You ever watch an old movie? Not like black-and-white, pre-talkies era, but forties or fifties-era flick. You know, color, but early color, surprisingly regular inclination to break into song and dance?

It was a thing.

Anyway, if you've ever sat down and watched one of these older flicks with friends, family, or even on your lonesome, it's likely that at some point during the runtime of the film, a comment similar to the following was made:

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Welcome back! And welcome newcomers! I've been getting a lot of hits from Reddit's r/writing, so those of you that are new, welcome to Unusual Things!

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So this last weekend I came to a conclusion. I'd spent the week writing, as usual, working on the first draft of Jungle (you know, that sequel to that Colony book everyone keeps talking about), but between being sick and low on sleep (said sickness really, really wanted me to sleep), something just wasn't clicking. Something about the chapter I was working on, even when I finished it, felt off.

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For those who have read so far of Rewrite the Stars

How curious do you guys are about Rachel's past? What are your theories?

I wanna hear what you guys think.

also this is a way of saying I started working on it again XD

Posted from my phone. Preview below. Full post here.

Hey readers. I’m still in the grips of dealing with the devastation visited upon both my family and my hometown (and for a terrifying read of what the community has undergone, see this news story)

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Right, so a quick one today. I’m actually typing this out at 1 AM. Why? Well, because remember a few weeks back when I had a dentist appointment that shoved Being a Better Writer back a few days? Well, I’ve got another one in ten hours (shudder). Which, given my enjoyment of dentists … You saw the “shudder” back there, didn’t you?

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Editing is a curious thing. Almost everyone agrees that it’s something a written work needs to have. But by the same token, it’s one thing that I’ve noticed that, in my time as an author, many people don’t actually agree upon or know much about what it entails. The most accurate consensus I could assemble from what I’ve read and heard from casual writers (not dedicated authors) or the average layperson is that editing is about making a written work better. It’s about fixing the

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Bleck.

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Oh boy.

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Well readers, I made a mistake. Not a massive one, but a mistake nonetheless. Kind of a relieving one, too, since I'd been waiting for this shoe to drop for a while now (I had to screw up with one of these posts eventually). But I did screw up.

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EBetter to Give

• MLP: FiM
• Comedy

Smolder didn't used to like Hearthswarming. Until she realized she could win.

• Starlight Glimmer
• Gallus
• Smolder

GaPJaxie · 3.4k words  ·  275  10 · 3.1k views

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THE TIME HAS COME! And yes, I almost linked that bit from Dipper’s Guide to the Unexplained #82 there. It was … tempting.

Anyway, those of you that have been around for a while will know exactly what this post is for. It’s time … to submit reader-request topics for Being a Better Writer!

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You ever get an idea? Okay, let me rephrase that—you ever get an idea so dumb, so stupid, so baffling that as you are writing it you instantly KNOW it's that bad? Well, I genuinely believe so, because people actually have a term for it with 'crackfics'.

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Shorter post today guys, one in line with some thoughts I've had over the last few days. Let me start by telling you a story.

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Perspective. It's important.

I'll be honest, part of me right now simply wants to link that wonderful scene from Pixar's Ratatouille wherein Anton Ego sits down for a meal and orders "perspective." Mostly just because it's a fun scene, and Anton is such a fun character. I mean, his nickname is "The Grim Eater," what's not to love about that?

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Well, after multiple attempts at writing and rewriting the next chapter to Caring Sparkle, I've realized that this story has taken a turn for the worse and I completely missed it. Saying this, I have decided to go back and rewrite EVERY CHAPTER. I know I know, some of you are mad or disappointed, but please hear me out. I kept looking back at my notes, doing outline after outline, and even doing multiple rough drafts only to realize that where I wanted to go with this story is far off from

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When I was younger, there was a point in my life where I was really, really into dissecting the games I played. And I don't just mean in story. I took those games apart. I learned to open and edit .ini files to put campaign-only units into skirmish games, or how to break the game in ways that designers never anticipated. I dove into the files. I put games through the wringer.

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Alright...guys my last 2 blogs may have sounded almost....snappish and depressed, that's only because I haven't been feeling good the past 2 days. Father's Day threw me off pretty bad and the resulting action was me ranting on one blog and struggling to not break down in tears on the other blog. Let's just say....some bad memories resurfaced and I've been trying to cope with them. Even IRL I've been rather quiet and irritated these past few days. For that I apologize to you all. I know some of

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