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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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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Welcome back readers! It’s another glorious Monday, and I’m back with another installment of Being a Better Writer!

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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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Afternoon everyone! So after my latest slew of chapter updates from this past weekend, I figured I ought to give you guys some visual guides to some of the new characters as well as what process went into choosing some of the places for new locations in Ponyville. So in this blog, I'll be showing you Commissioner Cirrus Gust, Officer Spring Frost, Officer Sun Flowers, Midnight Marvel, Snowflake, Firecracker, and Silver Sunrise.

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Hey to anyone who actual follows me. Sorry that I missed the time I said I'd post the new chapter. A mix of work picking up and leaving me more tired than usual, getting hooked on 4chan MLP threads (I have been corrupted by RGRE so badly), and me just being lazy contributed to me not doing anything for the past couple weeks. Also, the next chapter is giving me a little trouble - trying to get a good handle on the new date's personality and how she interacts with Anon (already revised several

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Part 1: Magic and Science
Part 2: Sentences, Phrases, and Clauses
Part 3: Phrase Functions and Parse

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New here? Confused by what a Classic Being a Better Writer post is? No worries!

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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So those who have known me for a while know that I have an Original The Character named Tar. She appears mostly in RP's, but also in unpublished stories. Her full name is Sweet Tart, but she goes by Tar for a boatload of reasons.

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Readers! The time has come! The magnificence is upon us! It. Is. Here!

What am I talking about? Why LTUE of course! Life, The Universe, and Everything! The convention for writing Science-Fiction and Fantasy! It’s this week! February 13th-15th!

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Hello readers! If you’re looking for the usual in-depth post, today it shall not appear. Because today Being a Better Writer is going to be live! That’s right, we’re doing another Live Q&A session at 5 PM MST.

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Hello again, writers! Welcome back to Being a Better Writer! It’s Monday once more and that means that it’s time for us to dive into our Topic List again and see what we’ve got to discuss!

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Welcome back writers. I’d venture a guess that you’ll likely be able to guess what big event is going on this week simply by looking at today’s topic.

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Hi guys, i thought I'd give you all a heads up and say chapters one through four of guided by the light have been rewritten. The rewrite adds some clarification on parts expands on the story and changes the perspective.
Love thicker than blood's latest chapter is still in the works and i hope to get it out soon.
After which i shall do the next chapter of even goddesses need love.
And I'll then start work on the rewrite of guided by the light chapter five.

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"What's the most important part of a story?" you might ask while wondering how to become a better writer. Well Tony, aka Gary Oak, has an idea. The idea that ideas are the most important part of good writing. With examples from Past Sins, A Game of Thrones, and more Tony explores why ideas are important and how to get them flowing.