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Oct
2nd
2020

1 Month Reminder for 'Change of Pace' · 5:28pm Oct 2nd, 2020

You've got just under a month left, boys and girls!

If this is the first time you've heard about this contest (with, I remind you, £100 prize money for first place!), then check it out here! If not, then get cracking! I will be supremely grumpy if I have to give all that money to myself because nobody entered.

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Oct
2nd
2020

Noble Tempo · 5:46pm Oct 2nd, 2020

So, this is kind of embarrassing. See, a while back, HapHazred asked me for advice on a contest, which I was happy to provide. Said contest then went live... and I kind of didn't say anything? :twilightblush: So let's fix that.

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Sep
12th
2016

Being a Better Writer: Avoiding a Sagging Middle · 3:20pm Sep 12th, 2016

All right! And we’re back with today’s follow-up to one of our more recent posts! Remember? The one about health?

Okay, I’m actually joking. This isn’t a post about that. But it was too good an opportunity a joke to pass up. Sagging middle … anyway …

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Mar
6th
2017

Being a Better Writer: Digging Deeper With Characters · 10:06pm Mar 6th, 2017

Yes! Being a Better Writer has returned to Monday!

Honestly, I think I just got lucky this week in not being called into work today, but even so, it feels good to be working on BaBW on a Monday again! This is the day when it's supposed to go down ... Well, up, technically.

Today is also the first day we'll be going off of Topic List IX! That's right, new list, new topics!

Which brings us to today's topic of choice: digging deeper with characters!

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Sep
21st
2020

Being a Better Writer: Concluding a Subplot · 10:22pm Sep 21st, 2020

Hey people! First off, apologies for being a bit late today. I stayed up late making sure the ad campaign for the Big 300 Sale had properly launched, slept late as a result, and then got sidetracked by a lot media news (Bethesda, if you’re curious).

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Nov
9th
2020

Being a Better Writer: The Art of Scene Transitions · 9:12pm Nov 9th, 2020

Or: Yet Another Way to Manage Pacing.

Welcome back readers! How are things going with you? Well and healthy I hope? Washing your hands? Using a mask? Doing your part?

I hope so. Globally, it’s still a pandemic, and we shouldn’t forget that.

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Sep
23rd
2023

Post Void: [epileptic nightmare] · 12:44pm Sep 23rd, 2023

Jul
30th
2016

Story pace: your thoughts? · 2:33am Jul 30th, 2016

So, I have a question for everypony. I wanted to ask what pace you want me to put my stories out. Do you want me to put one out, focus on that one till its finished, then go onto another? Or, would you like me to put out multiple at once? You decide my friends:twilightsmile:

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Dec
2nd
2019

Being a Better Writer: Tension · 10:51pm Dec 2nd, 2019

Welcome back readers! I hope you had a good Thanksgiving weekend! Or, if you’re from a place that doesn’t celebrate that fairly American holiday, a good weekend all the same.

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Aug
17th
2019

Weekly Wander Update (Week One): On Starting Over · 11:57pm Aug 17th, 2019


Thank Tayman for this quality meme.

This will be a weekly blog series, posted on Saturdays, related to my attempts at writing. As this is the first blog of this type, it will also be the longest. Future update blogs will be posted on Saturday as well but probably not nearly as lengthy as this one. So buckle in: it's gonna be a long one.

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Jun
1st
2021

Being a Better Writer: Restating and Rewriting What the Audience Already Knows · 8:10pm Jun 1st, 2021

Mar
27th
2023

Being a Better Writer: The Brumak Rodeo Trope · 9:34pm Mar 27th, 2023

Welcome back, writers! Monday is here, and that means it’s time for another installment of Being a Better Writer! And this week? We’ve got an interesting one to talk about.

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Dec
12th
2022

Being a Better Writer: Balancing Beats and Exposition · 11:05pm Dec 12th, 2022

Welcome back, writers, to the final Being a Better Writer installment of 2022!

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Sep
23rd
2019

Being a Better Writer’s Summer of Cliche Writing Advice: Show the Monster Last · 8:50pm Sep 23rd, 2019

Welcome back readers, to another installment of Being a Better Writer‘s Summer of Cliche Writing Advice. This time, flu-free.

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Jun
13th
2022

Being a Better Writer: Organic Fight Scenes · 5:50pm Jun 13th, 2022

Nov
28th
2018

Be an Author: Know "The End" · 8:32pm Nov 28th, 2018

As a fellow author, you know that there are many things that can prevent you from starting a new project, let alone completing it. There are many ways to organize your thoughts and to prepare to write. Often it's a balance between procrastination and preparedness. What I am sharing today is what works for me, and it's a simple suggestion: Know how the story ends.

Yep. That's it.

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Oct
14th
2019

Being a Better Writer: Checklisting · 9:29pm Oct 14th, 2019

Hey readers! Welcome back to another installment of Being a Better Writer. Not only that, but it’s a normal installment! That’s right, the Summer of Cliche Writing Advice is over and done!

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Mar
15th
2021

Being a Better Writer: Nailing the Last Third · 10:24pm Mar 15th, 2021

Hello readers, and welcome back to another installment of Being a Better Writer! A little late today, as my morning ended up running a little long. But still here on Monday, so that’s what counts.

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Jan
29th
2024

Classic Being a Better Writer: Digging Deeper With Characters · 6:45pm January 29th

Posted via Mobile.

Good news, folks! I’m almost back!

Almost. In transit, either physically, mentally, or both, but that’s still almost. Which means the return of new Being a Better Writer posts at last!

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Nov
30th
2020

Being a Better Writer: Selling Emotion in a Written Medium · 11:48pm Nov 30th, 2020

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