it comes down to the feel and the sound of the vocals.
Post it. Do it. DO IT FOR MARE.

>>41147743
I do. I just put this one on repeat because it’s so amazing.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=yhXHH2sZlQU

>>41147743
i have an entire playlist full of incredibly autistic musical choices that each represent an important moment in the story, and i have to play them while i'm writing them to make sure they turn out alright
nothing but the best for the wanderer
here's something more palatable for when i'm just writing in general: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvc6pzmJMzk

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>>41147743
I don't listen to anything at first when I sit down to write because it invites some tune to get stuck in my head naturally and maybe inspire me. I've got whole segments of stories down thanks to music I now associate with them. Take the one that basically carried an entire green for me (one that's still one my favorites because of it): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2rqpimg3o4
Sometimes music itself becomes basis for a story, maybe it's cheating but sometimes it just clicks.
>am genuinely scared to post it
I know that feel but you gotta do it regardless. You just gotta. You'll feel better when you post it.

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>>41147743
I just listen to this. It numbs my mind to outside distractions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuFcBkqjbL0

>>41129184
First greentext I've ever attempted, its short.

>Twilight has been living with Anon for a while and he decided to bring up their existences to his psychiatrist. Days after this he comes home to a worried Twilight

https://ponepaste.org/10147

I've been wanting to write one myself for a while and decided "fuck it" and just go for it without too much planning, did have an idea for an epilogue.
Once I got started I immediately saw the difference in my writing's prose compared to other greentexts I've read and liked. mainly they are more in the style of a person's thoughts rather than narration you read in a book. It helped me take an exacto knife to my writing and make it a bit more effective. Critiques and thoughts would be appreciated.

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>>41147752
that was nice jazzy shit, i rarely go for stuff with vocals like this but it was nice listening
ill post it for u bro when iz done
>>41147816
was breddy good, in my best of playlist now thanks fren
>>41147821
thank you, that was some nice piano stuff, if you have anymore from your playlist i would love to hear it
>>41147928
really good background music i dug that album a lot it sounds like yoshi music tho but its so good lel
>>41147986
and thank you for the strange one, was a nice loop regardless
meme stuff like that is the best sometimes

the insights about music with writing yall gave are genuinely helpful
if any of yall care, im going over the ass load of lines i spent all day writing and casually tweaking and im realizing this is some of the most verbose shit ive ever taken the time to write.
it already feels like this is going to be unbelievably long to finish fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

botched the spoiler reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

>>41148282
Finished it. I believe you nailed the length. It's just right to convey what you wanted, and since it's your first greentext, it's a good idea to keep it concise.
I also like the subject matter; it's a classic but effective.

What your green really needs right now is proofreading. There are a lot of spelling and grammar mistakes and some inconsistencies in tone and POV.
Here are some of them to give pointers:
https://pastebin.com/Jkvus9zT

I would say to correct this first, as it can be a bit off-putting at times.

I still finished and liked it. There's a lot in what I pointed out, but it's mostly grammar, POV... which can be fixed easily. I'll give it a second read if you do.

>>41148424
I fucked up in
>Uppercase inconsistencies:
and pasted corrected lines instead of your original, but I believe you understand what I meant.

>>41144466
yeah. I have an idea for >>41134530 but not a serious one, lel. I still want to do it though. I just want to read the greens that have been posted/linked in the thread first.
>>41147743
iktf
The answer for me has always been sometimes. I have good memories of listening to records and staying up all night writing greens. I have good memories of writing in total silence too. It varies.

I absolutely have to edit without music on though, or I will fuck something up (more so than usual anyway.)

>>41148353
Spoilers are hard.

>>41147743
Music distracts me.

>>41148282
Interesting idea.

Blondie's Bedtime Bedlam is on the schedule. You can panic now but the chance to leave was hours ago.

>>41149870
Meant to post that in >>41082707 but oh well. It's not quite green but it is a bedtime story that will still take (You) on a magical journey full of something.

>>41145335
Fastest way to kys. I was a writefag before I was a coomer. Now I can't write after cooming for so long.

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>>41148282
Actually pretty fine for the first attempt. I'm gonna second >>41148424 here because I immediately thought it was just the right length for a scene like this. It's a bit stiff as expected and could use lotsa polish (grammar, punctuation, make sentences shorter and clearer and stuff like that) but it's nothing experience won't fix. One thing that might help is reading it like you would any other book, maybe even aloud, and paying attention to the flow of story. I liked the idea itself and it was kinda comfy, keep it up.

