Authors cannot properly proofread their own writing.*
It is important to fully buy into that concept before delving into the exceptions and solutions. It maps well to the statement, A lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client. If you're an experienced writer, I should not have to convince you of the truth here. Yes, you can (and should) proof your own writing; you'll catch many of your grammar and spelling mistakes. Many, but not all.
Hello readers! If you’re looking for the usual in-depth post, today it shall not appear. Because today Being a Better Writer is going to be live! That’s right, we’re doing another Live Q&A session at 5 PM MST.
Edit: for those of you reading this from the editorial. The video is from Ckat and is the same as the link to her. The word, however, are the transcript. We both promoted her video and both got on the editorial. Sorry about the duplication.
I recently started a writing focused Youtube channel. Part of this is bringing content from others, and the first video is up. It's about how to deal with a lack of love and recognition for your work.
As my article on knowing the ending demonstrated, there are many tools you can use to help you complete a story of any length. At issue in using all such tools is building confidence while moderating procrastination. Almost all authors, especially unpublished and poorly published ones, have a crippling fear of failure1. Going from idea, to character generation, to plot generation, to writing, to
Welcome back readers! Yes, I decided to bump Monday’s usual Being a Better Writer post to Tuesday on account of Monday being the federal holiday in a number of places, including where I was. That, and it was a bit nice to have a break day.
Today’s post is going to be more about editing. Sort of. But I’m getting ahead of myself.
So first, welcome back readers! I hope you all had a good weekend! Especially with Episode 12 of Fireteam Freelance having dropped on Saturday. Was that a ride or what?
Welcome back writers! As work continues getting Axtara – Magic and Mischief (I still miss Mayhem, but we’ll be getting a BaBW post on that next week) that hasn’t stopped Being a Better Writer from delivering!
For the lack of better words, I decided to start off this year with a list of my least favorite things that happen in television, movies, and books. Basically any form of media at one point written down. It's something someone had the balls to write, but it falls flat most of the time or leaves disappointment in its wake. This is really long I ramble on and on I'M SORRY!
The Alignment Chart for Me but In the Simplest Wording Possible
I'm at Bronycon this week! I'll be staying with my editor Reese and a friend of his. I'll post later about which events I'll be at if you care to chat, but I will be at the Writer's Dinner and I'll also be a panelist for writers called "Distant Worlds" with GaPJaxie, Wanderer D, and Pascoite at Star Hall, Sunday at 12:45 am until 1:45 am. It's a late one, but I really hope you'll join us. We'll be talking about how to take what you've learned from MLP
You can use this tip, but you are going to have a bad time.
Welcome back readers! To both of us, actually! I am back at my desk again this Monday, returned from Alaska (which you might have noticed if you saw this post).
This here is where you can find a list of Blogs that I've written that help people write better. I know about half my followers follow me for helpful blogs so hopefully this can help someone as well.
Note: some lessons are links to videos, some have videos AND blog versions, and some blogs are collaborations with other authors,
Full Lessons:
New video on my channel from Gary Oak on What Makes a Great Story Part 2/3 Execution
Almost forgot the link! My bad! Here it is!
Alternative title: Don’t Bite Off More than You Can Chew.
Hello readers! Welcome back! How was your weekend? I trust it was enjoyable?
I hope I was able to help with that. Episode two of Fireteam Freelance dropped Saturday morning with a bang! More adventures with Adah, Ursa, Anvil, and Owl!
What do you guys think about working on more than one story at a time? Is it more productive or is it too distracting? Let me know in the comments!
I've got so many ideas for stories, but I really want to make sure the one I'm working on now gets updated regularly, whats a pony to do?