Caligula's Launderette

So, the low-down on what I am working on now. Guttersnipe -- It is coming along, pretty well. Fencing is rather laborious to write, but I will be emailing IMP ...

Actions can be written in, there are certain authors who are profuse with it, others who leave it up to the director and, in extension, the actor. Here is my ...

I am pretty positive it is microscope, though I've heard certain types called scientific microscopes , and there are all different kinds of microscopes, as well, optical, electron, point-projection, e

I have never met a deadline in the long, sad, history of literary deadlines. I'm not sure I even know what deadlines are. :wink: But, go you! I would set ...

I think outlining is all about what works for you. Though, I'm not the outlining type. For sure, you use the formulaic outlining chart like this: [pre]I. MAIN IDEA A. ...

Wonderful writing tips, Misty. :D I love your point about resources, because there are so people people I have come across who don't understand how to use them, or what ...

Cal's Hyde Park Corner Soapbox The Business 1. Pitch. You must consider the emotional investment you put into writing. There are all sorts of metaphors about a piece of writing ...

Cal's Hyde Park Corner Soapbox The Grit 1. The Way of Words Syntax, the dictionary defines it as a noun, the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences. One of the ...

Cal's Hyde Park Corner Soapbox The Characters 1. Dynamics So, here’s the lowdown on group dynamics: each person added to the group changes the dynamic. A conversation between people changes ...

Cal's Hyde Park Corner Soapbox Thought I'd sit down for a spell and talk about things, or stand up on my soapbox and have some discourse about one my favorite ...

Cal’s Soapbox: On Fantasy and Science Fiction [Brought to by Fantasy Fools ] […with a little help from the Good Doctor Lyn] “Fiction is life with the airspace taken out.” ...

Hello Flying Dream, I've cobbled together tutorials and writing tips by me and other YWS-ers which go into detail on how to develop or make your characters more real. Five ...

I must have just gone to really traditional wakes then. :D

A wake is actually, usually done at the home of the deceased. A traditional Irish wake is well, wikipedia says it better. The custom is a celebration of the life ...

Imp, Wonderful article. Henry appreciates the flippantness. :D Ta, Cal.