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Oooh, thanks, Grif. I have issues with writing villains sometimes, but I'm working on getting more into evil characters. Gotta think like Lady Macbeth when I'm writing those... lol... That ...

Another thought: There are a lot of guys on the YWS who keep regular blogs. Maybe check those out too if you need a bit more insight. :D

I am writing about the Rev War, as we speak; a 30 pager to say the least. I'm currently heading into the Massacre, as it was coined by Adams. Did ...

Trailing down her elegant green dress was a loose braid, small peridot butterflies woven into the blonde locks. She wore an elegant green dress, its colour heightened by the blonde ...

"An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness", Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison. :P But I think you get the idea...

Ooh, yeah. A lot of times younger guys are so mean to girls they like. So maybe she hates his guts because he's always teasing her or messing up her ...

Aww... anonymous Valentine-ing would be quite adorable. Or he could send her a note that says, "Do you like me? Check yes or no." Or he could say it really ...

They are. I torment my friends with my knowledge of that. They say, "and those little dot dot dot things" and I get to blurt out, "Ellipses!" Fun stuff.

AMEN!! Bad spelling puts me off so much that once I see it, I forget to focus on theme, plot progression, etc. because I'm too tied up CORRECTING THEIR SPELLING! ...

I second that. I don't freewrite nearly as much as I ought to, but it's great practice, and often helps dispell writer's block.

I don't really have a preference on chapter lengths because I never stop when the chapters stop anyway. When I'm reading a really good book I'll find a good stopping ...

Watching people is fun. I've also learned to start paying attention to my own facial idosyncrasies. For example, I've learned that I scrunch up my face when I'm confused, and ...

Amen, LOL. :D

This is great advice, but it's hard to do for me because I always feel so stupid. Once when I was acting out a scene from a story, my younger ...

Yep. I do this from time to time, and it's especially great for pulling myself out of writer's block.