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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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• 450 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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• 454 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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