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  • Writers Corner Re: I want to publish this short story

    Er... maybe you could in Teen Ink? I'm not good with that, sorry :P Why not try Will Review for Food? That's Community>Will review for food. Post on one or ...

    Dec 18, 2011
  • Writing Tutorials Re: English as a non-native speaker/writer

    Thanks so much Lava! English is my first language, but not my native which is Arabic. One day, I'd love to write stories in it, so I'll bookmark this for ...

    Dec 3, 2011
  • Writing Tutorials Re: Linguistics and Dialogue, Intro

    I love this! What a brilliant way to get lots of characterization, I wondered how. Thanks for the great article!

    Nov 24, 2011
  • YWS Re: Need Help Writing a Basic Review?

    This is great! I'd have loved to have seen this when I was a newbie! Show, don't Tell (If the writer is saying "He laughed.", they're showing. Tell them to ...

    Nov 24, 2011
  • Writers Corner Re: Story idea help...

    Never seen one, but I HAVE seen something similar above a road where it's like a digital billboard round the corner from my house. Thanks BDL!

    Nov 21, 2011
  • Writers Corner Re: Story idea help...

    In my novel, there are lots of events that I want the reader to find out. Because my novel features terrorists, it needs news about terrorist attacks. My problem is ...

    Nov 7, 2011
  • YWS Re: Greeting Tips

    Ooh, number 6 is a good idea. I've never done that when I've greeted someone...

    Nov 5, 2011
  • Research Re: What are some popular video games?

    As said, it really depends on the age and personality of your MC. I won't be surprised if they have any of these on their shelf: Call of Duty Series ...

    Nov 4, 2011
  • Writers Corner Re: What do you think of this plot idea?

    Hi everyone! I swear, this idea literally POPPED into my head. I was like 'Whoa!" when it came XD Anyway, this will have loads of holes and parts might not ...

    Oct 20, 2011
  • Writers Corner Re: Character's Voice/Personality - Trouble Deciding, Opinions?

    Number 2 - he sounds like a teenager and more realistic. The first one sounds a little... I don't know how to describe it, stiff? I used to have a ...

    Oct 20, 2011
  • Writing Tips Re: Can't visualise your characters? This might help...

    Hi everyone! When I first began planning my novel 'The Diamond Fist', I couldn't visualise my characters at all. I got the idea from a dream, see, which was originally ...

    Sep 25, 2011
  • Writers Corner Re: Angel

    Just came across this when I YWS-searched my name (LOL!) xD Sounds really interesting. I'd like to check it out soon :)

    Sep 13, 2011
  • Research Re: What would this society be like?

    I was going to give a suggestion, but Rosey's idea is brilliant :) Will we see it here? If so, please let me know when you post it!

    Sep 5, 2011
  • Writers Corner Re: Is my pitch good?

    Hi jonsaxon! Welcome to YWS! Introduce us to yourself in the welcome area (community on black bar>welcome area) so you can meet new people :D I realised it existed a ...

    Aug 17, 2011
  • Writing Tips Re: Character Names

    My way of naming characters is a bit weird. For this novel, I struggled picturing my characters, so... I googled them. Yep, I googled my characters. So Liam Hunt would ...

    Aug 14, 2011


To gain your own voice, you have to forget about having it heard.
— Allen Ginsberg