User blog comment:Gideoncrawle/LTDI Update/Preview: One Year in the Making/@comment-2021069-20110703033948

I figured I should probably comment on this blog while I remember to. Often I'll read a blog post and then completely forget to comment afterwards. As I guessed I probably would, I voted "use your judgment" in the poll just because I'm the type of person who can't balance my workload. I know if I'm reading fanfics, then that's all I'm doing. If I'm writing, that's the only thing I'm doing. Doing both at once makes me lose my train of thought in both activities and either my writing doesn't turn out as I expected or I just completely lose my place in the fanfics and have to start at the beginning.

I definitely feel for you about the beta reading. While I think you definitely have better material you're working with, I attempted to beta read a story over at Fanfiction.net (which ultimately ended up being cancelled) in place of a friend for a few chapters and it was a huge job. It feels great to be involved, but you have to get very nitpicky (I'm not quite sure that's a word, but I like it) which takes time and effort.

When I saw my name (and story) mentioned in the OC Competition Stories section I almost jumped a little. I'm so thankful for your comments so far, and now saying it might become one of the wiki classics is just really amazing. So thank you so much!

TV Tropes is a guilty pleasure of mine, and looking through the tropes you've listed there I'm excited for LTDI. It already seems like the "Darker and Edgier" version from what I can see, which is definitely something I'm looking forward to. And for the preview, as Reddy said before me I absolutely adore Heather as "The Dragon Girl". It's definitely a fitting title. I also like the twist you put on the LeShawna-Heather argument. I never thought a quick scene like that could be turned into something much darker with just a few changes.