Looking at my last blog post was pretty disheartening. But that's what I get for not posting a story. Anyway, I will still be writing every chance I get, but I want to expound on more than just writing itself. Writing is about engaging the read's mind by introducing new topics and ideas, so that is what I will do on my blog, and I will start with the topic of evolution.

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At this point, I have writen a lot on writing advice, which would seem hypocritical, seeing as I have not posted any stories, yet.

Yes, yes, I am not just a ballon filled with virtual hot air, I have some substance as well.

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In a lot of my critiques, I tell ponies to "Show, not Tell". Here's how.

First, we need a situation. Let's use Pinkie-Pie.

Pinkie-Pie is baking a cake.

Then, let's give Pinkie-Pie some emotions around baking a cake.

Pinkie-Pie is excitedly baking a cake.

Now, lets show that Pinkie-Pie is excited. Here we think, "What would an excited Pinkie-Pie do?"

Pinkie-Pie jumped up and down excitedly, baking a cake.

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In a quant little classroom in a quant little suburb, students were profusely making bubbles of graphite. Amongst the anxiety and silence, the door quietly swung open. "I'm here to take the test," a figure in the door way said. Everyone took a second to view this mysterious student, and went back to their tests, all the while wondering where this figure had appeared from. No one ever saw the figure at school, and even more never knew it existed. The examiner took out a packet, gave it to the

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If anyone has ever seen the movie "The Music Man", they would know it is about a con-man who wants to be a conductor. This is where my name comes from.

Am I qualified to be giving advice to tens of authors? No, not in any way. The reason why I give my advice is to try and help myself and others. But fear not, there are people who are way more qualified then I.

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"Arg! The keyboard is against me. All the words in my brain are trash! ARRRG!" You turn green, large, and flip your desk.

If this has ever happened to you, then go see a doctor.

If you have ever gotten writer's block, leave your physician alone. Instead, take a break. Play games, run, jump, talk, do something other than sweat over your story. Look, diversity is the spice of life, and if you keep your life diverse, your stories will be very spicy.

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I was crying in a medow, and then I saw something through the wet walls. It was a step. Not a fancy step, or a beautiful step, but a step none the less. I climed it. Another step appeared. I climed that step, and another one appeared. I climed so high that the world was layed out before me, and I saw things crying, and things suspended in the air were crying as well, but with fire. I looked at a glorious flame to my right, and then I stared. I saw a chink in the armor, and the armor fell. I

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Looking back these few days, I realize I have said a lot of things to a lot of ponies. I really didn't know what kind of feelings I was ensuing until my editor commented on a passage I read to her. I felt the sting that comes when your work is criticized, and it hurt. Remembering my own advice, I quickly swallowed it, and took what she said to heart. Maybe I could have used more showing then telling in that part, I thought to myself.

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The Mercy of Screwball Ch.1 "I don't want to remember" is a fantastic example of "show, not tell". Here, not only does the Professor give us a detailed discription of the world he wishes us to see, but he drowns us in it. His use of imagry, his holding back of concrete detail paints an emotional picture that ensares the reader. It make us wonder what this is all about, while giving us feelings of euphoria, and then primal fear. In a comment I sent to him on the proofreading

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