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Charlie II

The Grammar Nazi fled across the forum and the Punslinger followed...

  • Writing Tips Re: Semicolons are NOT your friends!

    Hmm, I always try not to use them because I don't know exactly how. I guess that even if I did know, I'd probably not because they always make me ...

    May 5, 2007
  • Information Desk Archive Re: YWS Redesign Coming Very soon!

    Wow, I've lost where everything is now! It looks awesome and the graphics are really nice and neat. Especially the chimp at the bottom of the screen :D . The ...

    May 5, 2007
  • Science-Fiction Short Stories Re: The Greater Good

    Nice for a first piece of work. I've always struggled to use anything that's already there to make a story so I'm interested to see how this all turns out. ...

    May 4, 2007
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Bird's Eye

    Hello, critique time: The bird spread its wings and flew. Love the first sentence, it's short, it's sweet and it drops us nicely into an interesting bit! Although, you already ...

    May 2, 2007
  • Official Polls Re: What don't you like about YWS?

    *sighs* This isn't really something that the Admins can fix, it's really the attitudes of people (which is obviously not something you can take a spanner to). My quibble is ...

    May 2, 2007
  • Official Polls Re: What Do You Like About YWS?

    The people, the wonderful imaginative caring people. People that aren't perfect. People that need help and people that need to help. It's a great community that seems to hold its ...

    May 1, 2007
  • Writing Activities Re: 1 sentence thriller

    Since I can't 'line by line' this, I'll 'word by word' it! A few points: YOU All capitals for a reason? earth It may just be me but usually it ...

    Apr 30, 2007
  • Lounge, The Re: YWS made it into Writer's Digest 100 best writing sites!

    And be really obnoxious about it too. Well :? . If it works... Brilliant! It's great to see something as good and useful as this be recognised for the helpful ...

    Apr 27, 2007
  • Writing Tips Re: What Is Your Favorite Writing Tip?

    "READ IT THROUGH FIRST! I DON'T WANT TO READ YOUR RAMBLING, QUICKLY SCRAWLED, AIMLESS RUBBISH!" Yeah. That teacher had problems, but it's a good tip (I think :? ). DarkLight

    Apr 26, 2007
  • Fantasy Novels Re: Michael and Aine - Prologue aka Iolayne

    Oh very nice! Mysterious, interesting and chilling. Of course :wink: , I do have a few comments: She toyed around with it, placing it on the desk before her, putting ...

    Apr 24, 2007
  • Fantasy Novels Re: Chapter One [EDITED]

    Ok, the repeated stops are put in for effect but they don't really work. There are far better ways of writing a short pause and just putting three full stops ...

    Apr 19, 2007
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Top 100 Outrage!!

    The Da Vinci Code, the only reason it sold so well was 'cause the Church made such a damn fuss. YES! WELL PUT! All you need for a good book ...

    Apr 18, 2007
  • Fantasy Novels Re: Chapter One [EDITED]

    Wow, I like this! I remember reading your prologue bit before. If I haven't already critiqued that, I'll do that next. Just a few things: “Let me sleep, Pier … ...

    Apr 18, 2007
  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: Flaughston:A Reign to End

    To begin with, next time you post a chapter/story/piece, please double space your paragraphs. If you've transferred it from a word processing program which has tabs and stuff in it, ...

    Apr 18, 2007
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Top 100 Outrage!!

    Also, if the Bible is the word of God, I think the author has a slight divine advantage. ... Well, obviously Paolini negates THAT doesn't he :? . Oh well. ...

    Apr 18, 2007


The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.
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