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Dyed-in-the-wool New Yorkers are somewhat...aggressive. :P I admit, the concept of making someone sound American is hard...we use a lot of slang, as do other peoples...

HERA. Doesn't kill Zeus, but daaamn. That's one spiteful wife.

Just throw in words like 'touche', 'parry', 'counterattack', 'riposte,' and 'stabby motions'. You'll be fine. Don't worry about meaning, just throw 'em in there. Like this! "Greg parried Mary's stabby

This is an idea for a superhero novel I will *eventually* write. I think Weilders and Spore series come first, though... The superhero is named Paladin. He's a fairly average ...

It's ALWAYS possible to make an original story, so long as YOU come up with it. If I locked someone in a room at birth, and they wrote--on their own--a ...

It's called Private Messaging...*wink*

I have recovered the first draft of the final book(s)! It was easy to get into Paolini's system, his username is Strysntcher, and his password is 12345. 12345? That's the ...

Actually, he published it at age nineteen. He says he started it at fifteen, but for all we know, that 'starting' could have been "Lol I lyk drag0ns". I started ...

I'm totally one of them =p But on a serious note, yes. Most of my frustration comes from the fact that something this flawed can be so popular. It's not ...

Try combining the lit magazine and writing club--at least get your 'star' writers from the club deeply involved in the publication.

Rubric, you hit the nail on the head. It's the fact that the story IS considered a good teen read that makes me loathe it. You just mentioned (let me ...

Whatever kind of announcement system your school has, get on it. It's nice for recruiting. The problem with the writing club at my school (which I and a few other ...

Three options here, most have been suggested already. I'd agree that fractured narrative is your best bet for suspense. Dramatic irony (where the audience knowns what's going on but the ...

First thing's first: do NOT be obvious about it (your MC stares into a mirror at his/her features, etc). If you really want to work in a description, spread it ...

I've got a two-track mind. At any point in time, some part of my brain is focused on writing (God help me if I ever get married and my wife ...