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Iya Ythmir

  • Writing Tips Re: Telling vs. Showing?

    Telling is important too, only that showing has a far greater importance than telling. Telling has its place once in a while of course. Too much of it somehow makes ...

    Feb 13, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: Switching viewpoint, person, AND tense?

    I agree with what deafwriter said. James Patterson's books are awesome and I love the suspense it builds up. At first, I was apprehensive of reading a book that switched ...

    Nov 10, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Character Names

    I like the name Jack Russell. It's got a good vibe for me. I like to have fun with names. Sometimes, I simply type randomly on the keyboard and see ...

    May 20, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Do you carry a notebook with you?

    Yes. I always have a notebook with me. Typicall, spiral notebook. It's my pen that always gets lost (and I sometimes cry if they do) that's why I carry two ...

    May 20, 2008
  • Writers Corner Re: writing the first chapter is the hardest...help?

    You shouldn't be too hard on yourself about it. Write what you want, just to have a gist of your characters or the setting, or the overall mood of the ...

    May 11, 2008


The same boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you're made of, not the circumstances.
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