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- The Ship of Verses - June Poetry Workshop
Workshop for Poetry Beginners
by GeeLyria » Tue Jun 11, 2013 1:40 am - 8 Replies
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Wed Jun 19, 2013 10:49 pm
- The Ship of Verses - June Poetry Workshop
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- The 10 Books of Summer: YWS Book Club 2013
1, 2by Hannah » Fri Jun 07, 2013 3:27 pm - 15 Replies
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Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:04 pm
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- What To Do When Doubt Descends
by Jasmine Hart » Fri Apr 10, 2009 8:24 pm - 0 Replies
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Fri Apr 10, 2009 8:24 pm
- What To Do When Doubt Descends
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- Cal's Soapbox #3
On Characters
by Caligula's Launderette » Sat Sep 08, 2007 7:23 am - 2 Replies
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Tue Apr 07, 2009 8:02 pm
- Cal's Soapbox #3
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- Presenting... Your Story
by Rosey Unicorn » Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:57 pm - 0 Replies
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Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:57 pm
- Presenting... Your Story
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- Cal's Soapbox #4
On POV, Point of Attack, Modifiers, Beginnings, etc.
by Caligula's Launderette » Sat Sep 08, 2007 7:20 am - 4 Replies
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- Last post by mhmmcolleenx0
Sat Mar 14, 2009 3:09 pm
- Cal's Soapbox #4
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- Helpful (I hope) ideas to overcome problems when writing :D
There'll be more to come if you like them ;)
by Lost_in_dreamland » Sun Dec 14, 2008 6:42 pm - 2 Replies
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Sun Mar 08, 2009 6:39 pm
- Helpful (I hope) ideas to overcome problems when writing :D
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- Round Characters and Appropriate Dialouge
by thunder_dude7 » Sun Apr 27, 2008 1:14 am - 2 Replies
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Sun Mar 08, 2009 12:49 pm
- Round Characters and Appropriate Dialouge
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- Description
How much is too much?
by thunder_dude7 » Sat Feb 21, 2009 3:28 am - 2 Replies
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Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:49 am
- Description
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- Description
by Rydia » Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:19 pm - 4 Replies
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Tue Feb 24, 2009 6:51 pm
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- Bored of Said?
...why you shouldn't be!
by Snoink » Sun Sep 02, 2007 5:13 am - 5 Replies
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Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:39 am
- Bored of Said?
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- Boring is Good
Why the exciting is sometimes over-rated.
by Snoink » Sun Sep 02, 2007 4:55 am - 3 Replies
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- Last post by fragile_heart(!)
Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:32 pm
- Boring is Good
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- Feminine Characters
What makes a good girl character?
by Snoink » Sun Sep 02, 2007 5:20 am - 9 Replies
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- Last post by Rosey Unicorn
Tue Jan 20, 2009 1:33 am
- Feminine Characters
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- How Can I Become A Great Writer?
by Griffinkeeper » Sun Apr 02, 2006 7:23 am - 2 Replies
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Sat Jan 10, 2009 5:18 pm
- How Can I Become A Great Writer?
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- Keeping the Same Events From Being Boring
Don't just write the same scene!
by JFW1415 » Fri Jan 09, 2009 10:55 pm - 0 Replies
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Fri Jan 09, 2009 10:55 pm
- Keeping the Same Events From Being Boring
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- Character Interaction
How do they interact?
by JFW1415 » Fri Jan 09, 2009 10:47 pm - 0 Replies
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Fri Jan 09, 2009 10:47 pm
- Character Interaction
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- Pretty words don't make the story
It's everything else
by LoveableLittleSock » Tue Dec 02, 2008 4:18 am - 0 Replies
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Tue Dec 02, 2008 4:18 am
- Pretty words don't make the story
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- Point of View Within Third Person
Who Do We Keep Our Eyes On?
by JFW1415 » Sun Nov 30, 2008 9:53 pm - 0 Replies
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Sun Nov 30, 2008 9:53 pm
- Point of View Within Third Person
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- The Importance of Being...Disingenuous?
