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the way you move your feet when you're trying to go nowhere is a very telling thing

  • Writing Tips Re: Why Swan Shouldn't have Two Loves

    That's not true! You've got a good start here, it just needs to be less ranty, more facty. ;)

    Dec 19, 2014
  • Writing Tips Re: Why Swan Shouldn't have Two Loves

    @Zolen so you're saying that the only people who read romance are teenagers? Do you have any sources to back up this claim? I'd love to read them, because I'm ...

    Dec 19, 2014
  • Writing Tips Re: Why Swan Shouldn't have Two Loves

    @Zolen, so in your opinion, if this is the way romance works, how is the romance genre still alive and working? If as you claim, it's boring and not worth ...

    Dec 19, 2014
  • Writing Tips Re: Why Swan Shouldn't have Two Loves

    I don't like how through your whole review, you take pieces of what I said, and rant about them, when indeed, I gave explanations for them, and I was trying ...

    Dec 19, 2014
  • Writing Tips Re: Why Swan Shouldn't have Two Loves

    Okay. First off, 1). To create friction in a relationship that developed too fast. I'm not sure where you're getting your information, but another relationship developing too fast has absolutely ...

    Dec 19, 2014
  • YWS Re: Content Ratings Guidelines

    @Burrow, post it under the rating you think it needs, and if it needs a higher rating a mod will change it for you. Just follow your instincts. If you ...

    Dec 16, 2014
  • Writing Tips Re: Disguising metaphors...

    Metaphors are never a problem. Ever ever ever. I'm gonna assume you're talking about prose, but this can apply to poetry as well, I guess. Lumi's completely correct in his ...

    Dec 8, 2014
  • Writers Corner Re: I am writing a story for a contest and need help

    I second Rosey! I love the plot you have going. Keep it on the side and come back later! I'd read it :)

    Dec 7, 2014
  • Research Re: A question about promotion

    I'm going to expand a bit on what Rosey said about blogs. Many, many authors nowadays are using tumblr a /lot/. John Green comes to mind, but there's hundreds of ...

    Dec 4, 2014
  • Research Re: "YA Novel Dissection"

    love triangles, young women defined by partners.... I could go on and on. Check out this website for a bunch of ideas. Explore and enjoy.

    Nov 27, 2014
  • Writers Corner Re: I am writing a story for a contest and need help

    There's still the question of parents. Do they realize what is going on? Do they believe the kids? Do they not believe? It's very unlikely a rich kid would be ...

    Nov 26, 2014
  • Writers Corner Re: I am writing a story for a contest and need help

    I love what plot you have here! Santa being evil and taking over the world? Genius. I think the first thing you need to do is establish what the true ...

    Nov 24, 2014
  • Writing Tips Re: Printing out a hard-copy?

    I personally edit better when it's paper and I can make notes in the margins, etc etc. But I don't want to print out a copy every time I create ...

    Nov 24, 2014
  • Research Re: Reading motivation needed

    It's very easy to find book like what you're asking for. Just go into a book store, or even on the amazon site and look up motivational or inspirational novels/nonfiction ...

    Nov 24, 2014
  • Research Re: Reviewing Poetry Tips

    For what it's worth, I think that critiquing any sort of unstructured poetry is a waste of time for you and the writer. How do you critique something with no ...

    Nov 23, 2014


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