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May
2nd
2017

Op-Ed: Five Things Non-Writers Should Know About Writers and Writing · 5:34pm May 2nd, 2017

So, you may have noticed that despite being in the place of what would normally be a Being a Better Writer post, this isn’t that. And no, it really isn’t. Though if you’re an aspiring writer, this is a good post to read, because it’s going to be helpful, so I’ll leave it tagged under BaBW.

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Apr
7th
2021

Seriously? 🤨 · 3:00am Apr 7th, 2021

Men get shamed for not losing their virginity while women get shamed for losing their virginity? Wow, what a fucked up heteronormative world we live in. The stigma about virginity needs to stop.

Apr
12th
2023

Scribbler Needs Our Help! · 1:38am Apr 12th, 2023

Hey everyone, your... uh... I guess your favorite drunkle Grunkle ROB here with something super important.

Scribbler Productions is facing a crisis, and needs everyone's help. It's simple enough, we need to get YouTube's attention for them to pull their head out of their ass, unplug the fucking robots and have a human being talk to her and get this shit straightened out.

Here is the full deetz video, for further context on the situation.

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Jun
2nd
2016

Being a Better Writer: Opening Pandora's Music Box · 8:08pm Jun 2nd, 2016

This is a post I didn't actually think I'd ever write.

Hyperbole? Not really, actually. As you may have gathered from the title, today I'm going to be talking about music, which is a common enough topic that I've been asked about by many a young writer. They want to know if someone can listen to music while writing, what I listen to, etc.

And for the longest time, I've just said "Yes" and left it at that. I listen to music when I write, you can too.

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Dec
14th
2015

Being a Better Writer: Some Tips for Writing Mysteries · 10:02pm Dec 14th, 2015

What a weekend. I don't know about you guys, but I finally got my hands on a copy of Halo 5: Guardians and played through it. The short? It's a good thing the multiplayer is so good (and I do mean good) because the campaign and story are flat-out awful. And I do mean awful. The shooting's fun, and the environments are neat ... but the story is a hackneyed, jumbled, poorly thrown-together mess, and the dialogue ... oh the dialogue ...

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Aug
17th
2015

Being a Better Writer: Active and Passive Voice · 7:52pm Aug 17th, 2015

All right! Request time! Today's topic came from in a message from a reader, who expressed concern that some of their works had quite a bit of passive voice over active voice, and wanted to change that. So they were hoping I could offer a little advice on the matter.

I can, though it might not be the advice they expect.

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Jun
8th
2015

Being a Better Writer: Theme VS Message · 8:04pm Jun 8th, 2015

Right! Let's get this week started! The sun is shining, the sky is blue, and I'm inside looking at it through a window with my hands on a keyboard. All for you guys.

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Apr
16th
2017

Tiny Excerpt Time: My Little Dynamite Book 2 · 7:29pm Apr 16th, 2017

I needed a little bit of a break from working on A Dazzling Sunset.

Above her there was a fading rainbow contrail that led straight from the Corona to the minotaur vessel. The airpony it belonged to, Semaphore Communicator Rainbow Dash, was hovering just outside the ship’s bridge angrily flashing their earlier message of peace with snappy wing movements.

She also appeared to be screaming at the minotaur crew that had launched the ship’s ordinance.

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Jan
9th
2017

Being a Better Writer: Commissions and Writing to Be Popular · 11:04pm Jan 9th, 2017

Today's topic is a bit odd, and a bit different. In fact, while it's been sitting untouched on my current topic list (number eight) pretty much from day one, I distinctly recall that it's been on earlier versions of the list, and I've just kept putting it off despite it being a requested topic because ... well ... I don't have much in the way of hands-on experience with it. Really all I can offer is my own reasons for why I don't do either of the things today's topic

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Jan
30th
2017

Being a Better Writer: Time(line) Management · 9:39pm Jan 30th, 2017

I bet a lot of you are going to be surprised by the actual gist of this post. Yes, I am talking about time management, but not in the way you think. Also, I'm fairly certain I've done posts on making good use of writing time before, so those still exist.

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Oct
24th
2016

Being a Better Writer: Story Bibles and Other Forms of Story Organization · 10:30pm Oct 24th, 2016

Well, after a wild weekend consisting of both roller coasters and more viewers in a day to the site than I normally see in six months, I'm back! To those of you who are regular readers, hello again, and to any of you who are new, I hope you like what you see and stick around!

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Feb
12th
2018

Being a Better Writer: Overpowered and Beyond Characters · 4:42pm Feb 12th, 2018

May
26th
2017

Classic BaBW: Character Growth · 6:33pm May 26th, 2017

Trying something new here today. It used to be, back when I was transferring over posts from my old blog to this site, that Thursday or Friday would be home to a Blast from the Past post—essentially an excuse to go back to one of the old Being a Better Writer posts that wasn't on Unusual Things yet and transfer it over (albeit with a little editing). Those posts ran for a little over year, if memory serves, but inevitably had to stop, as I caught up with the present day.

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Jul
28th
2017

Classic Being a Better Writer: Pacing · 7:04pm Jul 28th, 2017

From the site! Naturally.

Welcome back to another classic Being a Better Writer post!

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Nov
15th
2015

Should There Be Gay Characters in MLP? · 3:24am Nov 15th, 2015

In order to teach the ones that need to be taught, you must first be sure that they can hear what you're saying.

Homosexuality seems to be a pretty big topic nowadays. To answer the question I stated in the title, I do not think there should be any characters in MLP that are confirmed to be gay,

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Jul
9th
2018

Being a Better Writer: Writing for Interactive Stories · 9:37pm Jul 9th, 2018

Welcome back readers! It’s going to be a great week here on the site. More stuff coming, as usual. Follow-ups to prior posts, feedback … Basically, there’s a lot going on at the moment, so expect to see quite a bit of that on display here as the days come along!

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Sep
16th
2019

Being a Better Writer’s Summer of Cliche Writing Advice: Let Your Readers Breathe · 6:53pm Sep 16th, 2019

Hello readers! Today’s post is going to be short and sweet because … well, to put it bluntly, I am majorly under the weather. Fever last night and through the night, stomach doing more flips than a circus acrobat, and other, less savory stuff.

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Dec
20th
2019

Being a Better Writer: Doing Good to Others · 10:19pm Dec 20th, 2019

As always, the full post in full is at my site.

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Oct
17th
2019

Humbly asking if you wouldn't mind... · 4:23pm Oct 17th, 2019

Hi Folks!

[Unpublished stories cannot be embedded]

Hope you don't mind me quickly sharing with you that the next chapter of "Fallout: Equestria's Scoundrels" is ready to read now!

Molasses Candy is in danger, and Crow must save her. Will she get to her in time...?

All good things,
Scar

Oct
5th
2022

What Do YOU Want To See Being a Better Writer Talk About? That’s Right, It’s a Topic Call! · 6:46pm Oct 5th, 2022

Hello writers! You were warning this post was coming, so hopefully you’ve taken the past few days to think over writing topics you wanted to see addressed, because as of right now, the Topic Call for future Being a Better Writer posts is open! That’s right, it’s time! Those of you who were waiting and ready for this to go can skip down to the

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