Earnestly speaking, find sincerity
by Poor Imp » Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:14 pm - 8 Replies
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Wed Oct 01, 2008 2:47 am
- The Importance of Being...Disingenuous?
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- Five Tips For Fantastic Characters
How to breathe life into your characters by following five
by Snoink » Fri Aug 10, 2007 8:47 pm - 6 Replies
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- Last post by kaonna
Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:21 pm
- Five Tips For Fantastic Characters
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- Five Tips For Before You Write
Tips for getting into the proper mindset for writing.
by Nate » Fri Aug 10, 2007 6:34 am - 7 Replies
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- Last post by kaonna
Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:17 pm
- Five Tips For Before You Write
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- Finding Your Writing Niche
by Emerson » Tue Aug 28, 2007 12:25 am - 4 Replies
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- Last post by kaonna
Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:15 pm
- Finding Your Writing Niche
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- Cliches
What makes your plot Cliche?
by thunder_dude7 » Thu Aug 28, 2008 2:22 am - 1 Replies
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- Last post by Cade
Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:20 am
- Cliches
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- The Importance of Names
by Leja » Sun Sep 02, 2007 6:43 pm - 3 Replies
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- Last post by WanaBeAuthor
Tue Aug 26, 2008 7:22 pm
- The Importance of Names
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- And Now We Plot Against Plotting
Plotting? For a story? Never!
by Conrad Rice » Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:57 pm - 0 Replies
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Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:57 pm
- And Now We Plot Against Plotting
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- Cliffhangers
How to use them without them without being too corny.
by Snoink » Sun Sep 02, 2007 4:49 am - 2 Replies
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- Last post by Chirantha
Sun Aug 10, 2008 11:09 am
- Cliffhangers
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- Writing Fresh Prose and Poetry
Avoiding stale vocabulary and phrasing
by Lynlyn » Sat Jul 12, 2008 7:22 pm - 0 Replies
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- Last post by Lynlyn
Sat Jul 12, 2008 7:22 pm
- Writing Fresh Prose and Poetry
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- To Start Over or Not to Start Over?
by PerforatedxHearts » Mon Jul 07, 2008 1:07 am - 0 Replies
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Mon Jul 07, 2008 1:07 am
- To Start Over or Not to Start Over?
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- Serious Work
by Snoink » Sun Sep 02, 2007 4:44 am - 2 Replies
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- Last post by Reason Invalid
Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:20 pm
- Serious Work
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- No time to write...?My own tips on getting motivated
by Eimear » Tue May 13, 2008 4:16 pm - 0 Replies
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Tue May 13, 2008 4:16 pm
- No time to write...?My own tips on getting motivated
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- Cutting back on 'said'
by mikedb1492 » Tue May 06, 2008 4:20 am - 0 Replies
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Tue May 06, 2008 4:20 am
- Cutting back on 'said'
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- On "Happy Endings"
by Emerson » Wed Mar 19, 2008 8:35 pm - 0 Replies
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- Last post by Emerson
Wed Mar 19, 2008 8:35 pm
- On "Happy Endings"
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- What do I write?
The tips of the trade
by Aedomir » Sun Feb 24, 2008 3:06 pm - 2 Replies
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Sun Feb 24, 2008 3:32 pm
- What do I write?
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- Repetition
...and how to avoid it...
by Azila » Sun Feb 24, 2008 1:14 am - 0 Replies
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Sun Feb 24, 2008 1:14 am
- Repetition
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- Atmosphere In and Out
Does what it says on the label...
by Twit » Fri Aug 31, 2007 6:22 pm - 1 Replies
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- Last post by Monki
Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:16 pm
- Atmosphere In and Out
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- Plotting With Excel
by Swires » Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:45 am - 2 Replies
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- Last post by Nate
Fri Jan 04, 2008 4:20 am
- Plotting With Excel
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- Cal's Soapbox #2
On the Business of Writing
by Caligula's Launderette » Sat Sep 08, 2007 7:29 am - 2 Replies
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- Last post by Leja
Fri Dec 07, 2007 9:10 pm
- Cal's Soapbox #2
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- Cal's Soapbox #1
On Words, Redundancy vs. Repetition, Books are the Boss
by Caligula's Launderette » Sat Sep 08, 2007 7:27 am - 1 Replies
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- Last post by Rydia
Fri Dec 07, 2007 8:40 pm
- Cal's Soapbox #1
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- Mysterious Characters
No... they don't have to wear cloaks. Honest.
