Re: [GRIMDARK] Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons Discussion

[IncoherentOrange]

TK is a badass power, though. Properly used, a unicorn could sow destruction by targeting loose or vulnerable objects in its environment and using them to their advantage.

[Caoimhe]

Of course according to that one episode, some unicorns can freakin' time travel now (for a short time) which opens up many opportunities for a friendship blitzkrieg before fighting starts should the need arise.

[IncoherentOrange]

...Which is why war isn't common in Equestria.

[tylertoon2]

*Breaking News*

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/police-probing-quebec-maple-syrup-heist-worth-up-to-30-million/article4510740/

NO WHAT SHALL I PUT ON MY WAFFLES

[Somber]

Honestly, I'm too nervous to really enjoy it. I don't want to screw up. I'm also not 100% what I'm doing because I have no scale of performance. I don't know how my teaching compares to other teachers so I don't know how to do a better job. So I'm pretty sure I'm a lousy teacher and I just hope I don't lose my job next week.

As for the periods. 2 are fine as I'm co-teaching with a mentor who gives me hints. 2 are okay; nothing amazing nor aggrivating. I have an honors class that likes to talk. And then I have a period where the students are just lumps in the seat and have to be spoon fed EVERYTHING. It's really aggrivating...

Anyway, ch 50. I promise I'll get it done asap. Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cup cake in my eye...

[RoboRed]

*hugs* You'll do fine, Somber. Everyone's gotta start somewhere.

[Ketchup]

As for the periods. 2 are fine as I'm co-teaching with a mentor who gives me hints. 2 are okay; nothing amazing nor aggrivating. I have an honors class that likes to talk. And then I have a period where the students are just lumps in the seat and have to be spoon fed EVERYTHING. It's really aggravating...

Well, an on-topic talkative class is pretty good, and at least the lumps are quiet. Most of my classes wouldn't STFU and we got punished more often than most classes. Well, they did, I wasn't usually. And my other classes were usually the best behaved ones, but still really loud. I hope Grade 10 is quieter and less stressful.

[OneMoreDaySK]

Honestly, I'm too nervous to really enjoy it. I don't want to screw up. I'm also not 100% what I'm doing because I have no scale of performance. I don't know how my teaching compares to other teachers so I don't know how to do a better job. So I'm pretty sure I'm a lousy teacher and I just hope I don't lose my job next week.

As for the periods. 2 are fine as I'm co-teaching with a mentor who gives me hints. 2 are okay; nothing amazing nor aggrivating. I have an honors class that likes to talk. And then I have a period where the students are just lumps in the seat and have to be spoon fed EVERYTHING. It's really aggrivating...

Anyway, ch 50. I promise I'll get it done asap. Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cup cake in my eye...

Don't worry Somber, everyone starts somewhere.
All a good class needs is a direction and a couple of ideas thrown at them to get them going. Can't really think of any good solutions to spoonfed class, except try to make things interesting... nevermind. Experimentation comes later. As for comparison, just talk to the other teachers for pointers, and do what you think is right.

Out of curiosity, what's the curriculum looking like for the classes?
We're rootin' for ya.

[Admiral Stoic Rum]

Honestly, I'm too nervous to really enjoy it. I don't want to screw up. I'm also not 100% what I'm doing because I have no scale of performance. I don't know how my teaching compares to other teachers so I don't know how to do a better job. So I'm pretty sure I'm a lousy teacher and I just hope I don't lose my job next week.

As for the periods. 2 are fine as I'm co-teaching with a mentor who gives me hints. 2 are okay; nothing amazing nor aggrivating. I have an honors class that likes to talk. And then I have a period where the students are just lumps in the seat and have to be spoon fed EVERYTHING. It's really aggrivating...

Anyway, ch 50. I promise I'll get it done asap. Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cup cake in my eye...

Feh. You just said you have no scale of performance or how you can do a better job. Then you go and say you have a mentor for two classes. You've got this in the bag you're only suffering the new teacher jitters. Worst comes to worse you can teach the students to pass a test. Then again passion for something is never taught although you learn it... funny thoughts. Anyway sounds like how I felt at most of my jobs when I was taking up either new responsibility or just plain old starting out. You're good to go and just watch out for doors.

[SilentCarto]

*Breaking News*

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/police-probing-quebec-maple-syrup-heist-worth-up-to-30-million/article4510740/

NO WHAT SHALL I PUT ON MY WAFFLES

Hahaha, that's hilarious.
...wait, The Globe and Mail? I'm not reading The Onion? Did a reporter just seriously use the phrase "global strategic maple syrup reserve" in a major newpaper?!
And Google finds the same event reported in Businessweek. WHAT DO.

[Vergil]

Honestly, I'm too nervous to really enjoy it. I don't want to screw up. I'm also not 100% what I'm doing because I have no scale of performance. I don't know how my teaching compares to other teachers so I don't know how to do a better job. So I'm pretty sure I'm a lousy teacher and I just hope I don't lose my job next week.

It always takes time. You'll adjust, just be patient with yourself.

Thanks for letting us know how it's going so far, sir. We're all behind you.

[Downloaded Skill]

Hello folks. Well, I got my new apartment and got through the first week of classes. I'm at 20p on ch 50. Hopefully I can get some good writing done this weekend. You've all waited long enough, dang it.

Yay Somber! I'm happy for ya buddy. Just don't push yourself too hard into writing PH for our sakes. We wouldn't want you falling behind on preparing lesson plans and grading papers for our sakes.

Hello folks. Well, I got my new apartment and got through the first week of classes. I'm at 20p on ch 50. Hopefully I can get some good writing done this weekend. You've all waited long enough, dang it.

It pleases me that you haven't been disrupted too greatly. Happy writing and teaching, you hear?

Has anyone else noticed the abundance of OC unicorns in this fandom when compared to everything else, even pegasi? OC earth ponies are very rare in character lists. Even my own character list has five (seven with background characters) unicorns, two earth ponies, and two pegasi. (And one human, but that doesn't count.) Besides the obvious power advantage unicorns have in their magic, and the flexibility of said magic in giving the character abilities (especially 'elemental' ones like fire), why so few EPs? Pegasi are numerous as well, but not nearly as much as unicorns.

Magic is a complete game breaker. Like lets look at it from something like a D&D perspective. Even basic TK has a lot of pragmatic applications and then there are all the other spells you can think of, as long as it doesn't get too ridiculous. The first OC I was going to make, before I scrapped the idea, was a male unicorn battlemage in the FoE setting because it would cover all my bases.

I think EP's might be limited because no one really knows the intricacies of their special abilities. They are stronger, tougher and have a special connection to the earth. I guess if you wanted to Fallout role play it as having more SPECIAL points to distribute, like say 7 instead of 5, EP's would be more popular. It's just that its kind of lack luster compared to the numerous ways you can exploit the unique abilities of pegasi and unicorns.

TK is a badass power, though. Properly used, a unicorn could sow destruction by targeting loose or vulnerable objects in its environment and using them to their advantage.

Again, that would require skill. These are peaceful ponies.

From what I've seen most ponies outside of the Mane 6 are rather spineless and scare easily. If there was someone who could rally and organize them Equestria could have a very capable army. They remind me of something like the Imperial Guard from Warhammer 40k.

Honestly, I'm too nervous to really enjoy it. I don't want to screw up. I'm also not 100% what I'm doing because I have no scale of performance. I don't know how my teaching compares to other teachers so I don't know how to do a better job. So I'm pretty sure I'm a lousy teacher and I just hope I don't lose my job next week.

As for the periods. 2 are fine as I'm co-teaching with a mentor who gives me hints. 2 are okay; nothing amazing nor aggrivating. I have an honors class that likes to talk. And then I have a period where the students are just lumps in the seat and have to be spoon fed EVERYTHING. It's really aggrivating...

Anyway, ch 50. I promise I'll get it done asap. Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cup cake in my eye...

Again please don't get yourself in a rut over this Somber. We respect and care about YOU, not the story.

You'll do fine Somber, I have faith in you. You have someone watching your back and once the new job nervousness wears off I'm sure you'll do great things.

[O. Hinds]

Anyway, question to the editors: Does being an editor affect your enjoyment of PH at all? I would think actively taking a part in helping bring Somber's story come to life might have a number of drawbacks. I haven't done any fan fiction but spending time editing my owns works makes me (at times) never want to read anything I write on my own ever again except after long periods of time. There's also the fact that you see the story progress before anyone else so there's a certain element of surprise lost, not to mention you can't jump to forums to gush about it to other fans! :P

The others would probably be better equipped to answer this question; I started brushing on Chapter 3, so I don't have much experience enjoying PH while not being an editor. Sorry.

I can make a bit of a comparison to other stories, though. Let's see... Though my ardor is not quite what it once was, I really enjoy reading PH, and working on it is nicely fulfilling (though we do sometimes get into arguments). However, I can never just read it for fun. I generally, in fact, don't go back into a chapter after we finish brushing it unless I'm on a specific mission. The thing is that I can never fully relax while reading PH; if I spot an error in another story, I can't really do much more than try to ignore it, maybe send a note to the author if the error's particularly bad, or just stop reading if it's extremely problematic or something. That lack of power is also a lack of responsibility, though; since I can't really do anything, the fact that I'm not really doing anything doesn't bother me, and I just continue on. With PH, however, if I spot an error, I immediately need to slip out of "Reading for Fun" mode and into "Member of the Editing Team" mode. I don't think that this stops reading the story from being fun, but it does, due to the fact that I know that I could at any time be pulled into work of unknown length and difficulty, discourage me from specifically reading the story just for fun. Sorry if my answer was incoherent at all; it's 0200 here after the end of a relatively long week, and I'm rather tired.

Zeebs seem to be very no bullshit creatures in ponyverse. No magic, no gimmicks, just quiet masters of ingenuity and application. They'd probably be the ruling class or would enslave Earth ponies without the princesses, unicorns or pegasi.

Agreed with Zecora as well. I think her rhyming gimmick is a very important part of her character. To rhyme coherently you need to think hard about what you're trying to say and it shows her intelligence and patience.

Well, not entirely without magic; alchemical engineering makes many things quite a bit easier, and there are a few talismans and such.

Honestly, I'm too nervous to really enjoy it. I don't want to screw up. I'm also not 100% what I'm doing because I have no scale of performance. I don't know how my teaching compares to other teachers so I don't know how to do a better job. So I'm pretty sure I'm a lousy teacher and I just hope I don't lose my job next week.

As for the periods. 2 are fine as I'm co-teaching with a mentor who gives me hints. 2 are okay; nothing amazing nor aggrivating. I have an honors class that likes to talk. And then I have a period where the students are just lumps in the seat and have to be spoon fed EVERYTHING. It's really aggrivating...

Anyway, ch 50. I promise I'll get it done asap. Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cup cake in my eye...

Well, Somber, no offense, but if your appraisal of your teaching skill is anything like your appraisal of your writing skill...
I think that it's a pretty safe bet that you're doing at least okay.

[Kippershy]

Hello folks. Well, I got my new apartment and got through the first week of classes. I'm at 20p on ch 50. Hopefully I can get some good writing done this weekend. You've all waited long enough, dang it.

Damn it Somber. Now I feel bad about the whoring of my mod in your thread because I was only doing it while you were gone because... well, you were gone and it'd get more attention there & keep the thread going with fresh stuff...

Though I am very glad to see you back now and can't wait for your next release when you do get round to it. Just remember not to push yourself too hard, okay?

How is teaching going?

Kipper: I couldn't get time in the studio today to record anything. I'm quite sorry. :(

That's fine, whenever you can, whenever you want to - there's no deadline to do it in and you have no real obligation anyway.
I'm thankful that you offered at all.

[Kippershy]

Annnd... I just stumbled across this Fluts vid, which is awesome (as is Cut Chemist with that sweet nu-bossa sound).

Oh, I SO love you with all my heart now for this.

[Guest]

@Somber
Ah, you sound like my mum! She teaches HS chemistry (I believe I've mentioned this, sorry for retread if so) and she's always CONVINCED that she's teaching poorly. But all her students frickin' love her, she's doing a great job getting her kids prepared for the AP, and she's made a bunch of people decide to major in the subject (or, well, decide as much as you can in high school). Her colleagues all think she's fantastic, too. Now, I know that one point of overlap doesn't mean there will be more, but still - you'll get the hang of it. :) Glad to hear that the chapter's progressing, too! Take your time, we'll be happy whenever it arrives.

[Icy Shake]

Zeebs seem to be very no bullshit creatures in ponyverse. No magic, no gimmicks, just quiet masters of ingenuity and application. They'd probably be the ruling class or would enslave Earth ponies without the princesses, unicorns or pegasi.

Agreed with Zecora as well. I think her rhyming gimmick is a very important part of her character. To rhyme coherently you need to think hard about what you're trying to say and it shows her intelligence and patience.

Well, not entirely without magic; alchemical engineering makes many things quite a bit easier, and there are a few talismans and such.

