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  • Fiction Discussion Re: Science Fiction or Realistic?

    I would say superhero stories are their own genre. It's obvious in comic books, just hasn't really breached the gap into written fiction officially. And if you're looking for what ...

    Jun 26, 2010
  • Writing Activities Re: You know you're a writer when...

    You know you're a writer when, as you clean your room, you discover more pens than you thought you owned. You know you're a writer when you hoard even pens ...

    May 27, 2010
  • Fiction Discussion Re: The Lord of the Rings––Plagiarism?

    There's a difference between having something that is "plagiarized" and just "similar". For example, if you were going to have a character at Hogwarts, you would probably need permission, seeing ...

    Apr 14, 2010
  • Fiction Discussion Re: The Lord of the Rings––Plagiarism?

    *moved to Fiction Discussion and Tips*

    Apr 14, 2010
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Thought Speak

    I say "Animorphs style". If it were just an instance or two, go with italics, but since you seem to be going to do it a lot, save the italics ...

    Apr 12, 2010
  • Writing Activities Re: You know you're a writer when...

    You know you're a writer when you have to write things out in order to make sense of them. You know you're a writer when you can scribble down several ...

    Apr 5, 2010
  • Art & Photography Re: An Ink pen.

    I'm surprised nobody noticed the metal reflection of the brush. Lulz. When I read this, I had to go back and check. I didn't notice at first because it was ...

    Mar 31, 2010
  • Art & Photography Re: Aliens

    The general made me go "D'awwww" the second he appeared on screen. (>.> ...

    Mar 31, 2010
  • Writing Activities Re: Make Up F.R.E.D.'s Backstory

    F.R.E.D. is a lonely entity, having been created by Bot lover as an experiment in AI. However, F.R.E.D. never worked as expected and eventually Bot lover discarded him, half-finished, into ...

    Mar 24, 2010
  • Writing Activities Re: You know you're a writer when...

    ~ You know you're a writer when not having a pen and paper on hand in some form is akin to a mortal sin. (My wonderfully supportive but non-writing friend ...

    Mar 22, 2010
  • Writing Activities Re: The Showing vs. Telling Game

    His dark eyes melted into the sea of faces, his height swallowed by the mass of bobbing heads. His flaming red shirt was dulled and absorbed by the flashes of ...

    Mar 22, 2010
  • Fiction Discussion Re: When writing, what is your most difficult challenge?

    Developing character relationships, specifically changing character relationships, without making it too heavyhanded. Having a group of characters go from being uncomfortable to really close. Yeah, it

    Mar 18, 2010
  • Media Reviews Re: lit analysis 'how to read like a professor', not recommended

    Hmmm... I've seen this around, but haven't read it yet. You make me want to do so.

    Mar 17, 2010
  • Writing Activities Re: What would your characters do?

    Laura would be one of the the hostages asking him not to kill her. Clark would try to calmly talk the robber down. Baddie refuses. Clark pulls out a gun, ...

    Mar 15, 2010
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Annoying?

    I meant in the conjugation of some verbs, the vowel changes. In the conjugation of others, no vowel changes. :D Hey! I know what you're talking about. Yay for "Brit ...

    Mar 4, 2010


I cannot separate the aesthetic pleasure of seeing a butterfly and the scientific pleasure of knowing what it is.
— Vladmir Nabokov