Alainna

7/4/08 I can't believe that it has been two months since I last posted any of Lyla . My sincere apologies to those who read it. I am so disorganised ...

When I think of rats I think of the evil one we had lurking about in the garden about nine years ago. But we have a cat, so......... To me, ...

Heya Choco Any more of HYBMH? I know I'm a hypocrite for asking........ Alainna xx

Erm, I have a little black book for my ideas and what not at home. At school I find random bits of paper and start scribbling away. If I'm out ...

I get most of my ideas through my everyday observations and conversations. If one of my mates says something - or if we start a debate of some kind then ...

YWS Myspace TV Chatting to friends. Anything that keeps me away from my actual writing pad. Sometimes I can waste minutes just by staring out of the window. :shock: As ...

I find it so much easier to write from a female perspective (although I find myself being careful not to do a Mary Sue...). I hardly really try to write ...

I'm not sure (you can yell at me if I'm wrong or if this is completely irrelevant..) but Cockney Rhyming Slang would have been prominent around then with the lower ...

I'm like that as well.....I suppose we all are to an extent. Fall in love with your characters and you'll stick to it. If you make your characters a part ...

If you want her to be a walking dictionary then I advise against making the words up unless the story is not set in this world. It just confuses things ...

I think the others have hit the nail on the head to be honest. With that expression it just means write what you have felt I believe, so it's more ...

- Show don't tell. - Let your characters live. - Be prepared to be told you're crap. - Give the reader someone or something to root for. xx

I never really thought of my story as a movie. Most of my characters are based on people I know or have developed intricately in my mind over a period ...

Hi Liz, Why don't you offer your services to the local paper? I'm sure they'd take you on as a work experience student - or just as a student to ...

I think photos are a good idea - it's thinking of what they could be of that's hard. I think the whole 'evil president' thing has also been done in ...