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Jul
8th
2018

A short treatise on mental defense, by Luna · 9:30pm Jul 8th, 2018

A/N: This is from an earlier time in my alternate history when Equestria was at war with other nations. 'Person' was a word widely used, and Luna was never happy with it having fallen out of favor.


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Aug
4th
2018

Davvy's D&D 5e Warlock Guide · 7:23am Aug 4th, 2018

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Apr
1st
2016

Chapter fixes and update · 4:48am Apr 1st, 2016

I've ended my schooling for the moment and have a bit of freetime whilst I look for a job. While I forge the next piece of the Observations Universe, I've decided to alter the Diamond Dog's Guide To Engineering a bit. Taking some suggestions from my readers, the timeskip can now be considered a bonus chapter, or at least as a 'not as abrupt' ending to a story that so many readers have enjoyed.:scootangel:

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Oct
4th
2020

Handling Points of View with Grace · 6:15am Oct 4th, 2020

I’m pretty sure that all of you have read more than one story in your life, and I’d bet that most of you noticed that stories can be told from a variety of perspectives. If you prefer a somewhat fancier term, such a perspective can be also called a point of view (POV for short). Types of POVs, their usage, and common pitfalls are what’s this miniguide going to be about. Just like in case of the guides previously published here (and archived in my blogs), this is meant primarily for beginners

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Nov
24th
2020

Creating Compelling Characters · 9:38am Nov 24th, 2020

Creating a ‘good’ character is an evergreen topic in many groups on this site, so I thought it might be worth a shot to dedicate another miniguide to it. Here I’ll focus primarily on some aspects of a character’s role in a story and the ways in which these aspects affect character creation. The guide might be also a bit messier than usual as putting together these various tidbits of advice would require a far longer text to be somewhat coherently connected.

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Oct
17th
2022

Being a Better Writer: The “Perfect” Book Is an Awful Read · 8:59pm Oct 17th, 2022

Jul
19th
2016

Being a Better Writer: So You Want to Be a Wizard, Eh? · 6:54pm Jul 19th, 2016

Picture this, if you will, for a moment. Imagine a young man, an author. Well, a writer who has just recently become an author, having successfully published his first book. He's just been invited to a big convention, where to his excitement, he will be on a panel alongside some of fantasy's greats in writing (if I'm being sparse on details here, forgive me as I don't remember all of them).

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Apr
21st
2016

Epics and the Details – A Short Post · 6:48pm Apr 21st, 2016

Extra Credits is a great Youtube series. In fact, at one point, they were even featured on my Links page. I tend to rotate things there from time to time, and maybe I should be giving them another go.

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Jun
16th
2017

Classic Being a Better Writer: Getting Started · 6:24pm Jun 16th, 2017

Welcome back to another Classic Being a Better Writer post! For those of you who are unfamiliar with these posts, they're essentially recall posts that look back on old BaBW posts and link to them for those newcomers who may have never seen them when they originated. BaBW has a pretty big backlog of articles, and with me having a goal of adding 4000+ words daily to my current book project (Jungle at the moment), Classic throwback posts can be a good way to

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Jul
3rd
2018

Being a Better Writer: Knowing When to Borrow and How · 8:25pm Jul 3rd, 2018

EDIT: Really quick: If you're in the Hunter/Hunted as-posted Alpha, it's up to three or four chapters now! Remember to check often!

Welcome back readers!

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Aug
3rd
2017

Classic Being a Better Writer: Foes · 6:02pm Aug 3rd, 2017

It's a blog! It's an article! No ... it's a REPOST!

It's time for another Classic Being a Better Writer post!

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Nov
13th
2017

Being a Better Writer: Accents · 9:01pm Nov 13th, 2017

Hopefully this will be a short one. After the longer-than-average posts the last few weeks, I’d like to get a quicker, shorter Being a Better Writer post in so I can jump back to closing up Jungle once and for all!

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Jan
15th
2018

Being a Better Writer: Finding a Good Writing Group · 9:44pm Jan 15th, 2018

Welcome back readers! Ready for more Being a Better Writer? I am! And with one of the more requested topics of the last few months. But first ...

That's right, it's time for the news. Two things to discuss, snap-quick, and then we'll be on to the post.

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Jan
8th
2019

Being a Better Writer: Creating a Paragraph · 5:32pm Jan 8th, 2019

Welcome back readers! And welcome to the year 2019! Which, as we all know, is either infested with replicants or about to become the battleground once again between that blue robot known as Megaman and his nemisis, Dr. Wily.

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Aug
10th
2023

FoME Writers Kiosk · 7:54pm Aug 10th, 2023

Greetings from Bellevue! For anyone reading this, attending Everfree Northwest this year, and who wants to maximize their me-related activities there (for whatever reason you may have) here's where you can be sure to see me:

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Jul
11th
2016

LOPE Explanation (Don't Panic) · 10:48pm Jul 11th, 2016

You're not going to believe me. Nop- Nobody in their right mind could possibly believe me, but it's true. Twenty years ago today at 8:15 AM everybody on earth disappeared in an instant and were not seen again, you and me included. Minutes later, a small pocketful of people returned exactly where they disappeared in alien bodies. They had no idea what had happened other than they were the only people around where they were. Which few they encountered were total strangers. As hours and

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Nov
9th
2015

Being a Better Writer: Is It Original or Copying? · 5:35pm Nov 9th, 2015

Today's Being a Better Writer post is ... available at Unusual Things for the time being due to internet access limitations on my end. It's the best I can offer at the moment.

So click that link and give it a read! This week's topic is a good one!

Apr
10th
2016

Writing How-to: Week 2 - Getting Drafted · 8:46pm Apr 10th, 2016

Welcome to week two of this five week series. This week is all about drafting, the beginning process for creating your story. You can visit the previous week by clicking here.

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Mar
14th
2016

Being a Better Writer: Micro-Blast #2 · 7:39pm Mar 14th, 2016

Hello again, readers, to another Monday! I hope yours looks a bit better than mine, at least outside your windows. We're catching the tail-end of a winter storm here, and so the world outside looks a grey smear of clouds with a slow trickle of rain. At least, what I'd consider a slow trickle of rain. It's a bit more for most here considering the desert environment.

I'm not griping. It just looks depressingly grey outside.

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Jun
6th
2016

Being a Better Writer: Considering Theme and Message · 8:18pm Jun 6th, 2016

Message. Message is an area of much controversy these days, especially in fiction. There are numerous groups with their own ideas of what "the message" of all fiction should be, all arguing and fighting with one another, not a few of them acting like spoiled, entitled children.

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