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EaganDorian

  • Fiction Discussion Re: SKill vs. Soul?

    You break writing into two parts "soul" and "skill." Depending on if I understand what you mean, I think you could better definde the two categories as "idea" and "writing." ...

    Jul 4, 2009
  • Randomosity Re: What is your favorite story?

    I've been thinking about my all time favorite story and the realization came up that out of three of my favorite stories, only one of them was in a book ...

    Jul 4, 2009
  • Fiction Discussion Re: What are you reading at the moment?

    Right now I am finally reading a book I should have read years ago. Eragon! I like it so far but now I am regretting watching the movie. After i ...

    Jul 4, 2009
  • Science-Fiction Short Stories Re: Are You Ready?

    I figure you don't have a lot of time to rewrite a story so i'll give you my quick opinion. "Fuchs" almost looks like you're trying to say a "bad ...

    Jul 2, 2009
  • Lounge, The Re: Finding the right publisher

    I have a piece of work that i feel is at a point where it can be shipped off to somebody. It is a very short story (a little over ...

    Jun 12, 2009
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Crowded Thoughts

    I think everyone at some point has this problem. I think the best thing to do is to write down your ideas so you can come back to them. Later ...

    Jun 12, 2009
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Question about Writers' Group

    I would recommend contacting the group itself and seeing what guidelines they can give you. Your at a great stage to learn to write. Of course the only way to ...

    May 28, 2009
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Character Name Help...

    I think you just need to try on a couple of names and see if they fit. Kind of like a pair of shoes. Nicknames are always fun. If you ...

    May 26, 2009
  • Fiction Discussion Re: The Writing Formula

    For more than an entire trimester with a English class where we wrote a (long) short story and a creative writing class, I kept trying to come up with the ...

    May 12, 2009
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Perfect Characters?

    Perfect characters is a confusing topic because you can define a perfect character as pretty much anything. You can have a perfect character for a certain role in a story. ...

    May 12, 2009
  • Science-Fiction Short Stories Re: In the Wake Before the Dawn

    To begin, pretty much everything after the "opening" was beautiful. I liked the dialogue and thought it was very meaningful. It really was pretty cool. The opening is only 90 ...

    May 10, 2009
  • Science-Fiction Short Stories Re: Stars, pt. 1

    I found it hard to get make it through the opening put it looks like there are some good parts lying within the story. I would really recommend redoing the ...

    May 9, 2009
  • Science-Fiction Short Stories Re: Immortal

    I sincerely believe that is something that you could publish if you add some more to it. It was written in a way that very easy to read (a good ...

    May 9, 2009
  • Science-Fiction Novels Re: The Time of Eden

    I would concentrate on making your story come to life by going a little slower and doing some serious scene setting instead of punching in some fancy words. It is ...

    May 9, 2009


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