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Lynlyn

  • Official Polls Re: Which Planet Would You Travel To?

    Pat Buchanan L9 all the way. It sounds so mysterious and intriguing!

    Aug 13, 2007
  • Fantasy Novels Re: Whispers of the Fallen - Chapter One, Part 3

    I feel like maybe you *did* go over the top, if only a touch. On the other side of the road stood a number of flats. Tess wondered how they ...

    Aug 13, 2007
  • Fantasy Novels Re: Whispers of the Fallen - Chapter One, Part 2

    Yeah, I have to admit that when I was reading the description of her vomiting in the first chapter I actually gagged because I was so grossed out. Whether or ...

    Aug 13, 2007
  • Fantasy Novels Re: Whispers of the Fallen - Chapter One, Part 1

    Wow, I saw this on the front page and the first few paragraphs really drew me in - that doesn't happen too often. I wasn't expecting it to be in ...

    Aug 13, 2007
  • Welcome Mat Re: Good Morning

    Hey Quietus! Well, hopefully you'll have better luck here. We're a pretty amiable bunch, as far as writers go - we don't bite. I can't wait to see some of ...

    Aug 13, 2007
  • Writing Tips Re: Making a Character Death Sad

    Writersdomain pointed out some great stuff. I think that really the most important thing is to tug on the reader's heartstrings before and after the death - get them attached ...

    Aug 13, 2007
  • Writing Tips Re: How do YOU get last names for a story charater?

    If it's set in modern-day times, I just open up the telephone book, and there lies a treasure trove of material, fresh from life. If it's set in past times, ...

    Aug 13, 2007
  • Writing Tips Re: Diaries/Journals/Notebooks

    As a writer, I get a lot of advice about keeping a notebook. I never really believed it at first because I was never really the diary type. My family ...

    Aug 13, 2007
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Do TV and Movies Inspire your Writing?

    Occasionally books and movies will do this - usually big epic ones based on works like Lord of the Rings and such. I'm much more likely to be inspired by ...

    Aug 13, 2007
  • Fiction Discussion Re: At what age did you start writing and

    I was five. I had just seen the movie "The Mouse and the Motorcycle" and I was absolutely thrilled with it. I went home and wrote a story about it, ...

    Aug 13, 2007
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Does everyone else hate their own writing?

    However, after I show it to someone else...THAT'S when I start to hate it. I'm happy with it grammatically and everything, I've run it through the YWS Nazi's and it's ...

    Aug 13, 2007
  • Poetry Discussion Re: Rhetorical questions in poetry

    I use rhetorical questions quite a bit in my poetry, I guess it's just because I'm the kind of person who asks a lot of questions. In fact, my poems ...

    Aug 13, 2007
  • Other Poetry Re: Who are you?

    This poem is kind of funky because it seems to switch between seriousness and a strange kind of lightheartedness... it's not quite humorous though, I'm not sure I really understand ...

    Aug 13, 2007
  • Narrative Poetry Re: The My Lai Massacre

    I really like this, and I must commend you for taking on this subject, as it's something that I feel strongly about and have never really been able to approach ...

    Aug 13, 2007
  • Narrative Poetry Re: La Fleur

    This is a really cool concept. I especially like the line about "testing her new freedom" because that's when it goes from pure imagery to something narrative: you've given the ...

    Aug 13, 2007


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