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Lena

  • Art & Photography Re: Self Portrait

    This is a self portrait that I drew this summer. The photograph that I based it off of was taken when I was 10-11. The dark shading down the center ...

    Aug 23, 2008
  • General Fiction Novels Re: Watching Windows - Chapter 7

    As I walked to the lunch hall one Tuesday, I was aware that heads were turning in the corridor. I noticed that people who were huddled in their tight little ...

    Aug 23, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: 7 hints for writing a good story

    I like what you said about the descriptions. Sometimes when there is a lot of descriptions I just skip to the dialogue.

    Aug 23, 2008
  • General Fiction Novels Re: just a story i'm working on chap 1

    Ok, I'm going to edit this whole thing. This is gonna take all day---because it's long, not because it has a lot of errors. If I edit a lot, that ...

    Aug 22, 2008
  • Fiction Discussion Re: diaries

    Do you mean writing a diary for your character while you write your normal story? Or having your diary be the story? I think the first one is a good ...

    Aug 22, 2008
  • Fantasy Novels Re: Tainted Blood Ch.2 part 2

    I was so excited when I saw you'd posted the next chapter! I really like your work. The alley was next to Courtney’s house and an apartment complex. It passed ...

    Aug 22, 2008
  • Art & Photography Re: Hugh Laure: House [a sketch]

    Before we start this, I'm an amateur sketch artist, specializing in portraits, so don't say that I shouldn't be talking because I 'can't draw'. I had to look at a ...

    Aug 22, 2008
  • Fantasy Novels Re: Summer Waking; Chapter One

    I'm going to start out by saying that you are an excellent writer, far better than me. I really don't care if you ignore all of this, it's your story ...

    Aug 22, 2008
  • Writers Corner Re: Vampire Novel

    It actually sounds pretty cool, but I'm basically OVER the whole vampire thing. Twilight finished/started the whole vampire fad. You won't be able to write a vampire book and get ...

    Aug 22, 2008
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Fonts

    I'm too lazy to switch my font. In elementary school, we would collect everyone's writing at the end of the year and bind it together and give everyone a copy. ...

    Aug 22, 2008
  • Fiction Discussion Re: When is the perfect weather?

    I don't have much a choice, it rains almost every day where I live, even in the summer. I don't pay much attention to it, but I am more likely ...

    Aug 22, 2008
  • Fiction Discussion Re: At what age did you start writing and

    I started writing 'short' stories when I was 7-8 (I have a late birthday, so 1st and 2nd grade). They were about 15-20 pages long, and were usually either about ...

    Aug 22, 2008
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Cliche Fantasy

    Besides Eragon (worst fantasy ever... even the names of the characters are taken from LoTR.. eragon-aragorn, arya-arwen) there is a series called 'the lost years of merlin' by ta barron ...

    Aug 22, 2008
  • Fiction Discussion Re: names

    If your writing realistic fiction and you know what year your character was born, look up the top 1000 names for that year. One of the biggest problems I see ...

    Aug 22, 2008
  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: Acquos

    I was going to write a detailed response for this piece until I read it. In my opinion, you should proofread your writing at least a little bit before publishing ...

    Aug 22, 2008


When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
— Abraham Heschel