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  • Research Re: Variables in Math

    A dependent variable is any variable that relies on another (read: independent) variable. Having said that, you could turn an dependent variable into an independent variable, simply through rearrangin

    Jul 30, 2007
  • Writing Tips Re: Dialogue in Mutes

    For a mute, you'll want to rely more on physical characteristics than dialogue. When she uses signs, you don't have to translate them. In fact, by not translating them, you ...

    Jul 13, 2007
  • Writers Corner Re: Epic Novelist?

    Well, the YWS fan-fiction is off to a good start. I posted the second segment.

    Mar 12, 2007
  • Writers Corner Re: Epic Novelist?

    To get in practice, I'm going to try getting back in the critiquing game and writing more goofy stories. No use running a marathon if you can't run around the ...

    Mar 10, 2007
  • Research Re: Need Help about Angels and Valkyries

    A Valkerie is a angel-like warrior woman from Norse mythology. Literally, a Valkerie was a "Maiden of Odin" who would take slain warriors, who had proven themselves particularly brave in ...

    Mar 9, 2007
  • Writers Corner Re: Epic Novelist?

    So according to the new ranks, I'm an epic novelist. The problem? No epic novels. The solution? Write one! It can't be that difficult can it? Answer: BWHAHAHAHA!!! Hmmm... that ...

    Mar 8, 2007
  • Writing Tips Re: speeling & grammr

    *Screams and hides in the corner.*

    Feb 27, 2007
  • Writing Tips Re: I want advice to start writing well before it's too late!

    I'm going to upgrade this to a sticky, so that we will never lose this inspirational thread. Please continue to submit advice.

    Feb 27, 2007
  • Writing Tips Re: Winning the Battle

    This is going to completely change the way I write a battle scene. JIN ideas are flourishing even now...

    Feb 7, 2007
  • Writing Tips Re: Lists by a younger Snoink!

    When did you turn into an old Snoink :?

    Jan 8, 2007
  • Writing Tips Re: Cal's Hyde Park Corner Soapbox Oration #1

    CL, very impressive. Limyaael is my writing heroine.

    Dec 23, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: Praise vs. Encouragement

    Even though this is a writing site, it is also a writing site for young and aspiring writers. As such, we want them to develop into better authors. Encouragement can ...

    Dec 3, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: How Do You Critique?

    First, I read the story. Then, depending on how bad the story is, I ritually sacrifice a certain number of cute baby kittens. A ten kitten story is rare, but ...

    Nov 29, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: Writing a Review

    So you've found a stinker. The grammar is non-existant, misspelled words are everywhere, the plot is nebulous, and the author of this train wreck thinks they're hot stuff. How do ...

    Nov 28, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: Unruly Antagonists

    Antagonists need not be evil, they could easily be rivals. If your character wants to be on the good side, let him. Whatever he is fighting against is the new ...

    Nov 21, 2006


I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.
— Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights