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  • Writers Corner Re: Haven

    Discussing people's answers (while fascinating) is a bit off-topic. If you'd like to discuss the difference (or non-) between safety and love, I'd recommend creating a new topic in the ...

    May 14, 2015
  • Writing Tips Re: Virtual experience

    For the sort of information you're looking for, travelogues are perfect. They're basically a person's experiences of travel as they travel through wherever, and so they're typically filled with sensor

    May 9, 2015
  • Writing Tips Re: Tips Wanted for Writing a Science Fiction Novel

    Sci-fi is an incredibly broad genre, and science itself is immensely huge. It would help if you could be more specific about which areas you want tips and information on. ...

    May 7, 2015
  • Research Re: Car repairs

    You would be surprised how many people don't know how to change their own tires. Though if you want something a little more dramatic, you could have knows-nothing hit a ...

    May 6, 2015
  • Research Re: Expressing Emotions

    There are also nuances to emotion. Both grief and disappointment are types of sadness, but people react differently when grieving compared to when they're disappointed, and there are even different ...

    Apr 30, 2015
  • Writing Tips Re: How should I break up my lines?

    A general rule of thumb is (unless you're following a form) stanzas loosely correspond to paragraphs. What this means is that each stanza should have a main focus which all ...

    Apr 26, 2015
  • Research Re: 2 questions...

    I'm one of those people who fits a lot into a tiny word count, so hopefully some of my techniques can help answer the second question. First things first, strip ...

    Apr 9, 2015
  • Research Re: Listening to music that is a differen language when writing?

    I would never write poetry while listening to music because the rhythm of the song would interfere with the rhythm of the poem you're trying to write. Other than that, ...

    Apr 9, 2015
  • Writers Corner Re: Things You Want More From Fantasy

    I think the real question here is what do you , Zyox, want to see more of in the fantasy genre? If you write what you want to see more ...

    Mar 31, 2015
  • Writers Corner Re: TMIS

    Take notes. Take lots and lots of notes. Keep all these notes in one convenient place. This way, you can focus on whatever it is you're working on, or even ...

    Mar 31, 2015
  • Writers Corner Re: Stay or Go?

    Is there any reason to change it? Why do they have to be indecisive? I would think that wanting to live in Neverland would be a major source of motivation ...

    Mar 31, 2015
  • Writers Corner Re: Creation of a Plot

    If you don't know it, make it up. That freedom and flexibility one of the best things about writing fantasy, sci-fi, and science-fantasy (which is what it sounds like you ...

    Mar 31, 2015
  • Research Re: How to Use Folklore's Characters in a Fantasy Story?

    I love adapting folklore and fairy tales. There's so many stories and bits of belief, and they all open up so many possibilities. One of the things I like to ...

    Mar 21, 2015
  • Writing Tips Re: Writing Horror; terror and you!

    I think it's worth noting that there's a whole spectrum of horror to choose from, and that there's a world of difference between the trappings (gore, setting, common plots and ...

    Mar 21, 2015
  • Writing Tips Re: tips on displaying personality

    Writing short, character-driven standalone stories is another way to develop characters. These stories can have absolutely no relation to the main story, and basically, they're a great way to apply ...

    Mar 21, 2015


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