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  • April Fools! Staff Forum Re: JK Rowling tries to sign up for YWS AGAIN

    As many of us know, since 2008 the author of the popular Harry Potter series has mounted increasingly serious efforts to join the Young Writers Society. And as we have ...

    Mar 25, 2015
  • April Fools! Staff Forum Re: YWS Con 2016

    Chicago would be best for me. And @Hannah I'm really not sure the Harrison stop is the, erhm, cleanest place to have a slumber party. If everyone doesn't mind being ...

    Mar 25, 2015
  • Writing Gooder Re: April 2015

    @TriSARAHtops Nate has the post about YWSers on Amazon here: though Alteran was already interviewed for WG (at least, I interviewed him and I'm pretty sure it made it up ...

    Mar 24, 2015
  • Writing Gooder Re: May 2015

    I'm going to stick with fortnightly Wednesdays, undecided how long I'm going to stick with the 'Things I should have learned before grad school' theme. I'm also going to stick ...

    Mar 24, 2015
  • Writing Gooder Re: May 2015

    Writing Gooder May.png As our work for April comes to a close, and we get ready to actually kick this thing off the ground, it's time to start thinking about ...

    Mar 24, 2015
  • Writing Gooder Re: April 2015

    No problem @TriSARAHtops Just a thought, if it takes some time to get the contacting thing down for published authors it might be interesting to interview YWSers (whether from our ...

    Mar 24, 2015
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: to the sticking place

    Macbeth: If we should fail? Lady Macbeth: We fail? But screw your courage to the sticking place, And we'll not fail. Macbeth Act 1, scene 7, 59–61 Trigger Warning: many ...

    Mar 23, 2015
  • Writing Gooder Re: April 2015

    Just a reminder, here is the post that tells you how to schedule your posts!

    Mar 23, 2015
  • Writing Gooder Re: April 2015

    Writing Gooder April.png This is Lauren's mock-up schedule for this coming April. I'm assuming our goal is to get everything squared away to start next month (@StellaThomas can confirm that!) ...

    Mar 11, 2015
  • Writing Gooder Re: Writing Gooder 4.0

    Gathering relevant planning items from the thread in JMs! The Original Plan: One of the nice features of WG is that it has the ability to schedule posts in advance! ...

    Mar 11, 2015
  • YWS Journal Re: How to review journal entries

    I think most of those comments, for me at least, are more in reference to odd turns of phrase than grammar? Stuff that could point to a cultural or lingual ...

    Mar 6, 2015
  • Welcome Mat Re: Greetings from a newbie! :)

    Welcome to YWS, Gladergrande!! It's fabulous you're so enthusiastic about writing! You'll certainly find many folks who share that enthusiasm here. ;) What kinds of things do you like to ...

    Feb 23, 2015
  • YWS Journal Re: How to review journal entries

    @Nate #36 and #37 appear to have the authors' names at the end. (this is ridiculous)

    Feb 22, 2015
  • YWS Journal Re: How to review journal entries

    That's true! I didn't think of that.

    Feb 22, 2015
  • YWS Journal Re: How to review journal entries

    Also #48 Out in the Storm seems to be from a 22 year old author.

    Feb 22, 2015


We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.
— Isaac Bashevis Singer