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TacticalRainboom


I wrote some stories for you. I hope you enjoy them.

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  • 449 weeks
    A quick Slamjam postmortem note

    So, the creator of one of the OCs I wrote about just about flipped his lid at me because I gave his character a gay shipping story, ruining his message of platonic bromance and emotionally vulnerable heterosexual dudes.

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  • 449 weeks
    Part 1: Poetry

    “But I hate poetry” well that’s because you’re doing it wrong. A poem of the type that we were told to write in this class is just a short, condensed piece of work that shows who you are and what you do as a writer.

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  • 451 weeks
    Lesson 0: Learn the rules before you break them

    I know full well that I'm talking down to a lot of people in this post--my excuse is that writing it out is also a way for me to refresh the lessons in my own mind. Story tags are because I plan to go back and "grade myself" based on my own advice as i write these.

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  • 452 weeks
    All is right in ponydom

    I know, I said I would do a thing, and then I didn't.

    I will. I promise. Next post.

    But first, I need to share this with you: a friend has informed me that One Terrible Writer has posted all of his stories, previously thought to be lost forever, on fanfiction.net.

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  • 453 weeks
    Knighty HATES him! Honolulu-area baker reveals how to improve your writing with 3 simple rules!

    I’ve seen it a few times, and you probably have too: people will say stuff along the lines of “I bet this person took a community college course in creative writing and now they think they're so great.” It’s a very resonant insult for classists like me. Besides, it’s rooted in fact: the level of literacy needed to pass community college courses in this town is miserably low.

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Knighty HATES him! Honolulu-area baker reveals how to improve your writing with 3 simple rules! · 3:01am Aug 6th, 2015

I’ve seen it a few times, and you probably have too: people will say stuff along the lines of “I bet this person took a community college course in creative writing and now they think they're so great.” It’s a very resonant insult for classists like me. Besides, it’s rooted in fact: the level of literacy needed to pass community college courses in this town is miserably low.

And then I took a community college course in creative writing, and learned things that have guided my writing ever since. When you think about it, it’s more than a little arrogant for me to act like that’s supposed to be surprising. I became a better writer by taking a class about creative writing; imagine that!

My next few blog posts will be dedicated to sharing the handful of succinct, valuable, lasting lessons that I have been putting into practice since taking this class. If you read them all, it’ll be like getting a 400-odd dollar value for free! In fact, I’d love to actually private-tutor people in this stuff. I will legit put together a lesson plan with assignments and everything for you.

Hell, who am I kidding? I’ve written a single digit number of shitfics in the last two years and half my followers have probably left the fandom.

On that note--well, eh, I suppose I might as well write up the first lesson as its own post. Stay tuned!

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Comments ( 1 )

ayy let me in on this
im a Fimfic Featured Writer™ so i must be onto something right

(no but seriously i cant wait to see some insights the ugly malformed guts of your writing process and if you want me to help you help us help ourselves you know im willing <3)

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