On the topic of unicorn OCs, well, the fact that zebras are (probably) exceptionally uncommon in Equestria plays a role; after all, even though Ponyville is small and perhaps a bit of a backwater, you would think that if there were many zebras at all in Equestria then at least one of Twilight's friends would have known that they existed--heck, maybe even been aware of the stripes--even if they would still fear them out of xenophobia or whatever. So if you want an OC in Equestria proper, an Equestria close to the show, a zebra isn't a great option unless you want to do some explaining or have the character be a wanderer or new arrival.

As for the prevalence of unicorns in comparison to the other two pony races, I think that a large part is due to the usefulness of TK. Frankly, it seems to me that writing the interactions with objects encountered in everyday life (especially in the first person, where there's less leeway to just have it done in the background) is simply harder for for earth ponies, and to a lesser extent pegasi even after Putting Your Hoof Down. Add the fact that the intellectual class and the upper class seem to be--or are assumed to be--primarily unicorn, and the near-absence of Earth Ponies in the Royal Guard (which does make sense) and there's a fair amount pushing OCs toward having horns.

Honestly, I'm too nervous to really enjoy it. I don't want to screw up. I'm also not 100% what I'm doing because I have no scale of performance. I don't know how my teaching compares to other teachers so I don't know how to do a better job. So I'm pretty sure I'm a lousy teacher and I just hope I don't lose my job next week.

As for the periods. 2 are fine as I'm co-teaching with a mentor who gives me hints. 2 are okay; nothing amazing nor aggrivating. I have an honors class that likes to talk. And then I have a period where the students are just lumps in the seat and have to be spoon fed EVERYTHING. It's really aggrivating...

Anyway, ch 50. I promise I'll get it done asap. Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cup cake in my eye...

Well, Somber, no offense, but if your appraisal of your teaching skill is anything like your appraisal of your writing skill...
I think that it's a pretty safe bet that you're doing at least okay.

Well, I'm glad to hear things aren't in disaster/crisis mode anymore. I likewise have confidence that you will do just fine, especially once you have some time to get used to things and ascend the learning curve with the input from your mentor. Best of luck!


And, of course, don't feel any need to work on PH if you don't have the time or are feeling overwhelmed; you're more important than that, and I'm happy just to be here and have this community.

[tylertoon2]

Honestly, I'm too nervous to really enjoy it. I don't want to screw up. I'm also not 100% what I'm doing because I have no scale of performance. I don't know how my teaching compares to other teachers so I don't know how to do a better job. So I'm pretty sure I'm a lousy teacher and I just hope I don't lose my job next week.

As for the periods. 2 are fine as I'm co-teaching with a mentor who gives me hints. 2 are okay; nothing amazing nor aggrivating. I have an honors class that likes to talk. And then I have a period where the students are just lumps in the seat and have to be spoon fed EVERYTHING. It's really aggrivating...

Anyway, ch 50. I promise I'll get it done asap. Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cup cake in my eye...

Ahh good. Using Somber logic he must be doing a fantastic job. He just doesn't know it. :D


Also this.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6kxBFUNqsI&feature=g-u-u

[IncoherentOrange]

I wonder what zombies eat. I wonder what if zombie ponies.

[WavemasterRyx]

Hello folks. Well, I got my new apartment and got through the first week of classes. I'm at 20p on ch 50. Hopefully I can get some good writing done this weekend. You've all waited long enough, dang it.

I'm glad you made it through the first week, sir. I do hope things go well for you, you really deserve a break, after all this.

Of course we're looking forward to 50, but please don't push yourself too hard, it's worth waiting.

*hugs*

[Katarn]

Earth ponies have no powers

[Guest]

Watched V/H/S. Was not underwhelmed. Even the bad short films were good in how very hard they were trying. An exceedingly unpleasant experience, in many ways. Recommended. If you'll excuse me, I'll be not sleeping with all the lights on.

[FoolNeim]

Honestly, I'm too nervous to really enjoy it. I don't want to screw up. I'm also not 100% what I'm doing because I have no scale of performance. I don't know how my teaching compares to other teachers so I don't know how to do a better job. So I'm pretty sure I'm a lousy teacher and I just hope I don't lose my job next week.

As for the periods. 2 are fine as I'm co-teaching with a mentor who gives me hints. 2 are okay; nothing amazing nor aggrivating. I have an honors class that likes to talk. And then I have a period where the students are just lumps in the seat and have to be spoon fed EVERYTHING. It's really aggrivating...

Anyway, ch 50. I promise I'll get it done asap. Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cup cake in my eye...

