Kibble

Random note about iambic pentameter... we (well, my teacher/class) pronounce it eye-am-bick, but according to the Latin pronunciation of that letter combination I think it would actually be pronounced

The Great Gatsby was rather torturous for me to read. I did not like most of the people and what they were doing, least of all Gatsby. Yeesh.... this person ...

I think the question is, was poetry ever a big part of most people's lives? We look back on the past and see the art of the times (including poetry, ...

Thanks Lumi and Retrodisco. I'll keep that in mind. Some of my lines sound "right" and some don't, so I'll have to work on them. :)

We're reading Othello in class and I absolutely love it, so much so that I've been inspired to write something in iambic pentameter for fun. The problem is, I'm a ...

I used to have the same thing. It helps to think of a conclusion beforehand -- it's so fun to go off with a great premise, but it needs a ...

I know what you mean... but I think that the Mary Sue Litmus Test is not really meant to be a quiz at all -- it's meant to enlighten (through ...

Maps are loads of fun to draw, even for non-fantasy worlds. Diagrams of character's neighbourhoods, houses or even bedrooms can help you visualise the world as well as avoid continuity ...

I'm Kibble on Nano too. :)

All the Ally Carter books! I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have To Kill You Cross my Heart and Hope to Spy Don't Judge a Girl by ...

I like first-person descriptions that say a lot about the describer, as well as the thing being described. For example, "He was wearing a brown vest" is a very bare ...

I'd say it isn't sci-fi unless the premise of the novel is actually the technology. Just like a book set in 2000 (where the time period isn't important) would not ...

Yes, and places or objects too. I guess most of the things that appeal to my are old and/or mysterious. Like an abandoned building with strange logos painted on it, ...

I like both. The first novel I wrote was present tense, and the second was past tense. It really does depend on the story. As someone said, a realistic fiction ...

I'm more of a sci-fi person myself, though my Nanowrimo had some mystical elements to it. I like reading urban fantasy especially, but I seem to fail at writing it. ...