Hello Everyone! This chapter took a bit longer to get out, but with good reason! I have an editor and a proofer now! devas has been very patient with my grammar, spelling, and word use atrocities. Thanks also to 00RaiserGundam for looking over it in a very rough state for me.

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This is built out of good advice I've received, good advice I've given, good advice I've seen given to others, and things I've learned in my own writing. I've put this together in the hopes that it will be of some use to somebody out there. Writing is a learning process, after all.

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The first of two how-to videos on the then-current breed of PC's and software. Starring the terminally annoying "Jamison Family"!

Welcome back readers, to Being a Better Writer! Tuesday edition, because … reasons. It happens.

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Welcome back readers! I apologize for the lateness of this post, but I had a physical therapy appointment this morning, and that took up the early part of the day when I normally would have been writing this post.

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Welcome back readers! It's a new year! 2018!

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The sharp increase in popularity of social media networks (primarily Facebook) has created a predatory secondary market among online publishers seeking to profitably exploit the large reach of those networks and their huge customer bases by spreading fake news and outlandish rumors. Competition for social media’s large supply of willing eyeballs is fierce, and a number of frequent offenders regularly fabricate salacious and attention-grabbing tales simply to drive traffic (and revenue) to their

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Welcome back, readers, to another Being a Better Writer post!

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Welcome back readers! Another Monday is upon us, and I’m diving right in today. by picking up a request topic from Topic List X!

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We’re going to do a shorter one today, folks, so that I can get back to editing (post-edit: It was not that short). Or rather, I’m going to keep it short. So that I can get back to, well, my bit in the topic at hand. Because this is the process I’ve been going through for a few weeks now.

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Afternoon readers!

My arm is still recovering. I’ve regained some finger movement but my wrist is still heavily restricted and even this little bit of typing hurts. So writing a new post is out of the question.

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Welcome back, readers! And sorry for the delay. Life … finds a way. That isn’t always to one’s benefit! This week is just looking crazy.

Which means it’s probably best if I dive right in, given my ticking clock today. So, historical fiction …

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This is what User: GMBlackJack told me...

My preferred method of writing is to finish the entire book's first draft before official publishes, and then release the chapters as they are edited.

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Hello writers!

You know, if I’m honest it feels like it’s been more than a week since the last Being a Better Writer. That’s probably because I had numerous days last week where I was up well past midnight on account of editing Starforge. One week kind of stretched into two.

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Those who cast weebs should not live in hentai houses.

No, YOU have chicken mouth!
-SS&E

Happy Monday writers! How was everyone’s weekend?

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Why do your characters do what they do?

It seems like a simple question. And, likewise, a simple answer. Why do they do what they do? Because they want to.

Okay, but why?

Character motivation is one of those topics that seems pretty straightforward. You have a character, and you want them to do something, so they need a reason to do it, right?

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