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Re: How would you pronounce this name?
I pronounce it as my-len since there's only one L. xD Yay, confusion. Ditto. I'm pretty sure that's how you're technically supposed to pronounce words with one l like that... ...
Jul 9, 2010 -
Re: Rise and Fall of Tension (Question)
I don't have many suggestions, but I would suggest reading Dan Brown. He has a really good balance of tension and relief. Hm... I guess you could also do things ...
Jul 6, 2010 -
Re: Time Travel Survey
1. Where would you travel to? Time travel or regular travel? I would want to travel everywhere! Europe, Japan, Africa, anywhere different. (I’m from the USA). I would want to ...
Jun 20, 2010 -
Re: Do your characters know that they're not real real?
I don't talk to my characters, but they talk to each other, which is how I get most of my stories. They are real, in a sense. In the world ...
May 14, 2009 -
Re: Keeping the Same Events From Being Boring
[Note - this was written for CIA, and the contest was to write about what would happen if the Christmas kept coming back.] This month, our contest is all about ...
Jan 9, 2009 -
Re: Character Interaction
No matter what kind of story you have, you always have some form of character interaction. There are four basic kinds – character and character, character and self, character and ...
Jan 9, 2009 -
Re: Dialogue Punctuation
If you read ten of my critiques, I'll bet you anything that at least seven of them have comments of dialogue punctuation. It seems like an easy enough thing to ...
Jan 9, 2009 -
Re: what do you do when you feel like giving up?
I don't care if your story is utter crap or if I think it should be on the bestseller's list. No matter how good or bad, I'm always going to ...
Jan 9, 2009 -
Re: Point of View Within Third Person
You sit down, fingers posed over the keyboard, mind buzzing with ideas, just bursting to write. After opening a blank document, the words begin to fall out. You finish with ...
Nov 30, 2008 -
Re: Using too much foreign language?
*Shrugs* Just know that a lot of people don't bother trying to come up with a translation. When I see a different language, I skip it. xD ~JFW1415
Aug 26, 2008 -
Re: Edit during or after?
I always want to edit as I go alone, but I try not to. Typically I force out a first draft - whether by a word war when I'm stuck ...
Aug 25, 2008 -
Re: Blonde vs. Blond
Blonde all the way. XD ~JFW1415
Jul 24, 2008 -
Re: Desiding to start on a real book
*Raises hand* Sure. PM me and we can work something out. The story sounds interesting. But please run your initial post through a spell checker. It hurts my eyes. O.o ...
Jul 10, 2008 -
Re: Share Your Nightmares
I very rarely remember dreams, but here are two that I do remember: 1. It's from some Disney commercial I saw that freaked me out. (Shut up. :P) Anyways, everyone ...
Jul 1, 2008 -
Re: I don't know if I can go on
Listen to the others. In the mean time, try writing short stories. It feels great to finish a piece of writing, and maybe that's what you need? If you've been ...
Jun 14, 2008
