J. Wilder

I hope people pay attention to this...I've read so many things where people don't follow these rules and use stuff like "That sucks." He said.

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About flawed characters as opposed to perfect characters, I definitely agree (of course) that a character should be flawed, but I think some writers write characters who are too flawed. ...

Just realized this thread was started on July 4th...I went to see Giants vs. Reds. Unfortunately the Giants lost. My favorite thing was getting a free ticket, but now that ...

It's only 7:20, so not much has happened yet today. All I did so far was work. So my favorite things were: 1) getting paid 2) free food 3) breakfast?

Title: Unreasonable Progress Genre: Contemporary Realistic Fiction Author: J. Wilder Summary: A twelve-year-old gets expelled from his California public school and sent to a strict Catholic boarding s

I wouldn't. I very rarely buy books, and when I do they're always fiction. I've never read a book about writing. I sort of want to, and I probably will ...

aren't you afraid that this is a little too much like copying? No, because I'm definitely not planning on trying to publish this or anything. The characters in the book ...

What a coincidence, I have a character named Griff Silver...

Most fictional journals don't seem real because the writer acts like the character has a perfect memory. If it's night, most people can't remember in exact wording the first conversation ...

There are a lot of helpful websites out there for naming characters. You can use websites that are meant for pregnant people naming their children, like and then you can ...

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Realkids is a board for kids though, I was talking to someone who emailed Deborah Morris about what was appropiate and they said she said anything with drugs, swearing etc ...

I'm seventeen. The only writing I've posted on here was written when I was younger, though. nickelpickle: I'm going into high school--- a freshman...any advice? I may die with my ...

This is the beginning of a novel about rich kids in Silicon Valley. It's told from five perspectives, but instead of alternating from chapter to chapter, one person narrates the ...