So, I recently finished a story that seemed... odd to me. The story in question is Clean Slate by Alaborn, and I feel like there was something that deserves discussion. Consider this a review that I am by no means qualified to give.

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Yes! Being a Better Writer has returned to Monday!

Honestly, I think I just got lucky this week in not being called into work today, but even so, it feels good to be working on BaBW on a Monday again! This is the day when it's supposed to go down ... Well, up, technically.

Today is also the first day we'll be going off of Topic List IX! That's right, new list, new topics!

Which brings us to today's topic of choice: digging deeper with characters!

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Taking a page from Bad Horse's last few blog entries, I thought I'd chip in a little bit.

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Apple Bloom was hoping the success would continue to pass all these potions that were a result of trying to get her cutie mark on to somepony else.

This sentence..... I'm in love with it. I'm in love with it and I want to make many foals with it. This is the most elegant sentence I have ever written.
It conveys excellently four different things:

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