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Re: Favourite First Lines
This one really struck me from The Virgin Suicides : On the morning the last Lisbon daughter took her turn at suicide—it was Mary this time, and sleeping pills, like ...
Mar 20, 2015 -
Re: Speedwrite the word above you #3
street
Jun 13, 2014 -
Re: Speedwrite the word above you #2
macaroni
May 30, 2014 -
Re: Worst Book You've Ever Read
It really irks me to hear people obsessing over Eragon. All they're obsessing over is a combination of Anne McCaffrey, Lord of the Rings, the Belgariad, and countless other fantasy ...
May 27, 2014 -
Re: Twilight
This thread. Wow. I've been waiting for it for ages. I'm mostly just frustrated with the fact that my fellow haters hate Twilight for the sake of hating it. Or: ...
May 27, 2014 -
Re: Speedwrite the word above you #2
Anchovies.
May 26, 2014 -
Re: Make Up Poor Names For Characters
Anything food: Almond, Banana, Basil, Bean, Cherry, Cinnamon, Ginger, Kale, Pepper. Anything plant: Fern, Hyacinth, Pansy, Petunia, Poppy. I beg of you.
May 26, 2014 -
Re: Books into Movies
The Hunger Games isn't the best there, but gosh ... they salvaged as much as they could. Dialogue, character quirks, all of it. In Catching Fire, when they were in ...
May 26, 2014 -
Re: The Description Game
@lostthought, you are amazing. He was a jolly, pink-cheeked fellow, somewhat reminiscent of Santa Clause, as the Big People called it. His closet was stuffed with loud greens, loud reds, ...
May 26, 2014 -
Re: How to kill characters?
Whatever suits your novel, of course. But I'd recommend the latter, especially if you've devoted multiple chapters to fleshing them out. If you don't brand deaths onto the reader's skull, ...
May 19, 2014 -
Re: The Description Game
It smelt like the bones of an ancient forest. I skimmed over its rugged terrain, smiling, as birdsong dripped into my skull. Faraway birdsong from faraway lands. Unlaced with ire, ...
May 6, 2014 -
Re: The Description Game
Wow, that's a difficult one ... As spring blossomed, the wind blossomed as well, unfolding elliptical petals. Each was smooth and silken and curled at the tips like dog-eared pages. ...
May 4, 2014 -
Re: Story in Six Words
Ha! The first short I’ll have—
May 4, 2014 -
Re: Percy Jackson: Movies vs. Books
I haven't seen the second. The first was ... okay. But there were two inaccuracies I couldn't overlook: Annabeth's hair and the pearl hunt. They didn't introduce Kronos, either, so ...
May 2, 2014 -
Re: Frozen: Overrated or Insanely Awesome?
I think what irked me most was her power's unjustified potency. I mean, no one else possesses this power? It's scandalous to possess one? They could at least take a ...
Apr 26, 2014
