GryphonFledgling

I know it's been mentioned, but this is a pet peeve of mine: Omigosh! Please, please, please do not use a mirror. It has got to be one of the ...

I generally use "blonde" when referring to a female, and "blond" when referring to a male. Yeah, this is the way i do it. Blame French class and those Frenchie ...

Meh, I've pseudo-written one story this way, but the reason only "pseudo" is I would write the juicy scenes, but not those that led up to them, so I never ...

I get the inspiration when half-asleep (or asleep... I mean, dreams are wicked sources of inspiration) but I never have the energy to write the ideas down in all their ...

If I were to follow this advice, I would stop writing right now, just from the very first few words. Yeah, I can't say as this exactly screamed "you can ...

There's a fine line. You can have very descriptive writing that is beautiful, or very descriptive writing that is purple. True that. Purple prose isn't an excess of good, it's ...

I've written my share of purple prose (or at least, I think it's purple prose) and I hate it. It draws away from the subject matter and its whole purpose ...

^ I'm not quite sure how to respond to that... Mind explaining yourself? How is this truth? I do believe that Theo just refuted every point the poem made (and ...

Oh believe me, the answer is yes. I have been asking myself that recently. My advice is to try and plug through it. If the story really isn't working, then ...

My answer would be: make you a different person. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, acting like your character for a week would probably land you in ...

For my two cents, I'd say italics. I'm a huge fan of the sideways slant folk and it really gives an "other"ness to the prose, if that makes any sense. ...

Yeah, I'm there with Jasmine. I've been whining about it for weeks now, but it's been going on for months. I'm just not writing at all. I'll think that I'm ...

About description: Use it where something needs attention drawn to it. Generally, we dont' need to know that the school is brick and the roof tan. But if the lockers ...

Very nice article. One thing: Catholicism isn't an "offshoot" of Christianity. It is the original Christian faith and the other denominations split off of it with Martin Luther. So, yeah... ...

I can't say as I've ever chosen a name for any one specific reason. The characters just kind of named themselves. Okay, so that isn't totally right. I am looking ...