All right. So, yesterday's incarnation of this post, to what is now great irony, started with a worried critique of Wordpress' freshly rolled out posting interface. To be specific, it critiqued the poor interface design, but also noted with a faint hint of worry that something so new was bound to have some surprises of a possibly unpleasant variety.

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Worsening: Your sister broke her leg. You get her to the car and reach into your pocket. No keys. Ugh! Go to the house. It's locked. Of course it is; the keys are inside. You crawl through the open front window. Get your sister into the car and start the engine. Try to. It won't start. No gas. You bang the wheel and grab your phone, dialing press 911. When the operator answers, your phone dies. You hit your head against the wheel and look up. The police are racing down the

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Hello readers! It’s Tuesday, which if you’re a long-time reader of this site, you know is a little unusual for a Being a Better Writer post, usually only happening on the occurrences of a holiday or a work shift taking me away on Monday.

Yesterday was the former. I hope you all made the most of it!

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Hello readers! I hope you’re all having a good Monday so far, and are looking forward to another installment of Being a Better Writer!

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Do not become attached to your ideas.

Let’s put that in a positive statement. Become attached to your successes. Though. Really. Be suspicious of all attachments in your writing. For beginning and intermediate writers, this almost always means your plot ideas.

There are no new ideas. There, I said it. Not yours, not mine, not anybody’s.

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This post was originally posted May 23rd on the site, but was not linked elsewhere. So to kick your weekend off right, we're putting the preview here at last! You can find the full phttps://maxonwriting.com/2022/05/23/being-a-better-writer-music-to-write-to/ost here.

Welcome back readers!

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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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Hello readers! Welcome back!

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