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Writing a pony story with ups and downs is not as easy as I thought.
I wanted to write a complete, ups and downs pony fan story. The idea at the heart of the story was something I thought of years ago. But expanding it into a full, ups and downs story isn’t easy. At first, I thought it would be good to let the plot develop with everyone’s questions. However, I haven’t received ten questions so far on tumblr…and I can’t think of a satisfactory specific plot.
So, I need your help! I set up a DC server, if anyone wants to decide the development of the plot with me, please join me
You can find the currently completed part on Tumblr

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Background Pony #6CA1
@WutongTree
Maybe I’m misunderstanding things but if you’re trying to produce a comic: don’t use Tumblr. Once you get past 50-ish pages, Tumblr’s archiving system becomes worthless. Just look up a webcomic system and go from there.
Dogman15
Pixel Perfection - I still call her Lightning Bolt
Lunar Supporter - Helped forge New Lunar Republic's freedom in the face of the Solar Empire's oppressive tyrannical regime (April Fools 2023).
Non-Fungible Trixie -

I'm not famous.
@Background Pony #F618
I don’t think Twitter is very good at looking at a comic archive. And the further back in time you want to go, the harder it gets. That’s why having a dedicated website is the best way to publish an ongoing webcomic.
Background Pony #F618
@BigBuggyBastage
@Dogman15
Fimfiction is fine but as WutongTree said, it’s an ask blog, not a traditional fanfic. The entire format would have to be changed. Do you guys think switching from Tumblr to Twitter would be enough? Without the need to switch from illustrated comic ask blog to a novel? I don’t want to propose something that requires a lot of work and doesn’t guarantee a boost in popularity.
@WutongTree
While I don’t have an easy solution to your problem I thought about it some more and there’s one thing that I think you can improve with (relatively) little effort. That thing is making sure all the art and posts related to this blog have a link written in them that links back to it. For example this image is excellent as a reaction image and has potential to be used in forums and other places. It would be a great idea to put “ask-nightmareandprincess.tumblr.com” in it’s corner, so that everyone who sees it somewhere on the internet and would want to see more of this could follow the link back to your tumblr. Same thing here on derpi - you’ve put the link in the description, but not in the actual “source” section. A lot of people don’t read descriptions, especially not for links to the source material. Your art even ended up in this Drawfriend post on Equestria Daily as pic #27 and even they link back to here instead to your tumblr.
Again I wish you the best and hope your blog can still bounce back in popularity.
Dogman15
Pixel Perfection - I still call her Lightning Bolt
Lunar Supporter - Helped forge New Lunar Republic's freedom in the face of the Solar Empire's oppressive tyrannical regime (April Fools 2023).
Non-Fungible Trixie -

I'm not famous.
I second what BigBuggyBastage said. Try Fimfiction. It’s one of the best sites on the internet built specifically for writing and sharing stories. In my opinion, it’s better-built and has more functionality than FanFiction.net or Archive of Our Own. The only thing is, it only allows My Little Pony (any generation) or Them’s Fightin’ Herds stories, or crossovers with MLP-related settings or characters. Which is fine. But it’s too bad AO3 or FF.net don’t have some of the functions FimFiction does.
BigBuggyBastage
Pixel Perfection - I still call her Lightning Bolt
Solar Supporter - Fought against the New Lunar Republic rebellion on the side of the Solar Deity (April Fools 2023).
Non-Fungible Trixie -
My Little Pony - 1992 Edition
Wallet After Summer Sale -
Not a Llama - Happy April Fools Day!

Go fsck yourself
I think the problem is that you’re expecting an audience on Tumblr. Almost everyone abandoned Tumblr when Verizon bought them, and banned “adult” content, a few years ago.
If you want to write Pony stories, I’d try a platform like FiMfiction – although I don’t like their management, the site itself has more Pony traffic than Tumblr. There are also sites like InkBunny that allow easy organization of art and stories. I hate twitter, but for whatever reason, many artists fled there from Tumblr, and it’s still popular to this day.
Point is, don’t give up; try different ways of showing the world your work.
Background Pony #6CA1
@Background Pony #F618
The popular get more popular and the new guys get no traction. It’s not a fandom thing, it’s just how things work. Same thing happens in the real world. I could invent the cure for cancer but if I don’t have the funding or support to get the word out, as far as the world is concerned the cure for cancer doesn’t exist.
Background Pony #F618
@WutongTree
Thank you for creating fanart and fanfics for the fandom. Sorry to hear you’re struggling with viewer imput. That’s not something I have an answer to, sadly. Many artists are in the same boat as you - for some reason a lot of fans no longer look for new content and just stick to the older, long running ones. That’s especially true for tumblr ask blogs, they almost never get traction nowadays. I wish you the best, but I have no idea how to help.