aquestionofcharacter: aquestionofcharacter: aquestionofcharacter: there’s going to be a difference sometimes between the stories that you find masterfully crafted and the stories that mean a lot to you personally and those two things don’t have to overlap completely or even at all to make that story worthwhile and that’s a good thing to remember as a …

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Can I ask you for writing advice, or if it is your job and you get reimbursed for it, then is there a way to get in contact with you?

Can you tell me a little more about what kind of writing advice you’re looking for? I usually don’t offer to do the more time-investing stuff like copy-editing or beta-reading because I’m a professor and when my students’ essays start coming in I literally have zero time outside of grading, but if you have things …

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Why Do Certain Ships Become So Popular? (And Why Should Writers Rethink When They Do?) – Part 3

<- Start at Part 1 for best understanding<- And here’s Part 2 if you need it!I’m going to end this discussion with a case-in-point comparing the mega-popularity of non-canon ships against semi-canon ships, and then discuss what this all means for writers, and how examining the popularity of ships in media can actually improve the …

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