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Apr
27th
2020

Being a Better Writer: Science-Fiction · 9:06pm Apr 27th, 2020

Hello readers! Welcome back! I trust you had a good weekend?

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Feb
8th
2021

Today’s Being a Better Writer Will Be Tonight … and a Live Q&A! NOW DONE! · 8:35pm Feb 8th, 2021

EDIT: The event is now closed! Thank you everyone who showed up and helped ask questions and test the system! LTUE is looking good!

All right people, pay attention to this post! We’ve got a special event happening tonight!

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Jun
17th
2022

Being a Better Writer: Music to Write To · 6:29pm Jun 17th, 2022

This post was originally posted May 23rd on the site, but was not linked elsewhere. So to kick your weekend off right, we're putting the preview here at last! You can find the full post here.

Welcome back readers!

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Sep
19th
2022

Being a Better Writer: A Long-Term Relationship – Part Two · 9:42pm Sep 19th, 2022

Welcome back writers. We’re back with another Being a Better Writer post on exactly that topic, and aside from a small news blurb to stick in front of it, we’re going to get right down to things!

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May
10th
2021

Being a Better Writer: Knowing What to Research … and How · 9:17pm May 10th, 2021

Hello readers, and welcome back after another weekend (and week)! How are things going on your side of the keyboard? Well, I hope?

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Apr
11th
2022

Being a Better Writer: Embracing Conflict in All its Forms · 8:53pm Apr 11th, 2022

Welcome back readers! It’s Monday, and another Being a Better Writer article is upon us! Though first, I do have two bits of news. Don’t worry, they’re both short.

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Jan
4th
2016

Being a Better Writer: Beginning Anew · 8:32pm Jan 4th, 2016

Nov
21st
2016

Being a Better Reader: Leaving a Good Review · 10:47pm Nov 21st, 2016

I'm going to file this one under Being a Better Writer, but as most of you can tell from the title, I consider it more in line with the act of being a good reader than a writer. Though I suppose as a reviewer, you're going to leave a written review ... but by the terminology of what I usually refer to when I say "writing" it is a little different.

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Jul
26th
2016

Being a Better Writer: Giving Characters a Leitmotif · 10:10pm Jul 26th, 2016

Okay, first of all, I need to apologize for this post coming so late in the day. I know that yesterday I said I would have it up this morning, but as some of you likely noticed ... that didn't happen. What did happen was that last night, as I sat down to put together what would have been this morning's post, it ... Well, it wouldn't go together. I was nursing a headache, tired, and after a frustrating time spent slapping together a less-than-subpar BaBW post, I canned the

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Mar
7th
2016

Being a Better Writer: Tense and PoV Choice for Your Story · 9:08pm Mar 7th, 2016

Jun
13th
2017

Being a Better Writer: Order of Operations · 4:37pm Jun 13th, 2017

This post can also be found at my website, Unusual Things. Reading there helps rankings and the like!

Hello again, readers, and welcome to yet another Being a Better Writer post with an ominous, math-based title!

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Nov
27th
2017

Being a Better Writer: Languages · 9:35pm Nov 27th, 2017

Sep
26th
2017

Being a Better Writer: The Value of Fiction · 8:10pm Sep 26th, 2017

Aug
7th
2017

Being a Better Writer: Micro-Blast #5 – Logistics, Combat, Social Activism · 9:00pm Aug 7th, 2017

Feb
20th
2018

Being a Better Writer: When Readers like It ... but It's Bad · 9:21pm Feb 20th, 2018

Feb
27th
2018

Being a Better Writer: Sex Appeal, Attractiveness, and Character Description · 12:10am Feb 27th, 2018

Could someone please get a fire extinguisher and have it standing by, please? Because this is one of those topics that, thrown before the wrong crowd, can have torches lit before the title has even finished appearing on screen.

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Aug
18th
2017

Classic Being a Better Writer: Some of the Small Things · 6:32pm Aug 18th, 2017

It's time for another Classic Being a Better Writer post! Rejoice, newcomers and old fans alike, and get ready to travel back in time to an older day, a day wherein writing topics were discussed!

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Jul
17th
2018

Being a Better Writer: Writing Exercises for Character Viewpoints · 8:14pm Jul 17th, 2018

Welcome back, readers! And welcome to Tuesday! As you probably guessed, I had work shift yesterday, and as low as hours have been lately, there was no way I wasn’t taking it.

Just gotta make it to the end of August. The end of August.

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Apr
24th
2018

Being a Better Writer: Subverting Tropes · 9:55pm Apr 24th, 2018

Something you’ll often hear when picking up reviews or word-of-mouth for new books that happen to be particularly praiseworthy is that something is “fresh” or “clever.” Maybe that it “does something new with the genre” or that it’s managed to put a “new twist on old ideas.”

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May
17th
2016

Being a Better Writer: Micro-Blast #3 · 7:26pm May 17th, 2016

Yep! Another Tuesday BaBW post. While this has been the standard for the last three weeks, I don’t think I work this next Monday, so hopefully I’ll be able to break this chain and get back to posting these on their usual time. Granted, I could write them ahead of time … but the other blog I post these on doesn’t allow for scheduling, so it’d just end up fragmenting my reading base more than it already is, and since I’ve been working on the days I would normally write these in advance …

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