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Dec
6th
2021

Being a Better Writer: Fleshing Out Stories and Characters · 10:29pm Dec 6th, 2021

Feb
26th
2019

OPWA: Episode Fifteen · 9:35pm Feb 26th, 2019

Overpriced Writing Advice
Where you can learn the stuff I paid thousands of dollars to have taught to me, for free.

Creating Suspense

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Sep
26th
2022

Being a Better Writer: The Problem With Proper Nouns in Sci-Fi and Fantasy · 8:40pm Sep 26th, 2022

May
27th
2019

Please read · 2:23am May 27th, 2019

Hey all,

I think I'm over-doing the whole NMM gets salvation shit. I've just been doing it too much, and I don't want all of my stories to follow the same character with the same issues. I've stigmatized mental hospitals and did little research. I apologize.

Now to why I made this post in the first place. Many people on here think that the suicide/dark/sad genre is getting annoying.

I have a few words on that.

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Jul
12th
2021

Being a Better Writer: Making (and Keeping) Dialogue Unique · 10:46pm Jul 12th, 2021

Jun
19th
2023

Being a Better Writer: Is Three a “Magic Number?” · 8:52pm Jun 19th, 2023

Welcome back, writers! It’s Monday again, and Emancipation Day atop that! Which is a new enough holiday that I think I’ll just forgo any break and work like normal. Especially since I really want to be writing Axtara – Magic and Mayhem right now.

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Jan
30th
2023

Being a Better Writer: PLS Explain Book · 10:23pm Jan 30th, 2023

Mar
13th
2023

Being a Better Writer: Should You Read the “Pillars” of Sci-Fi/Fantasy? · 8:46pm Mar 13th, 2023

Good afternoon readers! Yes, I know today’s post is a little late. Just a tad. And that’s for a reason. The same reason, in fact, it might be a bit rougher than normal: I’m ill today, but didn’t feel like skipping a week of Being a Better Writer. So my mind is a little muddled.

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Nov
13th
2023

Being a Better Writer: Five Things To Start Your Own Story · 8:24pm Nov 13th, 2023

Welcome back writers! Yes, it’s Monday once again, and that means we’re back with another Being a Better Writer to talk about!

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Apr
15th
2024

Being a Better Writer: Reversals and Subversions · 6:41pm April 15th

Aug
24th
2022

Being a Better Writer: Improving Your Writing Output · 8:19pm Aug 24th, 2022

Hello writers! So, full confession time: I’m not quite at 100% yet. In fact, I might even try for a nap after this post is over. We’ll see how I feel.

But I’ve got to be good enough to deliver today’s Being a Better Writer post! After all, I promised it!

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Oct
21st
2015

[Writing Tips] Different Levels and Types of Crying · 1:45am Oct 21st, 2015


Blubbering: Unattractive, loud crying. Characterized by mutters, truncated, erratic breathing, clinched facial expressions and hunched posture.

Hyperventilate-Crying: Forceful crying causing heavy breathing, resulting in the inability to speak or produce sounds even resembling words.

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Dec
17th
2016

Any tips from you guys relating to the MLP Gameloft app's Equestria Girls dancing minigame? · 8:49pm Dec 17th, 2016

Nov
14th
2016

Being a Better Writer: Balancing a Returning Character · 10:49pm Nov 14th, 2016

Whoa! Late post today! Don't worry, it wasn't because I was slacking off. The opposite, actually. See, during that month-long burn to get Colony published and into eager reader's hands (many of whom are now enjoying it immensely, going by the high-quality reviews that have already rolled in), I skipped a lot of sleep. Quite a lot. We're talking 10-12 hours spent a day working on Colony regularly, plus everything else my life had. So I was, for almost a month, getting 5-6 hours of

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May
10th
2016

OPWA: Episode Five · 3:50am May 10th, 2016

Overpriced Writing Advice
Where you can learn the stuff I paid thousands of dollars to have taught to me, for free.

Archetypes
(Or "8 1/2 Character Roles To Boost Your Story")

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Jan
27th
2018

The Salt Life of an Author · 10:45am Jan 27th, 2018

Recently my laptop crashed. It crashed hard af and I had to factory reset it.

Guess who used Notepad for everything.

My salt levels are so high that I'm pissing salt, and it burns coming out. I'm about to make a fortune selling my white rain as coke to middle schoolers. Fucking salt levels so potent they'd die of dehydration after one rail. My cock salt is fentanyl-level deadly, Goddammit!

ARGHHH

UUGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKKKK

Mar
26th
2018

OPWA: Episode Thirteen · 5:26pm Mar 26th, 2018

Overpriced Writing Advice
Where you can learn the stuff I paid thousands of dollars to have taught to me, for free.

...Or In This Case, I Share The Free Stuff I Find - Pt. 4
(AKA "Blog share: The Importance of Your Story's Beginning OR The Inexorable Foreshadowing")

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May
6th
2019

Being a Better Writer: Knowledge and Inspiration · 7:36pm May 6th, 2019

Welcome back readers! I hope you all had a fantastic weekend!

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Mar
29th
2021

Being a Better Writer: The Non-Gender of “They” · 9:24pm Mar 29th, 2021

Sep
25th
2023

Being a Better Writer: Designing Alternatives to “Generic” Fantasy · 5:16pm Sep 25th, 2023

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