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

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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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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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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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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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Attention readers! Enjoying Being a Better Writer? Like logging on every week to find a new discussion on the art of writing in your feed? Been wishing I would discuss a topic of your choice?

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I wanted to throw all y'all a quick pointer to hazeyhooves' thoroughly excellent post on what the Mouse Guard roleplaying game can teach us about writing effective characters. I would consider it a must-read if you've got any interest in RPGs -- since it's a great analysis of how different RPG systems use their rules to focus the game on different aspects of

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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.

Good day.

After being sick for a few weeks I'm back on the warpath. Today I finished uploading the last of Gary Oak's videos about

What Makes a Good Story part 3/3 Mechanics

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Welcome back, readers, to yet again another Monday Being a Better Writer post that has obviously been relegated to Tuesday. Someday I'll make enough money from my writing to be able to give up my part-time job, but right now ... if they want me on Mondays, they unfortunately have me.

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A quick tip for writers out there, who use Microsoft Words:

Change the background colour of the pages to a mint green shade.

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Becoming an effective, efficient author requires you to both master how to give inspiring criticism and how to take criticism without tearing yourself (or others) apart. In this blog entry, I will show you how.

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