I saw one of my pals on here write his own blog post about writing tips, so I figured I'd do the same to the few folks who might actually read this. It's not going to be anywhere near as cohesive or detailed as his, but hopefully it will get the job done, and maybe help a few people who have been having some trouble lately.

I don't have much, but what I have is yours. You're all friends, after all.

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I just love writing characters a lot. From heroes, to anti-heroes, to supporting characters, etc. But if there's one thing I'd love to write more, it's the villains and anti-villains. Whether big or small, serious or goofy, sympathetic or monstrous, villains are one of my breads and butters in terms of character writing. I'm not saying that I don't like writing hero characters or any other characters. I just think that villains are the most interesting types of characters from my point of

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My cumulative advice for writers has been progressively expanding to an unmanageable point for a single blog post. It’s been taken down to undergo restructuring as to produce a more manageable format. This blog post will be the hub for all subsequent topics and advice. It is broken into sections with a link to the individual posts, while containing a short blurb about the topic in question. If you find a link that doesn't work yet, stay tuned, it will.

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Worsening: Your sister broke her leg. You get her to the car and reach into your pocket. No keys. Ugh! Go to the house. It's locked. Of course it is; the keys are inside. You crawl through the open front window. Get your sister into the car and start the engine. Try to. It won't start. No gas. You bang the wheel and grab your phone, dialing press 911. When the operator answers, your phone dies. You hit your head against the wheel and look up. The police are racing down the

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Do not become attached to your ideas.

Let’s put that in a positive statement. Become attached to your successes. Though. Really. Be suspicious of all attachments in your writing. For beginning and intermediate writers, this almost always means your plot ideas.

There are no new ideas. There, I said it. Not yours, not mine, not anybody’s.

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Hi-ho, Merc here! It's been a while since I've actually talked about writing on a writing-based website—most of them lately have been about vidya games or how awesome tits are.

Sometimes how awesome vidya gaem tits are, in a divine infusion of tastes. It's like a metaphorical PB&J of combos

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Another addition to the Cumulative Advice blog I've been writing; this one focuses on misconceptions as a core idea. The most fundamental misconception in all of literature occurs when the reader assumes that if a character believes (or says) a thing, then that thing must be true. This assumption undermines the very concept of characters as people, since it goes against the first rule of humanity:

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Wow… does that title sound… uh… racist.

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I know, right? Why a guy who has been criticized to death by his writing has to do this?

Well I'm not usual, you know. After reading and watching tons and tons of stories I decided to share some writing tips that might help you.

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I love writing, as it’s frequently my preferred medium for not only enjoyment, but stress relief. In my job, I spend a lot of time in the darker places of the human mind, and while I am comfortable there, there are days I need to get out of hell for a while. In his book “In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts”, Dr. Gabor Maté (you’re going to get tired of hearing that name from me) writes that addiction is much like the Preta realm shown on the Madala in Buddhist cosmology. The realm of Hungry ghosts is

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Notice how it takes a lot of positivity to get through a day, but a little negativity can bring down something big. It really depends what that negativity is directed at and who. A normal person would shrug that negativity off. A timid person would take that negativity as a hurtful object in their life. Same with ratings on fanfictions. If you have 10 likes but 4 dislikes, it makes an impact. Those 4 dislikes alone could wipe your story off the radar for good. It's like

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Nothing monumental really, just added a list of social media/how to contact me, and put my tip out, because busking is cool

If anyone can lend me tips for story telling, I'd be grateful.

So for most of my readers out there, I want you to know that I have read my fair share of fanfictions. Some of them MLP and some of other worlds. And I can honestly tell the difference between a writer who just writes, and a writer who writes and reads too. There's a fine line between them with evidence in their works. So how can you tell? This blog post is to show what you're doing wrong that can affect your growth as a writer. And I'm going to show you how to correct those mistakes.

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A continuation of my Cumulative Advice for Writers blog, introducing one of the core elements of writing.

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