by Snoink » Sun Sep 02, 2007 5:25 am - 4 Replies
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- Last post by piepiemann22
Thu Nov 22, 2007 11:48 pm
- Mysterious Characters
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- Dealing with Messages
...without bashing your readers to death.
by Snoink » Sun Sep 02, 2007 4:48 am - 1 Replies
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- Last post by Rydia
Thu Nov 22, 2007 11:36 pm
- Dealing with Messages
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- Scenery Descriptions
by Snoink » Sun Sep 02, 2007 4:46 am - 1 Replies
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- Last post by Rydia
Thu Nov 22, 2007 11:28 pm
- Scenery Descriptions
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- Motivational Plotting
by Swires » Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:46 am - 1 Replies
- 774 Views
- Last post by Rydia
Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:55 pm
- Motivational Plotting
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- Something Wicked This Way Comes
Soapbox: On Horror
by Caligula's Launderette » Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:04 pm - 2 Replies
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- Last post by Caligula's Launderette
Fri Oct 05, 2007 4:15 am
- Something Wicked This Way Comes
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- Leading Your Scene by the Coattail of Dialog
Struggling with the dialog in a certain scene?
by Emerson » Fri Aug 10, 2007 8:59 pm - 1 Replies
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- Last post by Jasmine Hart
Sun Sep 30, 2007 12:06 pm
- Leading Your Scene by the Coattail of Dialog
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- The Seven Deadly Sins of Island Hopping
for all the island-hoppers
by Writersdomain » Thu Sep 13, 2007 12:24 am - 4 Replies
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- Last post by Jasmine Hart
Sat Sep 29, 2007 5:09 pm
- The Seven Deadly Sins of Island Hopping
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- How to Write Plays
How Snoink's teacher drills it into her brain.
by Snoink » Sun Sep 02, 2007 6:05 am - 3 Replies
- 810 Views
- Last post by Caligula's Launderette
Wed Sep 26, 2007 5:06 am
- How to Write Plays
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- How to get the best out of YWS
by Whatsarahsaid » Mon Feb 06, 2006 6:20 pm - 1 Replies
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- Last post by She Writes
Tue Sep 18, 2007 12:50 am
- How to get the best out of YWS
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- Diction: Right Word, Right Time
A quick look at using the best words in your writing.
by Cade » Sun Sep 09, 2007 3:00 am - 3 Replies
- 1351 Views
- Last post by something euclidean
Wed Sep 12, 2007 3:19 am
- Diction: Right Word, Right Time
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- Cal's Soapbox #5
On Fantasy and Science Fiction
by Caligula's Launderette » Sat Sep 08, 2007 7:17 am - 0 Replies
- 1090 Views
- Last post by Caligula's Launderette
Sat Sep 08, 2007 7:17 am
- Cal's Soapbox #5
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- Histrionics
Soapbox: Description & Descriptive Writing
by Caligula's Launderette » Mon Sep 03, 2007 3:07 pm - 1 Replies
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- Last post by Firestarter
Mon Sep 03, 2007 3:30 pm
- Histrionics
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- SLAM DOWN!
A handy technique for bratty characters!
by Snoink » Sun Sep 02, 2007 5:28 am - 1 Replies
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- Last post by Leja
Sun Sep 02, 2007 5:31 am
- SLAM DOWN!
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- Writing about Societies
Or, more precisely, how to focus on your story instead.
by Snoink » Sun Sep 02, 2007 4:52 am - 0 Replies
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- Last post by Snoink
Sun Sep 02, 2007 4:52 am
- Writing about Societies
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