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Mar
4th
2019

Classic Being a Better Writer: Some Advice for Starting Your First Book · 8:12pm Mar 4th, 2019

Afternoon readers!

My arm is still recovering. I’ve regained some finger movement but my wrist is still heavily restricted and even this little bit of typing hurts. So writing a new post is out of the question.

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Nov
16th
2020

Being a Better Writer: Doing Good Research · 9:13pm Nov 16th, 2020

Hello again readers! I hope you’re well and healthy. Me? A little funky. Really tired. No other symptoms that—to my knowledge—line up with Covid-19, but I’m considering if I feel funky tomorrow calling and scheduling a test anyway, just to be on the save side. And if it isn’t going to bankrupt my bank account.

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May
12th
2024

Sun Never Sets by crownofdissonance [1st chap] (Recommendation-style short-review - for fics I would recommend, but for flaws with the format that can be sorted with editing) · 10:31pm Sunday

TSun Never Sets
The gates of the underworld are opening for the first time in two thousand years. It's up to Sunset Shimmer, demon hunter extrordinaire, to slam 'em shut.
CrownofDissonance · 202k words  ·  161  5 · 4k views

Overall. Sword-wielding, leather-clad, Sunsexorcist

Best lines:

The woman turned her head, a set of piercing blue eyes with vertically slit pupils glaring back at them. The skin on her face was deathly pale, [with] blackened veins showing through []and []a set of sharp, fanged teeth. A power radiated from her, one that Flash recognized immediately.


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Aug
6th
2015

The Pony Picayune dares to ask, what constitutes a 'good' kiss? · 7:19pm Aug 6th, 2015

Jul
26th
2016

Being a Better Writer: Giving Characters a Leitmotif · 10:10pm Jul 26th, 2016

Okay, first of all, I need to apologize for this post coming so late in the day. I know that yesterday I said I would have it up this morning, but as some of you likely noticed ... that didn't happen. What did happen was that last night, as I sat down to put together what would have been this morning's post, it ... Well, it wouldn't go together. I was nursing a headache, tired, and after a frustrating time spent slapping together a less-than-subpar BaBW post, I canned the

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Jun
13th
2017

Being a Better Writer: Order of Operations · 4:37pm Jun 13th, 2017

This post can also be found at my website, Unusual Things. Reading there helps rankings and the like!

Hello again, readers, and welcome to yet another Being a Better Writer post with an ominous, math-based title!

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Feb
20th
2018

Being a Better Writer: When Readers like It ... but It's Bad · 9:21pm Feb 20th, 2018

Mar
25th
2019

Being a Better Writer: So You’ve Discovered Writing is Work, Now What? · 9:24pm Mar 25th, 2019

Oct
10th
2017

i won't lie that something being read aloud · 5:06pm Oct 10th, 2017

Jun
21st
2018

So, I took an Initial Assessment and I have something to say about one of the questions asked, along with a bit of a rant! - With Love, from FireRain! · 3:14pm Jun 21st, 2018

Every year in college, it is required that everyone takes an initial assessment for their maths and English skills. It shows where you are at with your skills so that your new tutors for the next course you move onto know exactly what you are capable of.

Taking the English one first, I found that one of the questions was laughable in itself. It read,

Find below which word is spelt incorrectly and change it.

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Dec
3rd
2018

Being a Better Writer: Practice Makes Perfect · 7:42pm Dec 3rd, 2018

A shorter post today, folks, as I’ve got a time-crunch today. Christmas season is hear, and that means I’ve got shifts at my part-time leading well past midnight pretty much every day this week. It’s a brutal holiday season, ho ho.

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Nov
15th
2021

Being a Better Writer: Enough Is Enough, It’s Time to Release · 10:25pm Nov 15th, 2021

Welcome back readers, to another Monday! Apologies for the lateness of today’s post; I was up late last night desperately trying to secure a Series X console before the hands of scalpers.

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Jun
28th
2021

Being a Better Writer: Live Q&A Event! · 6:43pm Jun 28th, 2021

Hello readers! And welcome back to something different! Not completely different, since A) we’re not doing that bit and B) we’ve done this before … But this will be only the second time.

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Mar
19th
2014

Writing Tip: Knowing When It's Time to Post · 9:59pm Mar 19th, 2014

Both the video and blog provided by Ckat Myla

Set your chapter free: Knowing when it's time to post

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Aug
20th
2018

Being a Better Writer: How Smart Do They Have to Be, Anyway? · 9:32pm Aug 20th, 2018

Hello, readers! I hope you’ve all had a pretty good weekend and are back and ready to talk about writing, because we’ve got an interesting topic here today. Which is a request topic, but in a broader sense than the original seeker intended.

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Apr
1st
2019

Being a Better Writer: Your Opening Tone · 8:44pm Apr 1st, 2019

You know, this is the first time I think I’ve had a post fall on April 1st, also known as April Fools’ Day. And part of me really wondered if I should do an April Fools’ Day post with this week’s Being a Better Writer.

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May
29th
2019

What in the world is this?! · 10:37am May 29th, 2019

In this video I show you the basics of world building. Consider it a sneak peek into the panel I’m going to give at Galacon 2019. But of course, the panel itself will be much longer and much more interactive. This video is also a chance to find out how I look in real life, if you were wondering about that. I hope you won’t be disappointed with what you see. ;P

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Jan
11th
2021

Being a Better Writer: Handling Stress · 10:12pm Jan 11th, 2021

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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Jan
17th
2022

Being a Better Writer: The Oxford Comma and Commas in General · 10:02pm Jan 17th, 2022

Hello readers, and welcome back to another Monday installment of Being a Better Writer! Though today just isn’t any old Monday. Today is also Martin Luther King Jr. Day, so named in the honor of the individual whose name it bears.

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