Icaruss

It'd be OK if it wasn't for the silly, pre-packed twist at the end. 6/10. "Back Into The Gray" Two small time cons, ex-junkies, get a call from an uncle ...

Thank you both. I know Tommy is the weakest character, but I rather like that we're not sure who the hell he is.

Kylan is by far the best writer on the site.

From the movie I linked: "I hate the way you talk to me, and the way you cut your hair. I hate the way you drive my car. I hate ...

My mind, I guess. I don't-- I mean, is that a sense? I don't know. Maybe, but... Like-- Because of all the stuff I... You know. I mean, things I ...

Sounds like a superhero. Or maybe a horror story about some kind of monster who howls. It's an OK enough title. "Back Into The Gray."

The problem with this kind of thing is that you can tell when the author is trying too hard. Like, when he's avoiding the words red or blue. And he ...

"The Green House" and "The Time of the Hero," by Mario Vargas Llosa. "The First Forty-Nine Stories," by Ernest Hemingway. "Trainspotting" and "Glue," by Irvine Welsh. "Small Gods," by Terry ...

Well, usually men like stories with blood and explosions and sex. Girls like girly things like pink and love stories and unicorns.

Well. Men are better writers than girls, so... Uh... Right?

I'm writing a story about a weekend full of drugs and violence. "Horses," by Patti Smith seems like the appropiate soundtrack.

Trainspotting: Heroin addicts in Scotland try to quit the habit, fail miserably, try again.

Don't. Don't start the novel with a prologue that explains what the novel is about. The novel should explain what the novel is about.

Thanks and welcome to YWS. (bump)