Thank you Cannonshop for another very good story.
BUT
Why do you end them this early?
I would really like to have read about how the states develop in the 40 years of peace and then how it heats up and what does the navy do when the SLDF 3 attacks?
Do they make Deep penetration strikes or how do they stop the juggernaut?
On the other hand, if I may critizice you:
Some aspects of your stories become repetitory, e.g. Terrrans bad and only the Ngo`s can save the Commonwealth and with it the Inner Sphere.
What if one Terran would have enough of Stone and all the other Terran leaders and "removes" him and tries to be good?
You know, just like in this story where the LC expands away from the IS the Terrans decide to expand up and down (the milkyway galaxy is between 1000 and 3000 lightyears thick).
And one last question: How do you write such long stories (and overcome writers block etc)?
I would really like to know THE secret, because while I can begin the story, after a few pages it stops. I can imagine how the story continues but putting it down in writing / typing, thats one of the problems.
Let's see... I'll answer your last question. Stephen King wrote a great non-fiction book. "Danse Macabre". Harlan Ellison wrote numerous articles on the act of writing as well.
In fact, when you dig into the subject, one thing stands out;
"WRITE".
King's advice in his book, on how to overcome blocks, summarizes as: "Write at least three words a day-no matter what."
why? because writers
write.
Most people who claim to want to be writers or authors,
really want to 'have written'.
It doesn't matter if it's crap, just get it on to the page, (that's what second drafts and editors are for!) most
block phenomena comes down to anxiety, so overcome your anxiety. the most effective way to do it, is to get it out of your head and onto the page. If it's crap after that, you have a place start reworking it...
once you've hit the end of the story.
Editing, in short, is grunt-work that if you're actually wanting to TELL a story, you do after you've gotten it written down for the first time.
That's at least, what the professionals I mentioned, suggest.
I post 'cold', that is, without editing unless I'm working with a collaborator, because I don't have the patience to go through the professional process (tried it once, even got paid, didn't actually enjoy the process, hence why I'm not STILL writing canon materials.)
SO, if you really want to tell the story, you bang it out onto the page, whether it's in the forums, or in a website, or just on word. Bang the words out even if you have to force it, and eventually, you won't have to force it anymore.
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