Lynlyn

Yeah, just to reiterate -- American slang is super spotty and super regional. More than half of the stuff listed in this thread is completely foreign to me. The only ...

Yeah, it hurts a lot depending on the breadth of the area being pulled. I don't really know how to explain it. The areas that hurt the most are from ...

It...doesn't? This is a fanfic, just the names of the clans for it.... :? Yeah, but it's more like an outline than something people can comment on and critique. ^^ ...

"Text Block Writer" is sort of like that, but it simulates index cards rather than post-its. You can write things on cards and then shuffle them around. It's good for ...

I might be reviving a dead topic, but I love making maps. I never even wrote the story I drew this map for (this one was definitely done during school, ...

Writing Fresh Prose and Poetry I've discovered that among writers there is some sort of invisible mythos that floats around trying to convince us that we must write a certain ...

Yeah, I have a couple different playlists. Classical music is generally reserved for essays, because honestly, I can't listen to anything with words while I'm trying to write something as ...

Does everyone REALLY have a mild case of Synesthesia? That's interesting to know. I'm gonna research that... :) Thanks for the info everybody! I think a lot of people do, ...

Yeah, if you Google around there are sites designed to assist people who have lost their product keys, but Microsoft generally gets on their case because a lot of people ...

Honey, you just made the mistake. The correct way is what you consider a mistake. ;) But isn't it always in the, er, "accusative" if it's in a prepositional phrase, ...

Thanks, these are some nice guidelines. I don't agree with a couple of them though - namely #7 and #10. The dictionary lists both of those "incorrect" usages as acceptable ...

Yeah. If you don't mind reading through a bunch of purple prose, look to some airport paperbacks for inspiration. You know, the ones your grandma reads. Use words like "caress" ...

If your narrating character and the other characters aren't much removed by time and space, you can set things up like "The Great Gatsby" -- Nick is the narrator, and ...

I was thinking of writing my story in 11st person for the main character's POV and when it switchs to someone else, writing it in third person. A bit likt ...

I loved those "Dear America" books- you know, those historical kids' journals? I thought those were really cool, but my life just never seemed that exciting. XD Ha ha, I ...