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  • Writing Tips Re: what are the rules?

    Well... putting a lot of information in a prologue is actually a pretty bad place to break the 'show, don't tell' rule. Infodumps. They make my eyes sore. D: That ...

    Apr 2, 2009
  • Lounge, The Re: Iowa Young Writers' Studio.

    With my normal state of mental balance, I'll be lucky if it's only Pig Latin. I'm more likely to end up losing the ability to write entirely and being able ...

    Apr 1, 2009
  • Welcome Mat Re: Make way for another newbie

    GREETINGS. Need to post two reviews before posting work, mind. But I'm not the one whose supposed to be saying that. So I will pop off for a drink now. ...

    Apr 1, 2009
  • Welcome Mat Re: My name is Helpful McHelpfulpants. I'm here to help.

    Heavens forbid I use a SUBTLE plug. GO CHECK OUT MY LIVEJOURNAL GUYS I JUST KNOW YOU WILL LOVE TO READ OF MY EXPLOITS IN THE GRAND AND GLORIOUS WORLD ...

    Apr 1, 2009
  • Lounge, The Re: Iowa Young Writers' Studio.

    AGH it's been delayed to Friday. Worse and worse. D:

    Apr 1, 2009
  • Lyric Poetry Re: If Solar Systems Spoke

    I was mostly objecting to the word 'crumple'. XD Also, who cries enough to melt a tallish woman's shape in salt? I don't care if you're celestial, there's only so ...

    Apr 1, 2009
  • Lyric Poetry Re: If Solar Systems Spoke

    If you are seriously ten years old, I will never, ever, ever forgive you for being this talented. Ever. Ever. but with salty tears that could crumple Lot and his ...

    Apr 1, 2009
  • Lounge, The Re: Best or Greatest?

    Not quite.

    Apr 1, 2009
  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: The Court of Gilded Birds: cheeseball fantasy extraordinaire

    Thank you, I think? (: So, in essence, boring conversation is boring. That's not too surprising, alas; it's an improvement on the original beginning dialogue, but not by much. Any ...

    Apr 1, 2009
  • Lounge, The Re: Iowa Young Writers' Studio.

    [s]Basically so I applied to the studio two months ago and I'll know by tomorrow whether I'm in or not. Did anyone else apply this year/go at some point in ...

    Apr 1, 2009
  • Writing Activities Re: When life gives you lemons... (a philosophy challenge)

    I have never understood what life particularly had against lemons, that it felt it to be so absolutely necessary to shove them off on the rest of us. Potatoes, yes, ...

    Apr 1, 2009
  • Poetry Discussion Re: How do you write poetry?

    Generally I sit down with the intention of writing a poem - mostly because I want feedback and it's easier to get criticism on poems that long, boring short stories, ...

    Mar 31, 2009
  • Writing Activities Re: Name the Character Above You

    Will. A clever, sardonic twenty-three-year-old man with red hair, a flat, unrevealing face, and gray eyes who is intent on avenging his father's murder and making reparations for his brother's ...

    Mar 31, 2009
  • Media Reviews Re: Plz suggest a book

    Sailing to Sarantium and Lords of Emperors by Guy Gavriel Kay. Bloody huge books which are, nevertheless, awesome.

    Mar 31, 2009
  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: The Court of Gilded Birds: cheeseball fantasy extraordinaire

    It was glorious summer in the palace, though spring chill and dampness lingered on the city walls; the only thing dying behind its gates was a king. But his was ...

    Mar 30, 2009


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