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  • Writing Activities Re: Book in a sentence

    Wide Sargasso Sea: Tells the alternate story of Bertha/Antoinetta, Mr Rochester's first wife, and how personal tragedy, plus being forever told that she's mad, lead her to 'madness'.

    Feb 19, 2009
  • Writing Activities Re: First Paragraph Feedback

    Impressive, impressive... Good variation in sentence structure, thankfully free of cliche. Personally, however, I'm not too keen on starting stories with a comment on the weather. It's been done so ...

    Feb 19, 2009
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Azaleas for Susie (revised)

    The word is bandied around a bit too much on this site, but this really was beautiful . The beauty did not merely lie in the topic, but most of ...

    Feb 19, 2009
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: The Childhood of Mr. O'Connor

    It was a bit choppy, but then again it's a memory so it wouldn't too detailed. I liked it-- Mr O'Connor had a voice (a real voice) and that's vital. ...

    Feb 19, 2009
  • Romantic Novels Re: Those Little Glass Slippers (4)

    Hi :] please keep in mind that this is only loosely following the fairytale, Cinderella. Loosely. Very loosely. The thing is, it doesn't seem like it... even loosely. The part ...

    Feb 19, 2009
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Winters Ascend

    Hi :D I love pretty writing... only problem is that sometimes I have no idea what's going on. I'm a pleb when it comes to vocabulary. **opens up dictionary.com** The ...

    Feb 18, 2009
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Disordered

    Hmm... this wasn't my cup of tea. I mean, I'm not saying it was bad---it was quite good, at first. However, repetitive or what? IMO, it should have been half ...

    Feb 18, 2009
  • Lounge, The Re: Celebrity Crushes? *giggle giggle*

    Bit off-topic buuut... Little Dorrit was really good. Critics loved it. For some reason, it had low viewing figures, though. But I hope you will like it. Anyway, I got ...

    Feb 17, 2009
  • Randomosity Re: What book are you currently reading?

    No Night is Too Long by Barbara Vine & just started Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres. Also, I began Daniel Defoe's Moll Flanders at school but it's a ...

    Feb 17, 2009
  • Lounge, The Re: Do you name your things?

    I've never understood this ;) We tried naming my mum's car once but it just sounded so ridiculous. In fact, I've forgotten the name now.

    Feb 16, 2009
  • Lounge, The Re: Goals

    1. Start reading classics again---stop being lazy & relying on contemporary fiction 2. Do well in my A levels 3. Volunteer in somewhere like Nepal---I'm thinking, orphanage 4. Get into ...

    Feb 16, 2009
  • Lounge, The Re: School -- 1958 vs. 2008

    ^^ Agreed. In any case, my school must be stuck in some bizarre time-warp. The teachers just let us get on with things, keep everything "In The School" like an ...

    Feb 15, 2009
  • Lounge, The Re: Post Your Pic Here [6]

    Forever Threnody, I think you look a bit like Emma Watson in that pic :) I know everyone says this, but you are all so annoyingly pretty. Not many boys ...

    Feb 15, 2009
  • Lounge, The Re: Celebrity Crushes? *giggle giggle*

    Ah but, Dem, ol' Firthy looks nothing like that nowadays, does he? :twisted: He has jowls now! I like Matthew, too, Angel. He's one of those actors who can look ...

    Feb 15, 2009
  • Romantic Novels Re: Those Little Glass Slippers (3)

    Oh, I see :*) I'm a little embarrassed now. Must have slipped my notice. Just wondering, how many parts will there be?

    Feb 15, 2009


It's easier to come up with new stories than it is to finish the ones you already have. I think every author would feel that way.
— Stephanie Meyer