Bite Me Once by Sea Urchin
https://poneb.in/AXpxfVpq
Anon is a monster hunter looking for revenge. One of my favorite stories to come out of /mlp/. Made me a Rarifag.

To Protect and Serve by Cop Anon
https://poneb.in/N1vBnFih
Fun, short, sad, unfinished. Cop Anon is Canterlot High's campus cop.

The Adventures of /r9k/ Twilight by EqDWritefag
https://poneb.in/D9Hdz4WD
NEET Twilight was a fucking ride and I will never not be upset this writefag didn't finish it.

This green never had a name I think, but it's by SciAnon and he separates chapters by pastes
https://poneb.in/wTwnLAGW
Basically Anon is like Lezard Valeth against Sunset

found these character sheets, i quite like them. thought i'd share
https://www.lsnarrativeconsulting.com/resources

bump

I want to write a green. I feel it me. But there's something in the way. I think it has to do with the fact I'm using to making songs. How do I tap in? What's it like to write a green? What do you love about it?

>>41151249
>I think it has to do with the fact I'm used to making songs
I don't write songs, so I may be wrong, but I believe something that can be ported over is the need to refine and make each line matter due to greentext format. You want punchy writing that's as evocative as possible. It's not as strong as a song, but there's a notion of flow in there too.
Each line needs to carry weight and contribute to the overall narrative or punchline.
>What's it like to write a green? What do you love about it?
A bit of what I said before. The challenge and joy come from conveying as much as possible in as few words as possible. There's also a certain satisfaction in nailing the rhythm and pacing, creating a narrative that flows naturally.
I also like greentext apparent 'simplicity,' even though writing one isn't simple.

>>41151390
hm so approach it like a puzzle then?

>>41151249
>I think it has to do with the fact I'm using to making songs
Shouldn't really matter, prose is different enough to be its own separate skill. It's probably not the thing that stops you.
>What's it like to write a green?
Same with writing any other form of story, you come up with an idea, progress it and dress it into pretty words. The "greentext" part is just formatting.
>What do you love about it?
I love how freeform it is, you can get away with almost anything as long as it's entertaining.

>>41151249
>how do I tap in?
You gotta feel it. You feel it now but it has to reach that point you need to do it.
>what's it like to write a green?
Feels like the most important thing I've ever done with myself.
>what do you love about it?
I've been able to grow with my stories, and my characters. I'm able to see their lives and trials and failures and transcribe it with as little filtering as possible.
But I'm also autistic.

>>41151249
>How do I tap in?
Same as with music, just shamelessly steal from stuff that you like until somehow you develop your own style.

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yall fuckers jinx'd me
like three times in a row yesterday i had music on and the voice samples fucked me up and i ended up writing the words they were saying in the song
now i cant listen to music with vocals

>>41151901
listen to rain thunderstorm sounds.

>>41151901
That’s why the album I gave was instrumental. I don’t have that issue, but if I like the lyrics too much then it’s really hard to focus on writing.

>>41151953
Is there such thing as just Ponyville ambience? What would that sound like? Wind, birds chirping, no fucking planes, no fucking lawnmowers. Clippity clops and some distant chatting in the background in a public place.

>>41152028
https://youtu.be/Lo01VEwaV-c

>>41152060
meh too busy with the voice clips. reddit/10

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>>41152028
i was gonna reply with that one the other guy linked but this playlist is what youre looking for exactly
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk2yJVGtzmO1M-UFtN2Fbba2-BiaZY36G
its heaven

>>41152078
what's pony.town tho?

>>41152167
A game.

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>>41152078
>generic orchestral composed by a deer
soulless
>>41152167
A furry chat room ran by people that hate you.

>>41152405
>A furry chat room ran by people that hate you.
Stop forcing your stupid reddit controversy down my throat and tell me what it actual fucking is you sperg

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>>41152482
Okay it's actually a furry chat room ran by people that hate you that's full of retarded children.
You'd fit right in.

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>>41152482
No need to get your jimmies rustled, the post is 100% literal.

It is a chat room. There is no gameplay beyond dressing up and rp.

It is furry. Since the original creator left, they've added options like bunny and bear ears, which look really bad on a pony sprite. The majority of players don't watch pony and are ugly as sin.

They hate you. The devs are jaded about the fandom, cut ties with 4chan, and will ban based on reports from underaged players. Even pms aren't safe from automated moderation.

>>41153382
>>41153385
Posted a small green, would appreciate feedback if able, seeing as it's my first one.
For context, there are a couple of maps that are just reskins but with interactable ponies in them.

