You walk down a nice sidewalk, the birds are chirping, the breeze is blowing... Wait, birds chirping? Suddenly you are struck with inspiration. You immediatly write it down because you know the dullest pencil is sharper than the smartest mind. Huffing and puffing, you run home to your computer, and boot it up. Come on, come on, you think to yourself, as the dinosaur wakes. Finally, your on Word. Your fingers tingle with anticipation, ideas flowing like a river. But then, you

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It was a beautiful morning in the Yosemite mountains. My friends and I made preperations to hike Mt. Conness, and went underway. When we reached the top, we found an old ammo case decorated with stickers. In it was notebooks filled with notes from people who reached the top of the 13,000 foot peek. Out of all what was said, there was one line that stuck with me. "Tired of seeing people dying, so I decided to start living."

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There is a plague about this site, infecting every aspiring author. It crepes in slowly, as a desire for a 100,000 word novel, and then consumes their great ideas for original plots. It is none other than (Dramaticly suspensful music), "Information Overload."

When new authors read the "Show, don't Tell" section of where ever they read it, they feel compelled to write every little detail, to list every sound , to sight every smell. Take this story I was proof reading earlier:

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Can anypony tell me how to upload a picture for my avatar? I feel so nude...