Lauren2010

xD yes, yes we'll remove the summer. I forget about you silly backward folk sometimes. :P

It'll be up soon promise! I've just been a bit busy, and then without internet for a few days. But soon!

I'm a creative writing and English literature double major! (Which, at my uni, is basically a fancy way of saying I took 4 or 5 extra English classes - the ...

Alright! Since we're about halfway through April I was thinking of starting a book suggestion thread in The Lounge to give people plenty of time to throw in suggestions for ...

Yay! Thanks for all the entries! For anyone still sitting on something, you only have two more days!

It'd also be helpful to grab a copy of the latest Writer's Market (basically a directory of literary journals, agents, publishers, etc) either from Amazon (expensive) or from your local ...

NO SHAME SHADOW.

Thanks so much for everyone who has already submitted designs! For anyone else who expressed interest (and anyone just discovering this now!) the deadline has been extended until April 10!

Workshops! Lots and lots of workshops! (I swear I dream in workshops) But also, different types of shorter activities and games. Prompt challenges, word wars, the kinds of events we ...

Locked for internet safety! Keep in mind that most anything you post on YWS (or the internet in general) can be viewed by anyone. The safety of our members is ...

Animal - I've actually received a few entries via PM! ;)

Literally my most linked article is Demeter's Punctuation within Dialogue , which Stella already threw up there but I just have to second. Because it's wonderful. And everyone should read ...

An update! has recently switched over to a pay model which makes us sad. :( It was previously the best free site to find literary magazines, and there might be ...

My protagonists are always so passive, and I have no idea why. For some reason it's really hard for me to fix it, though.

I'd probably check it out, considering I have a huge thing for dystopia. You'd have to really push the limits, though, and try to do something different with the genre ...