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Re: Doll
Oops yeah forgot the my. I agree about eh second stanza. I want it to be there, but I don't know how to say what I want to say and ...
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Re: Starvation
Depends if you have water or not. without water maybe 3 or 4 days, with water 2 weeks I think. But yeah, no ideas about animals.. However did you know ...
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Re: Doll
Hope this is the right place. I didn't mean to post another poem so soon after I posted one, but I had a conversation that made me want to right ...
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Re: Accents and other languages
Thankyou for your very detailed response. After reading this I'd decided to keep some French in, because the phrases I'm using are not complex and you can pick up the ...
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Re: 'To Kill a Mockingbird'
I loved it when I was younger but know not so much. I think I read it just at the right time. Jane Eyre is better, and whoever said it ...
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Re: Recommend your favorite book
The Eyre Affair. Actually all Jasper Fforde books. It is obvious in his books that he loves books so much. They are really surreal and funny and engaging. You will ...
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Re: Zhuang
Ok, first of all, love the idea! I think you've got a good thing going but there are a few clunky moments that could be better. 1 The canisters were ...
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Re: Accents and other languages
Are you put off by people speaking other languages in books? Or the reader showing/not showing them speaking with an accent. I'm trying to show alienation in a country where ...
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Re: Length of chapters
Those answers really make sense. I'm a bit worried my chapter will be boring because it's sort of setting up the story but not really starting the main plot. Should ...
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Re: Holdin' it down
Hm think I'll bin this one. It really is a bit too personal. Thanks for the advice.
Dec 6, 2008 -
Re: The Road not taken
Frost reminiscencing about what WOULD HAVE BEEN had he taken a different road at some past juncture of his life. I took it as this as well. The poem is ...
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Re: Holdin' it down
It's short, sorry. I don't know if people will get it or not. I’m holdin’ it down. Writing my timesheet, pen slips off- squealing Smiling in the corridor arms start ...
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Re: Getting Back to writing
I live in Canberra, which is the Capital, but also the only city not on the coast :( I've tried and failed at many instruments over the year. Singing I ...
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Re: Length of chapters
How long should a first chapter/ introduction to a novel sort of be? I know this changes with books and many don't even have chapters. But I'm sort of moving ...
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Re: What Is Your Favorite Writing Tip?
Show, don't tell. Oldie but a goodie and one I still have trouble following
Dec 6, 2008