>>41152933
Again, i do not care about your reddit drama or whatever. I only wanted to know what the site itself is

>Working a green for a general that isn't up because I have brainrot
>General will still likely be dead once it's ready to post
What's the etiquette for reviving a general just to post a green? Is there even any?
Or maybe I should just wait? Post it somewhere else? it's a yandere green

>>41153523
>Post it somewhere else?
That would be a good use of this general, in my opinion, and you might also get feedback before posting it for 'real'.

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>>41153395
And you were spoonfed heavily. Now go find peace with your kin there and write your green.

>>41153390
It certainly got me to smile, anon. Not bad!
Heavy interacting with ponies feels weirdly natural.

>>41153629
That was something I considered. Although I'm a little hesitant to dump it here because it looks to be pushing 30+ posts worth of green

>>41153523
>>41153826
I don't think it's wrong to revive a thread to post a story. Especially if it's 30+ posts worth of it. Break it into 10-post long chapters, update it every couple of days there and you got yourself at least a week-long thread.

One issue I have with just posting greens here and nowhere else is that people who are just looking for that thread will most likely miss it. Better to post it there and link it here so if the thread dies prematurely you can always finish it here and people will know where to find it.

>>41153845
That sounds like a good idea. I think I'll go with that. Thanks.

>>41153390
Cute story. Tiny pony greens are rare. I liked how Heavy threw Rainbow off with Sasha.

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i should try writing while drunk
see what literary diarrhea i can come up with

>>41152405
me on the left, that blueberry fuck banned me!

>>41152933
>cut ties with 4chan
Why?

>>41154800
They became gay.

Greentexts?

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>>41155038
>Be Anon
>See pony
>pet pet pet pet pet
>Pony happy
>Anon happy

>>41155038
Give me a promp and I'll try to write something, I could use the practice, I'm new to writing

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>>41155067
this image as prompt

>>41155061
>Be Anon
Brilliantly sets the stage, placing the reader in the shoes of the everyman green protagonist.
>See pony
Good introduction to the story's second character.
>pet pet pet pet pet
The fivefold repetition drives home the key themes: the soothing nature of touch, the power of wordless communication, and the hypnotic tranquility of rhythmic motion.
Your choice to forego any extraneous descriptions allows the petting to take center stage. Powerful.
>Pony happy
>Anon happy
The mirror structure truly reflects the reciprocal nature of the joy shared between Anon and pony. It shows that true happiness lies in the simple things, in moments of pure, uncomplicated companionship.

I really liked your work and I hope you will write more.

>>41155094
this but unironically

>>41155067
Try as you might, you utterly fail at everything while trying to adjust in Equestria. Recipes are too ornate for you, tools are often too awkward for human hands and economics and customs leave you short-changed and with short ends of the stick.
The last mare you ever expected takes open pity on you and offers to help. To what end and how successfully... who knows?
>>41155038
The most I can do at this time is link to my finished ones and talk about them.

>>41155079
>Trixie clumsily barreled into you.
>Her plump, exposed belly laying against yours.
>It was frigid outside and you could still feel her warmth through your clothes.
>Her breath turned to fog on your face, becoming cold and wet in-between her rapid panting.
>You shuffled around to get your bearings but she leaned in closer before you could sit up.
>She placed a hoof on your chest keeping you pinned to the ground.
>With a big smile and sultry eyes she plants her nose directly on top of yours.
>With her reverse boop she whispers.
"The Great and Powerful Trixie needs a roll of quarters to dry her laundry. It is too cold to hang it outside."

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>>41155094
>I hope you will write more
Okay. I can't wait to write a green that Anons like, then never finish it.

>>41155148
Make sure you only get up to just before the climax of the story before vanishing completely.
If you're feeling fancy you can also end your last post with "I'll write more when I get back from work."

>>41155038
what
>>41132312
Different Anon here. I don't know if you were looking for a review of your green, but I wrote some thoughts on it if you're interested.

https://ponepaste.org/10159
If you have any questions for me, then feel free to ask them. For I am autistic and inclined to be misunderstood.

>>41143248
Okay, I just checked now, and you really did update it. I'm liking the new beginning. A courtyard orchard in the castle is fucking sweet. The birds in the rafters was my favorite detail. I saw that so clearly, I liked it.
I kinda hope there's a real courtyard orchard in Meanlight's castle now, but all the trees are dead kek

>>41154417
No, you really shouldn't, trust me. It might sound fun now but it's just gonna be cringe.

