Gahks

We have characters in narratives because they are conventions used to help tell the story on the whole? Yeah, to some extent, but in my opinion they enrich the story ...

Because they're special and you're not. How come I can't be part of a circus act?

Just because "they" started it doesn't mean it's alright to retaliate. Especially when the UN hasn't officially declared it legal.

Bark

Your socks. Why do the British drive on the wrong side of the road?

And can you get some plastic knives, plastic forks and plastic cups for the Coke as well?

Doctor Who. Most definitely. The latest episode ("Silence in the Library", fourth series) is excellent. Mainly because Steven Moffat wrote it, the King of Terror who also scripted "Blink" (the ...

Yes: this is true. They did point it out.

If you can't get attached to your characters (in other words, live, breathe and feel them), then they won't manifest themselves as living. breathing and feeling entities. So yes, getting ...

Additional Mathematics kills. GCSE is fine.

Discuss! With all the recent media coverage on rioting because of food shortages, America's continued use of biofuels (which, says The Wall Street Journal Europe , are only part of ...

Agreed, Flemzo. Couldn't have put it better. The terrorist world wouldn't have had so much to hate about if we hadn't got involved in an illegal war in the first ...

Make sure everything comes through the prism of your protagonist's POV. This influence can lead to some humorous asides: "My tutor called herself the Eternal Ruler of the Universe, although ...

Ask your invisible pet. Yup, everyone has one. Why am I posting this right now, at this very second?

PM him begging him to do otherwise. Or not much else. What would you do if your favourite TV show got cancelled?