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Re: Experimentation: How much is too much?
No I have not, but I will certainly be looking him up later today. I wish that we could create a thread for experimental novels and writers - a recommendation ...
Apr 2, 2010 -
Re: Experimentation: How much is too much?
Anyway, ever read James Joyce? This is part of the reason I posted this thread; that and Danielewski's book "House of Leaves." I started reading Portrait of the Artist as ...
Mar 30, 2010 -
Re: YWS's own... THREAD BOX POEM!
"Hey Mr., can I get some change?" he asks Notice how I'm stridin' fast, keeping my distance from you? See how my hands are in my pockets, yes, observe, but ...
Mar 30, 2010 -
Re: Rate The Idea Above You!
An interesting concept. I've always found the supernatural fascinating, aside from my own spiritual beliefs of course... 7.5/10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mar 27, 2010 -
Re: Please help me persevere!!
Dude, I always feel like this. It's why I rarely ever finish a novel. I don't have any particular good advice on how to beat this; when in doubt though, ...
Mar 25, 2010 -
Re: Cash for Souls
I decided I'm tired of writing for the most part. With that said, for some reason, this is a story that has yet to get away from me though. Maybe ...
Mar 25, 2010 -
Re: Takenski downski
Well I haven't gotten all of it read, but I'll say this much. The idea you have running here combining several epics at once is utterly brilliant, and it comes ...
Mar 20, 2010 -
Re: Takenski downski
right...unfortunately on St. patty's day I got a bit more drunk than i expected and I only could manage to read the first two 'chapters' or vignettes or whatever you ...
Mar 19, 2010 -
Re: Lost in the Trees of Lashmeet
Thanks fellas. Nah, this is just an introduction-like short story that won't be extended to anything. Travis Bane was one of the protagonists of my first novella, The Walkway, which ...
Mar 17, 2010 -
Re: Twilight
today in my class on Faulkner a girl tried to defend Twilight and actually attempted to put it on the same pedestal as anything Faulkner has done. God help us ...
Mar 10, 2010 -
Re: R.I.P.
Honestly, I've killed off characters easily enough...but it has to depend on the circumstances more than anything else. You can't just have someone randomely die unless it's going to mean ...
Mar 9, 2010 -
Re: Lost in the Trees of Lashmeet
He stood on the hillside of the yard, sweating viciously in the heat. Another eighty-nine degrees in the middle of summer. The hillside was freshly trimmed and mowed, and the ...
Mar 4, 2010 -
Re: For Vampire Writiers (rated for language)
As much as I hate to say it, with the overkill of vampire fiction as of late, any idea I ever had for writing about a vampire has been killed. ...
Mar 1, 2010 -
Re: Is the short story dead?
You know, I admittedly have very little ease writing a short story, because I tend to write ideas that need more expanding than say...ten or so pages like a short ...
Mar 1, 2010 -
Re: Ten(+) Rules for Writing Fiction
Ehhhh....some of these I completely agree with, like the point about the prologue. However, I have to disagree with 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 9. Those things can be ...
Feb 24, 2010
