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Semicolons

28th March 2025 Matthew Brown The Basics

I stumbled upon The Word Man talking about semicolons and had to share it.

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Writing Lessons They Wished They’d Known Earlier

9th March 2025 Matthew Brown Advice

What are the writing tips people wished they’d known sooner? I sent a request for comments to a wide variety[…]

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Tips by Experts for Giving Feedback to Aspiring Writers

23rd January 2025 Matthew Brown Feedback

I asked a panel of experts for their most helpful tips for giving great feedback to aspiring writers. I was[…]

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How Arms Trafficking Actually Works

6th December 2024 Matthew Brown Writers Explore

David Packouz is a former arms trader. In this video for Business Insider, he talks about the international arms trade.[…]

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Laura Richards talking about Criminal Behavioural Analyst On Psychopaths, Murderers & Stalkers

Writers’ research: Profiling serial killers and stalkers for New Scotland Yard

5th December 2024 Matthew Brown Writers Explore

Here’s a great research video for writers who want to write about murder, police investigations, and all that sort of[…]

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imposter syndrome

Where imposter syndrome hits me hardest

2nd November 2024 Matthew Brown Editing your work

As a writer, have you ever felt like an imposter? I know I have. Imposter syndrome can be no laughing[…]

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The only failure in writing is giving up

9th October 2024 Matthew Brown Motivation

Whether it was a rejection submission, a story no one liked, or a competition you did not win, the only[…]

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The easiest way to fix a broken story according to Jed Herne

2nd February 2024 Guest Writer Editing your work

Jed Herne breaks his solution down into three stages: Character Arc There are five aspects to a character arc that[…]

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Neil Gaiman on the antidote to rejection

11th October 2023 Matthew Brown Being a writer

In this video, best-selling author Neil Gaiman talks about rejection and how to handle it.

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My problem with “was”

17th August 2023 Matthew Brown Editing your work

The word “was” is an easy fit when writing in the past tense. Along with “had” it is easy to[…]

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5 hard-won editing tips

13th July 2023 Matthew Brown Editing your work

Editing your writing can be a hard process. At least, it is for me. Here are five tips that I[…]

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A conversation with a journaling coach

3rd May 2023 Matthew Brown Journaling

Recently I had a web-based conversation with a journaling coach. I was able to ask questions about journaling and learn[…]

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