Ugh I can't decide. This is the main thing keeping me from writing. I don't want it to be the generic cringy human in equestria with like me talking about it, but when I do third person it feels just as weird cause I overuse him, his, he, he's and etc. I used at least 6 different of those in like 2 sentences. And I just feel like the third person takes away from the experience. Man I just don't know. What do you guys think? Give me advice in the comments (if anyone actually reads this).

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Classic posts dig into a four-year archive of weekly BaBW articles to dig up a couple that are relevant to one another, forming a quick and easy to browse sampling of some of the site's various writing articles.

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Title: Changeling Courtship Rituals

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Title: Indigo Hooves
Author: xjuggernaughtx

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Title: Why Don't You Tell Them?
Author: Titanium Dragon

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Title: The Sun's Torment
Author: TheAshenKnight

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Title: Old Friends
Author: RBDash47

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For those who didn't see it, I was at Looney Con 2 last year.

We just came across the video for my 5 Steps to Writing Anything seminar, so first off, let me post it here for y'all! (along with the playlist of all the online cons I've had recorded)

That done, consider this the first announcement that...

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For those who haven't been following, I was at the Online PonyFest 2 virtual convention a little over a week ago, where I gave 2 seminars and sat on 2 panels. If you'd like to see those, the YouTube videos are finally up!

5 Steps to Writing Anything

And you can get that slideshow here.

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Help Me Choose a Phone!

Hello friends, I seek phone advice. TL;DR: should I get this phone for $210: https://iiif150.com/products/r2022-octagon-warrior

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I got an idea for a new story about a masochistic Vinyl Scratch getting beaten up by Octavia. The only problem is that I can't decide whether or not to give Octavia a futa cock to smack her with.

Vote now on your phones.

Also, how would you feel about Octavia peeing on her?

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Nobody deserves things. Nobody at all.

Let me back this up. I've been seeing on the internet recently some spirited discussion about whether certain redemption moments -- and "redemption" moments -- in a recent popular television series were "deserved." I also had this argument with someone on a fanfic, whether a character "deserved" to be forgiven for their horrible trespasses.

Let me elucidate a point of personal philosophy.

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[PROTIP: Please note that the hyperbolic tone of this post is for comedic effect. While I certainly don’t think Fall of Equestria is in any way worth defending, I also think it is largely beneath my notice and not worth getting all up in arms over.]

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We finally return to my series of critiques about the ISII entrants. We continue down my list of “finalists”: stories which I considered awarding points to. I would like to stress, however, that I only ranked them because FanOfMostEverything made me; they are all excellent.

I've suspected for a while that I would not be able to critique every story in the contest. At least not in long form. I suppose we'll cross that bridge when we get there.

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Of course, it's sad to be sad. Don't get me wrong. What I mean when I say this is; Your protagonist being sad doesn't make a story about sadness, nor should you expect your audience to empathize with that.

Everyone gets sad, obviously. We can relate to a characters' sadness and feel it as our own, when well written. This should serve as a quick guide to common pitfalls and how/why to avoid them.

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