>>41155422
Holy shit, I did not expect anyone to care about that story, but damn, this is a good review. Thank you so much!

>directionless
Yea, I think my issue is basically >>41134616 . I know some parts at the end that would be nice, just getting there is the problem overall. I do have one idea for a plan the two of them could work on, but otherwise, I'm sort of updating as I come up with things for them to do.

>break
I think that mostly stems from me wanting it to be easily readable. I often find it annoying to read a story if its one giant blob of text without breaks. Also I got little to no proofreading for it. Just writing down in a single post whatever comes to mind. I'll try to use less breaks for when I continue.

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>YOU KNOW WHAT TO WRITE
>YOU KNOW WHAT TO WRITE
>YOU KNOW WHAT TO WRITE
>YOU KNOW WHAT TO WRITE
>YOU KNOW WHAT TO WRITE
>YOU KNOW WHAT TO WRITE
>YOU KNOW WHAT TO WRITE

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>>41155434
Thanks broski. The new beginning was both fun and painful to write.

>>41156405
You DO know what to write. The challenge lies in translating your abstract thoughts into legible words.

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>>41156405
I know what to write.
But when I want to write, I don't have the time.
And when I have the time, I actually have something else to do.
And when I have nothing else to do, I'm too tired to write.
And when I'm not too tired to write, actually my hands are tired because I type a lot for my job.
And when it's the weekend and my hands are rested, I don't want to stress them more than I need.
And when I feel fine about it, I have vidya I really wanna play or twenty youtube videos to watch.
And when I'm rested, feeling well, have the time, have nothing better to do and finally feel like writing, I don't know what to write.

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>>41156419
>>41156432
was writers block'd earlier
now i wish i could competently write while inebriated
maybe ill write some derp romance tomorrow

>>41156940
Go for it. Maybe I should do something short and sweet too. Writing short stuff seems so hard now because I always feel like "well I've written something like this before" and it seems pointless so I lose motivation immediately.

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>>41157117
okay bruh enjoyy
>drunk as sit
>just finished a bottle of vodka
>anon tells me to go make some green
>why not
>listening to an album that some fag just posted on teh jewtubes
>goddamn phonecall inturped my writing and music
>okay
>maybe in my writing i will sober up enough to write
>or maybe i will walk to the gas station for more liuor
>the filly in my head tells me not to
>i know she is my better nature
>i know she wants whats best for me
>but i hold the majority of the power
>i am sorry honey but i need to feel more numb
i will more than likely write more as an experiment to see how fucked i can get and still write without getting frustrated with spellcheck
>with this reaction picture i am posting i am hoping the clerk will sell my booze to me

>>41156405
yes

>>41156940
>derp romance
god she's cute
>>41155987
You're welcome. This is the green thread, this is why we're all here.
>Just writing down in a single post whatever comes to mind.
Yeah, I went a little overboard with all my brainstorming for Flurry and Cozy, lel.

It does strike me as a casual kinda green like that. Don't mean that in a bad way. One of the things I like about green, and this place, is that people can just write like that if they want to, update the green post by post. Some of my favorite greens were written like that.
>>41157117
>>41157154
a drunk writing contest might be the way to go sometime
what a natural disaster that would be i'm definitely down for it

>>41155105
>rape

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>>41157566
>sometimes

>>41153390
It was fucking cute and funny. I liked when she started clinging to the gun, demanding him to apologize. Good ol' Dashie.
never played tf2

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>ponepaste is down

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>>41158027
It's fucking over.

>>41158027
how big was their archive?

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>>41158027

>>41158027
Green bros...

>>41158027
ponebin has moar

>>41158027
>search ponepaste
>no image
>no description
I don’t like this bros

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>>41158336
Guess it's time to learn how to draw instead.

>>41158027
surely, it was just power outage and the owner is asleep

>>41158027
Thank God. Now nobody can read my old greens.

Seriously though, doesn't this happen all the time? Pretty sure it'll be back up in a day or two. You could always email the guy if you're really worried.
I like PonePaste by the way. I always thought greens looked fuck ugly on Pastebin.

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Oh no, it looks like my green will die incomplete and be lost forever. Oh well.

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>>41158027
damn it i was just about to post my update

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>>41158572
I just finished editing one of my older greens and didn't save the changes locally, would actually be a shame if I lost that.