Okay, I've been lurking for a few weeks now, figured I would register. Love your story Somber.

I'm a teaching candidate, have been for longer than normal since I switched programs and I've been getting my credential part-time, and I did volunteer work before that. I've got one more year about. Forgive me if I say a lot of stuff you already know.

Obviously as an actual teacher you have more experience than me, but what your dealing with sounds totally normal, from both my own experiences and from what I'm being taught about teaching. Most teachers start out feeling like you suck, until you get comfortable. Your mentor teacher is there to help you feel like you suck less over time, and getting to know the other teachers in general will help a lot as you can get tips from them. Obviously don't gossip, even if other teachers do. It can have a boomerang effect.

English isn't my field, but still, as for the classroom full of lumps, maybe do some forcibly interactive exercises and think-pair-share work where they're forced to work in pairs or groups of three or whatever? Also, while I've dealt mostly with junior high students, I find anytime you can incorporate zombies into the curriculum it helps. If you're teaching literature I'm not sure that will be of much help. I am told that this book is quite good however, although the school board may object to its inclusion in the curriculum.

Also, with any class that is not going smoothly, it helps to take an outwardly sardonic attitude. As in helps to joke but try not to smile too much. It's a sign of weakness, and this is coming from someone whose been told he's actually too lax with students, if anything.

Anyway hang in there. The early going is always the toughest. You need to take care of yourself. We can wait for Chapter 50. Meanwhile I'm going to speculate that it's Morning/Fallen/Rainbow Glory's turn to attempt suicide, causing Blackjack to try to atone by branding herself with a scarlet letter (maybe 'S' for "Strumpet"?).

Well, Somber, no offense, but if your appraisal of your teaching skill is anything like your appraisal of your writing skill...
I think that it's a pretty safe bet that you're doing at least okay.

Also, this. ^^^

[Cptadder]

I've rather liked zebras ever since being accused of being one by someone in this group ^_^
Though FoE and Hinds presenting them as engineering geniuses helped, too.

That pony's a spy!
The Zebra's of FoE and PH are a very interesting race, a Roman/Incan hybrid surrounded by dangerous creatures in Mongolian style bands with traces of good old fashion tribalism. I'd love to see that kind of hybrid Incan/Roman architecture. Lots of stepped buildings with big statues everywhere and more columns than you can shake your tail at. The biggest mental image I have is a Roman style aqueduct with the columns carved into totems of gods and zebras with small zebra statues lining the edge of the aqueduct itself pictured galloping down the slight slope across miles of quality zebra engineering.

Zeebs seem to be very no bullshit creatures in ponyverse. No magic, no gimmicks, just quiet masters of ingenuity and application. They'd probably be the ruling class or would enslave Earth ponies without the princesses, unicorns or pegasi.

I dunno about the unicorns. There are powerful ones like Twilight, sure, but the majority seem to be presented (canon and fanon) as having little more than telekinesis.
The pegasi would be more complicated. Get enough together and even the most unskilled among them can aid in forming a tornado.

That tornado faded almost the instant they stopped aiding it, but think about their weather manipulating abilities while we are here in the middle of Hurricane season, nothing nastier than a thousand pegasi working together to turn that CAT 1 Hurricane into a Cat 5 and steering it towards your cities. I don't think there are enough pegasi to create a Hurricane but they can sure create the conditions for formation then line the path of the Hurricane with nice warm weather and break up any storms that might smash into the Hurricane as they lead it on towards the enemy. Look before you Sleep demonstrated Pegasi creating a gale force storm over land which supports super Hurricane methodology.

Has anyone else noticed the abundance of OC unicorns in this fandom when compared to everything else, even pegasi? OC earth ponies are very rare in character lists. Even my own character list has five (seven with background characters) unicorns, two earth ponies, and two pegasi. (And one human, but that doesn't count.) Besides the obvious power advantage unicorns have in their magic, and the flexibility of said magic in giving the character abilities (especially 'elemental' ones like fire), why so few EPs? Pegasi are numerous as well, but not nearly as much as unicorns.

Earth ponies are... ponies. Strong, durable and dependable. Applejack might be best pony but that's because of her personality and less about her race. Pegasi Applejack would be just as great a pony just more mobile. Unicorn Pegasi not so much, unicorns seem to have an unconscious superiority complex when comparing themselves to their sister races. Which makes sense as Unicorns ruled themselves with a Aristocracy while the Pegasi had a Greek style military government and the Earth ponies had a parliament. An Aristocracy only works if ponies believe that inherently being the son or daughter of someone else makes them better than other ponies.

Magic is a complete game breaker. Like lets look at it from something like a D&D perspective. Even basic TK has a lot of pragmatic applications and then there are all the other spells you can think of, as long as it doesn't get too ridiculous. The first OC I was going to make, before I scrapped the idea, was a male unicorn battlemage in the FoE setting because it would cover all my bases.

Magic is a game breaker, always is always will be. And Unicorns don't seem fit to be battle mages but I have to wonder when we will get to see a grown up Twilight in the show. Not Twilight herself but the royal Magi and what a Unicorn with Twilights talent and drive can achieve with three decades of study considering Twilight already has a death ray I wonder if we are going to get DBZ style giant beams or FMA style ultra adaptability or D&D bat shit crazy spells like Pin to the Sky or Familicide which not only kills you but your entire line of living relatives.

TK is a badass power, though. Properly used, a unicorn could sow destruction by targeting loose or vulnerable objects in its environment and using them to their advantage.

Again, that would require skill. These are peaceful ponies.

From what I've seen most ponies outside of the Mane 6 are rather spineless and scare easily. If there was someone who could rally and organize them Equestria could have a very capable army. They remind me of something like the Imperial Guard from Warhammer 40k.

They are also ponies peaceful herbivores, when there is conflict over land or resources two herds will have the alphas meet and either merge herds or have a short dance off to determine who goes hungry and who eats tonight. But with the magic of friendship this no longer happens so the chance of conflict outside of giant monster attacks (Quick get me five ponies with attitude!) so pacifism makes sense. Hard to generate a war like culture without some wars.

[Ketchup]

Also, with any class that is not going smoothly, it helps to take an outwardly sardonic attitude. As in helps to joke but try not to smile too much. It's a sign of weakness, and this is coming from someone whose been told he's actually too lax with students, if anything.

I had a teacher last year who did this, and it worked really well. He also showed us Monty Python and the Holy Grail and played flash games. He rarely laughed, but almost everyone did well in the class because it was made interesting.

On another note with teachers, I have a second cousin as my English 10 teacher, though I don't know her well. She did grow up with my father, and they keep in contact, so she'd know more about me than I do her.

Oh, and welcome to the discussion, FoolNeim.

[Ironmonger]

I have a question for Somber or honestly whoever can answer this. He writes between 20K-50K words a week. That does not seem humanly possible, so how does he get this shit done so fast? I'm fortunate if I can manage 1000 words a day.

[IncoherentOrange]

I presume a will or creativity of great quality or quantity. I wonder the same, though.

[Valikdu]

He writes between 20K-50K words a week. That does not seem humanly possible, so how does he get this shit done so fast? I'm fortunate if I can manage 1000 words a day.

Somber went into a macabre mood and created an artifact called "Project Horizons Chapter 6: Play". Then he became a Legendary Writer and could do ANYTHING, including creating more artifacts (which is supposed to be impossible).

That was a joke. Well, apart from the 'do anything' part, that one's true.

[Kippershy]

I have a question for Somber or honestly whoever can answer this. He writes between 20K-50K words a week. That does not seem humanly possible, so how does he get this shit done so fast? I'm fortunate if I can manage 1000 words a day.

He was unemployed which meant he had a lot more free time for both writing and thinking about his story and where it was going, where it's at and where it's been.
On top of that, he has three editors which is a massive boost to writing capability knowing that you've got people who'll help you out and tell you what needs changing - so he didn't have to worry about that too much.

On top of that, he's a very dedicated person with the writing skill and creativity to do it in general.


Never compare yourself to Somber... ever. It's a bad move.

[Ironmonger]

I have a question for Somber or honestly whoever can answer this. He writes between 20K-50K words a week. That does not seem humanly possible, so how does he get this shit done so fast? I'm fortunate if I can manage 1000 words a day.

He was unemployed which meant he had a lot more free time for both writing and thinking about his story and where it was going, where it's at and where it's been.
On top of that, he has three editors which is a massive boost to writing capability knowing that you've got people who'll help you out and tell you what needs changing - so he didn't have to worry about that too much.

On top of that, he's a very dedicated person with the writing skill and creativity to do it in general.


Never compare yourself to Somber... ever. It's a bad move.

My primary theory was he already had a lot of it written and just posted it once a week or something, like what they do with TV shows. I just accept the theory that hes pretty much an avatar of literature or writing god or something lol.

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