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Esmé

  • Writing Tips Re: fantasy writing blog, v. good, name starts with L - ??

    Perfect, thanks a million!

    Nov 15, 2014
  • Writing Tips Re: fantasy writing blog, v. good, name starts with L - ??

    Hi, a few years back there was a terrific blog on - LiveJournal, maybe and probably. It had posts with advice and all sorts of things about writing, and was ...

    Nov 13, 2014
  • Official Polls Re: Do your characters talk to you?

    Nope.

    Jul 27, 2011
  • Fantasy Novels Re: Diverting Illusions: Chapter One

    I know it's an excuse :D But I shouldn't know! I mean, it shouldn't be so obvious that it is, just my opinion. It might not seem like an important ...

    Jul 24, 2011
  • Fantasy Novels Re: Diverting Illusions: Chapter One

    Hello!! Welcome to YWS!! I adored the ‘rain pelted down’. What lovely phrasing! So, I adored that and then I’d kill the rest of the paragraph. Yep, I know it’s ...

    Jul 24, 2011
  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: Possessing Maya

    Hello! The first paragraph was okay. I sort of feel that it could be better. It has the feel of wanting to angle for a dynamic, grabbing intro, and it ...

    Jul 22, 2011
  • Official Polls Re: Are you writing a novel?

    I am writing a novel. I hate my novel. I hate it. I mean, I like it it, but I hate it. I've been writing it for the last, oh, ...

    Jul 22, 2011
  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: Deep Magic Chapter 1 *edited*

    Hey, Alright, so I think the story loses somewhat on generalizations: „like a human torso”, “faster than what most people could see”. No 1 is kinda okay, I guess, but ...

    Mar 14, 2011
  • Welcome Mat Re: The entrance to the world of Cassy

    Hello, welcome to YWS, will be seeing you around a lot? =)

    Feb 11, 2011
  • Action/Adventure Novels Re: Captain Guido (Chapter One)

    Hey, So I think that secondo part of the first paragraph can be cut off. That’s because the words themselves are ones which would suggest that the reader ends up ...

    Feb 8, 2011
  • Historical Fiction Short Stories Re: Miles and Rivers

    Hey, If one opens a door it opens. Not that riveting! So, I’d change the beginning sentence because blah blah blah it’s the beginning sentence, it’s supposed to be blah ...

    Feb 8, 2011
  • Lounge, The Re: Username Derivations

    It's a pretty name! (seriously. nothing else =P)

    Nov 14, 2010
  • Lounge, The Re: Happy Birthday YWS!

    Happy Birthday!! :D

    Nov 14, 2010
  • Fantasy Novels Re: Alezrani Chapter 5(Summary Included)

    Hey! So, mural scene much better  And the answer to the mural (people paint…). More authentic/realistic, which was the point. But! Dialogue punctuation. If someone does something that isn’t ...

    Nov 11, 2010
  • Questions and Answers Re: Signatures

    Click on 'My YWS' under YWS banner with adverts - click edit profile settings - on the left it says edit profile, and below - edit signatue. There you have ...

    Nov 11, 2010


The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.
— Chinese proverb