Cassandra

Pick a piece and read through it. I like to have either a notebook and pen or a word document handy. That way I can make a note of things ...

It looks good, actually. I think there's a few extra adjectives in the first paragraph...maybe go through and see which ones are necessary and which ones aren't? Other than that, ...

I got this in a chain email thing once: An English professor wrote the words, "A woman without her man is nothing," on the blackboard and directed the students to ...

Woah. :shock: This will be sooo handy. Thanks, CL!

Gah. Why couldn't I find this when I went through all the Writing Tips stuff last night? Thanks, Snoink. :)

That was interesting. It would seem that fathers have no excuse for avoiding dirty diapers, because they are just as capable as women! :D

Mmm. Well I'll tell people about it if they ask, you know? But most don't. Plus I always feel kind of silly and stupid telling people I'm writing a makes ...

When I post up stories on YWS, what I am posting it for is not because I'm worried about the grammar. I am wondering about your impressions of the characters. ...

Well, it looks okay to me, and I actually like the dialouge, but I haven't read The Chair, so what do I know? But yeah. My chapter five is killing ...

#1 I love your avvie, and #2 WOW. Great site. *Adds to favorites* This'll take me a while to complete, but I'm sure it'll be well worth it. Thanks so ...

I've done some really detailed outlining, planning out each scene and what will happen in it, and I've also tried storyboard outlining. The detailed outlining gave the best results, but ...

As to the image, I think the father's narrative is woven amazingly well between son's reaction. I can see it well enough; and both characters outward action/aspect is vivid and ...

So true, Snoink. Back towards the beginning of the summer I was outlining like crazy, then kept hitting blocks where I couldn't think of what should come next. The solution? ...

Woot! That was the PM from me. XD Um, yeah. So this was/is very helpful. I've tried storyboard outlining and regular outlining, and now I've outlined the first sixteen chapters; ...

Ugh. Those were so big in elementary school. I never really read them, but I did like that one where you could find out your alternate name or something. I ...