In need of co-authors for a big fic project

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  1. Lightning Dust

    Lightning Dust Pushing my limits

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    I have a fic idea that I've been brainstorming for a year and a half, but I know myself well enough to know I do not have the patience to write the whole thing myself. I need co-authors, probably two or three (depending how willing they are to help) to help make this fic.
    I won't give away too many details in this thread, but I'll explain a few important points.
    -I've figured out almost every twist and turn of it, with just a few minor details to fill in. My specialty in writing is doing the outlines, but that's as far as it goes (seriously, with school essays I often write outlines that are longer than the final essays), so I can't do much for the actual writing, but can easily coordinate the scenes and answer questions about the events.
    -It is very action-packed, much in the style of Dragonball Z, where there's more combat than actual dialogue.
    -In spite of this, it is not a war fic; nopony uses any weapons, unless the party cannon and Elements of Harmony count as weapons.
    -The main villain as of now is an OC Alicorn, but I'm thinking of trying to find something less cliche for it.
    -The villain has three minions known as the Royal Knights. They are overpowered, but that's because they aren't normal ponies. They, along with their master, are beings created in the aftermath of a cataclysmic event in the ancient past; they were never truly born, but created. Each represents the pinnacle of power of their particular species of pony:
    1) An Earth Pony named Tiny. He was inspired by the Pokemon Terrakion, absolutely massive. He uses the classic fighting style of the moving fortress, whose bulk makes him so formidable that he can take a ton of attacks before showing any noticeable damage. His personality is rather cocky and reckless, more brawn than brain. Lastly, his special talent is that he can create earthquakes by stomping his hooves, using his immense weight to his advantage.
    2) A Pegasus names Twister. He's like Azula from Avatar: The last Airbender, or Bellatrix Lestrange from Harry Potter; he's the sadistic one who seems more interested in causing pain than actually helping his boss get what he wants. He's the kind of villain who's meant for people to hate even more than the main villain, the rotten to the core savage with a heart of stone. His speed is unmatched, and his talent is that he can whip up storms, anything from small wind gusts to category 5 hurricanes.
    3) A unicorn named Tempest. He's the manipulative, cunning, calculating type who actually thinks his moves through before going through with them. His talent is that he's a master at controlling both fire and ice, and one of his favorite things to do in battle is freeze the ground on the battlefield so his opponents slip and slide all over the place.
     
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    AxiomaticGeek Super Gamer

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    Interesting character info i'd love to help write some of the core, detailed stuff! :3
    Add me on skype: ShaolinMudkip
    we can elaborate more and i'll show you what i can do!
     
  3. Lightning Dust

    Lightning Dust Pushing my limits

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    I don't actually have Skype; I was kinda hoping the collaborating portion could be done by PMs here on the forum.

    On a side note, I've just set up a Wordpad document for the brainstorm, and I've come up with 14 different chapters. While this fic would be very long by my standards, that's also partly because I've only written 2 fics, both of which are Cupcakes sequels that range from 5-7,000 words. This fic will probably only go to about 60,000 at most, which is a lot shorter than a lot of fics I've read or heard about.
     
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    AxiomaticGeek Super Gamer

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    Alright sounds wonderful~:)
     
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    GrimDark A Pony Every Pony Should Know
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    I wish to help, Lightning. If that would be alright with you, that is. I do believe I've sent you a friend request, and I thought I'd try to help a friend in need. I'm available everyday, but I'm usually only online in the afternoons, because of school. But I'll be graduating soon and this could have a positive impact on my writing career, so please respond when you can! :derpe:
     
  6. Lightning Dust

    Lightning Dust Pushing my limits

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    Okay:smile:. At the moment I've had four people volunteer to be co-authors, so I'd say that works, depending what each person is good at. Now, it gets complicated when you consider that two of the volunteers are on this site and two of them are on my Tumblr: http://rainbowdashtheawesome.tumblr.com/
     
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    Aynine Angel of Maledict Fortune

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    You could also poke around on Ponychan's /fic/ section, or some of the groups on FiMFiction if you're still looking for extra writers. It'll be tough, though, and finding a good, diligent editor is the hardest thing.
     
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    "nopony uses any weapons, unless the party cannon and Elements of Harmony count as weapons."


    The Party Cannon, like the Bass Cannon, is merely an extension of the owners' being, yet not a weapon. Now, if some pony such as Pinkie used some pony else such as Twilight as a lever-action, semi-auto, beam cannon (like she did in Ep. 2 of Se. 3, when they fought the Changelings) then, well... technically, it's a weaponized ability, not a weapon itself. And the Elements of Harmony are more of a God Power and they cannot count as a weapon unless they're overused (at least 5+, given their influential nature). Plus, all of the Mane 6 are needed for any power whatsoever to discharge. Kill, displace or corrupt one of the six, and the Elements are deemed powerless. The Elements are impractical and don't seem to be a power that can be controlled. Also they are fragile and too easily affected by magic, They could easily be shattered or they could be thrown into a superheated source of magma, etc. Discord caused them to disappear and be didn't even touch them. They have more flaws and disabilities than perks toward usefulness. Thus making them perfect for heroes destined to fail. One way or another...
     
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  9. Lightning Dust

    Lightning Dust Pushing my limits

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    Yeah, because destroying the Elements really worked when Nightmare Moon tried it.
     
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    I will help. I would be a lot of help for the action parts
     

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