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  • Writing Tips Re: The Ticklish Subject: the absent centre of poetic inception

    This is the very first part of an essay I am currently working on. It is about the development of the writer from adolescent writing to mature thematic indexes and ...

    Jul 13, 2005
  • Writing Tips Re: Curious about ' 's

    Indeed. "Nurse's office" means ONE office owned by one nurse. "Nurses' office" means ONE office owned by multiple nurses.

    Mar 15, 2005
  • Writing Tips Re: Curious about ' 's

    writers work -- as in multiple writers are working. writer's work -- as in a singular writer's work. writers' work -- as in multiple writers' work. In shorts, an apostrophe ...

    Mar 14, 2005
  • Writing Tips Re: How do YOU get last names for a story charater?

    My last names either A) are annagrams, B) have etymological roots that correlate to the character's traits, or C) combine two words to describe the character. My last names are ...

    Mar 10, 2005


To be a master of metaphor is the greatest thing by far. It is the one thing that cannot be learnt from others, and it is also a sign of genius.
— Aristotle, Poetics