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  • Writing Tips Re: What Is Your Favorite Writing Tip?

    Stop writing for the day while you're still enjoying the story.

    Mar 23, 2013
  • Writers Corner Re: Where the heck are the reviewers?

    As Sare said, you need to have more reviews done in order to expect reviews in return. There's meant to be a 2:1 review ratio. Two reviews for each piece ...

    Jul 13, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: Best Piece of Advice

    Spell check. You have no clue just how important that is. Always spell check!

    Feb 23, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: Favorite Form of Procrastination?

    Fanfiction. Long showers. MSN. YWS. Myspace. Good News Week. Eating. ^_^

    Apr 17, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Do you carry a notebook with you?

    I never, ever have a notebook with me. Probably because I'm usually with my friends when ideas come to me and if I pulled out a notebook or sticky note ...

    Apr 17, 2008
  • Writers Corner Re: How do you like your writing to look in a writing program?

    I don't mess around with any of the settings, but I only ever write on the WordPad function, never Microsoft Word. So my settings are automatically Arial, 10. And that ...

    Mar 20, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Is your first sentence ugly?

    I have discovered that there are a few pieces on here with ugly first sentences. And I'm getting a bit tired of repeating myself. So here are a few tips ...

    Mar 16, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Indented sections

    Aren't they (**may be wrong**) used in identifying paragraphs in published novels? Eg. "Bob decided he wanted to go for a walk, but no one wanted to go with him. ...

    Jan 5, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Writing for Children?

    My creative writing teacher gave me heaps of links when she set us an assignment on writing a childrens story. I'll see if I can find them up. EDIT: I ...

    Jan 5, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Starting a sentence with And or But

    I think it's ok when you're doing speech, or the sort of "diary" form, something I call "informal first person", which is sloppy anyway, so a few ands and buts ...

    Jan 3, 2008
  • Writing Tutorials Re: 5 Tips for Realistic Characters

    **huggles Razie** I'm so glad I'm not the only one who verbally talks to my characters!

    Jan 1, 2008
  • Writers Corner Re: Pen name?

    I was thinking Of making mine something like "Cindy E. Belgrave" Cindy being a nick name that can be formed from my real name, just like Lucy (real name being ...

    Oct 15, 2007
  • Writing Tutorials Re: Editing Your Work

    Lol, that's a cute post, Snoink. About two years ago my granddad died, so, in the theme of the mood, I decided to write about what happened. A year later ...

    Sep 2, 2007
  • Writing Tips Re: 1st and 3rd person?

    sure it'll work. I did it myself. It actually makes it easier for you to develop the main character.

    Aug 20, 2007
  • Writing Tips Re: how to write short stories.

    two things, ok? 1- this should be in the writing tips section, not non fiction 2- SPELLING!!!!!!! SPELL CHECK!!!!

    Jun 9, 2007


The simple truth is that authors like making people squirm. If this weren't the case, all novels would be filled completely with cute bunnies having birthday parties.
— Brandon Sanderson, Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians