Random Ramblings CCXLVII · 5:16pm Apr 3rd, 2018
IN WHICH I LOOK FOR A SUBJECT
Today's music also comes courtesy of Japan. Just dropped a couple weeks ago. Enjoy!
Before you even ask, yes the women (all are 29) can actually sing; the autotune is a deliberate effect to make them sound like robots. Now...
I've been working on two different stories. One is my next Sunset story. The other is an original story about three Japanese girls and their misadventures in and around Boston on the 4th of July. But you're probably not interested in the latter, so I'll talk about Sunset Shimmer instead.
This Sunset story, like I told a reader, is basically a much longer version of her internal rants in the Burritoverse and Night of Faded Sun, only much longer and less depressing. I didn't expect the story to turn into stream-of-consciousness, but that's where it's headed. Sunset is a naturally inquisitive type even in the canon, so it's not surprising that anything she notices brings up more questions in her mind. I also had to reiterate how utterly dense about love she is despite having had a boyfriend.
Readers pointed out in AMDQ they like "my" Sunset when she's not broken. So do I. But that story is set after the Recovery Arc, so be prepared for a bit of reversion in this next story, which I've intentionally designed to get her to a more stable place mentally for when she starts to face her demons in the last two stories. I've also been complimented (on multiple occasions) for the way I pace my Sunset stories. This amuses me because I don't intentionally attempt a specific pace -- I let the story define its own pace, sometimes excising details if I think I'm being too draggy.
Example: My original vision for AMDQ was for Sunset and Rarity to return to Sunset's apartment and then reveal her computer's name. But I decided I didn't want to write all that because I was tired and it seemed redundant, plus the story had already gone on long enough. So I simply ended it upon "Computer Get". I think I made the right decision there, and I guess most of my readers agreed.
But back to what I'm working on now. My biggest regret is there were three places Sunny could have gone to in this story, all in different geographical locations. By not choosing Connemara Square (because it was too far), I don't get to describe in detail the four grand buildings around the square, meaning all that research I did into architectural styles of the late-19th/early-20th century is for naught. At least for now.
I don't know how long this story will be. It's close to 3000 words now and Sunset hasn't even left her apartment yet (or maybe she has). Will it be another 9500 word monster? At this rate... Probably. Sorry. 
I'm going to be busy today and probably attempting to write tonight and/or tomorrow, AND I need to come up with more sexy-times for Diary 250. In 200, I had Trixie groping Sunset. If you have any suggestions for who should have their way with Sunset next, I'd love to hear them.
Peace out!
