Unfortunately, not every critique can fill up a thousand word blog post. Here is a selection of reviews/critiques, in two sentences each.
"Applejack, Are We Poor?" by InsertAuthorHere:
I now take review requests. Check this blog for current status of requests, and guidelines to make your own!
Today's story relies heavily on its twist/reveal. I have made as much effort as possible to not spoil said reveal, but this is a difficult story to critique while avoiding spoilers.
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The Joys and Perils of Giving Free Feedback: Tips For The Put Upon Writer
You know the drill! Achieve 88.8 miles per hour!
And don't forget, new chapter of Hunter/Hunted tomorrow!
Welcome readers, to another installment of Being a Better Writer’s Summer of Cliche Writing Advice! We are rolling right along and into week six of this feature, and the cliche advice just keeps coming.
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The Art of Mystery
(AKA "HOLY COW, WE HIT 20 EPISODES?!")
So. When last we left Equestria, Thorax went from psychological aberration to glorious faerie moose, lord of the Crayola bughorses. Starlight Glimmer… Well, let’s be frank, she’s still a work in progress. Still, she found the confidence to lead her personal Suicide Squad on a combination coup/rescue mission, saving the main characters, the local pantheon of surprisingly kidnappable demigods, and Shining Armor.
Hello my readers perspicacious and pulchritudinous![1]
Let's just assume that I've made the requisite announcements[2] and disclaimers[3], shall we? Then we can continue.
The description and title are some of the most important parts of a story. They provide readers with their first impression, convince them to read it, and characterize your story even after it is finished.
Today, we look at a set of stories, based solely on their descriptions, titles, and other relevant paratext.
The Alicorn Curse by chillbook1
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Ways to make your library more manageable:
1) Sort stories properly by making multiple bookshelves: tracking, read it later, favorites/read, stories I didn't like. This is a good way to keep track of everything *and* if you're too busy to comment on a story or review them, brief titles and descriptions can serve as the more opninon based feedback some writers crave.
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Story Structure
(Or "7 Easy Story Points To Build Your Plot With")
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World Building
(Or "The 5 Category Method to Setting Research")
Taking a page from Bad Horse's last few blog entries, I thought I'd chip in a little bit.
In the past, I’ve advocated learning from cinema, trying to use and translate the same techniques into prose. I use terms like “blocking” and “off-screen” to refer to things in prose.
Today, however, I’d like to discuss one of the major differences between visual media and prose. It also happens to be one of prose fiction's greatest weaknesses: scenes and stories with a large number of characters.
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