>>41158703
>didn't save the changes locally
not sure what that means but i'm just gonna assume that you're fucked m8
please allow me to extend my deepest sympathies to you and yours for the loss of your greentext, laddie

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>>41158703
>didn't save the changes locally
YOU FOOL

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>>41158720
>>41158745
I just edited it right as I was reading through it on the 'bin, wasn't anything special aside from correcting mistakes and changing wordings so it didn't feel important enough. I doubt anyone would even notice the changes, every time I do this I find something new to correct. Not sure if I'm the only one with this kind of tism.

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>>41158801
You're not alone. I too constantly tweak things in my writing to an autistic degree. If one little word, comma or asterisk is out of place, I will stop what I'm writing and begin to comb the existing writing for every last detail that's out of place.

>>41158801
>Not sure if I'm the only one with this kind of tism.
You definitely are not. I do it all the time.
One sentence in one of my greens has driven me nuts for a few years now. I'm still not sure if it makes any sense, but that's exactly why I don't want to touch it.
It's like having an itch. Fuck. I'm itchy now. God fucking dammit. Fuck.
>>41158809
lel, I do that. Then I have to reread everything before I start writing again. Then tomorrow I find out it was all wrong anyway, so that means it's time for rewrites.

Okay, serious question. How come I can't just finish a first draft? It's agony. Even if I rush it and don't even write with periods or whatever, I still never finish it. I have to fuck with it all the time instead. It's agony, itchy agony.

This has to be a skill or something that I just don't have yet, right? To clarify, I've never written a long story, like, with chapters and stuff before. Any long story fags out there? Does it ever feel like your ideas are bigger than your abilities, even after you've finished something really big and impressive like that?
Ponepaste is back btw

>>41158027
Looks like PonePaste is back from the dead, again.

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>>41158880
Oh would you look at the time? I suddenly have non-writing things to do. Ta-ta!

>>41158873
>that's exactly why I don't want to touch it.
It's for the best, let the reader figure it out. I once found a line in my green that was unfinished, completely out of place and wasn't there in the pre-post draft. I have zero clue where it came from since it's not from any other part of the green, or any of my greens. Naturally I just deleted it.
>>41158880
Sweet, time to actually save my shit. Remember to keep backups of everything you've ever loved.

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>>41129184
i probably should have proof read this but it was a short little shitpost
think im gonna stay away from the bottle today
>>41156816
>>41156816

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>writing green in another thread just now
>few hundred words i think idk
>writing the whole thing in the reply box for some reason
>been writing for a while now
>decide to see what other people are talking about for a sec
>scroll down thread
>go to hit the update button
>mouse slightly too far over
>hit the very edge of the catalog button instead
>mfw
......just

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>>41159437
>Rule No. 1
ALWAYS save your work locally.

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>>41159443
i- i hope i remember to keep my autism from killing more of my work in the future
that was so much green and i do not have the will to write it all again

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>>41159443
I have never once in my 650k+ words over the years saved locally. I think it only bit me exactly once and I used that chance to mix what was or wasn't a dream.
>>41159462
Consider it a nice draft.

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>>41159484
>Consider it a nice draft.
yea a "draft"
i cant shake the feeling that what i was originally writing had a different feel to it
i just wrapped it up how i planned for the original to but i know it would have read differently than the one i just finished
thank you by the way for posting that derp gif
somehow seeing that made me want to write it again

>>41158880
Seems like the outage subtly broke their database dumps. The dump for the 15th of June got skipped and instead of generating a delta for the 14-16th it only did the full dump without any delta.

In case anyone here is using the incremental dumps to keep a mirror of ponepaste (like me) you should double check your stuff.

>>41153468
There seems to be a new green in the spanking thread. Probably not to the interest of most people but its new and exists so it may as well be mentioned here.

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>>41157501
Help me out here. I'm trying to get this guy to write a green where busty Maud gets fucked.
>>41159437
I did this just this year, actually. I've done it before too. I've been writing for years.
I'll never learn.

>>41159437
That moment of panic followed by desperately trying to rewrite everything you remember before you lose it forever is why our hair turns grey in our 20s

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>>41160603
>after reading that i actually looked in the mirror for grey hairs

>>41159062
>anon chooses option A
wasn't getting smothered by mare ass option B tho?

>>41161166
i said i should have proofread it more before i posted it yes

>>41129184
Okay, I'll shill. It's only two posts. You go to the horsepital, after some flutterrape shenanigans have happened, and Nurse Redheart takes a look at your sprained ankle. >>41159971
someone just posted some high quality art in the thread, so i'm basically fucked now, lel

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>>41161275
>the horsepital
lol because you said horsepital i have to read it now