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Master_Yoda

  • Writing Activities Re: Rate the first sentence above you

    5/10 - I never say things I regret. But more seriously, while this does raise my curiosity, it doesn't establish a character or a scene or a specific stage in ...

    Mar 8, 2016
  • Writing Activities Re: Rate the first sentence above you

    7/10. Establishes character mood effectively. Fails to place reader in any concrete context. I'd read on. Jon scrubbed the meat-cleaver with a ragged sponge, and the water, tinged red, slid ...

    Jan 13, 2015
  • Writing Activities Re: Story in Six Words

    I ate a giant margherita pizza!

    Jul 11, 2013
  • Writing Activities Re: Make Up The Worst Possible Opening Line Ever

    Gonna try my hand at this again: The storm rolled across the heavens, thundering a snarl through midnight's breath; carrying terror on her back. Wow, I'm not very good at ...

    Feb 6, 2013
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Flash Fiction Fight!

    In sexy black leathers, she swung her leg over the saddle and dismounted her motorbike, tugging at her belt as she stowed the key. She wound a lock of hair ...

    Jan 21, 2013
  • Writing Activities Re: Poem Spot - [ on the spot ]

    There once was a thread in the forum, that contained far too much decorum. 'twas passed through a grater and a lymerick later emerged far less gloomy and borin'

    Jan 11, 2013
  • Writing Activities Re: Poem Spot - [ on the spot ]

    I want to leave this thread, I do, So eat this couplet I brewed for you.

    Jan 9, 2013
  • Writing Activities Re: When life gives you lemons... (a philosophy challenge)

    When life gives you lemons, you can eat all the garlic you want.

    Jun 22, 2012
  • Poetry Discussion Re: Laugh Riot Thread

    They say when you used to walk through the streets of Katmandu in thin bikini garb, they'd look at you funny. Palaces around you were plated in gold. And when ...

    Aug 8, 2011
  • Writing Activities Re: Story in Six Words

    Wet pages; grey streaks aren't words.

    Jul 25, 2011
  • Media Reviews Re: Second Glance by Jodi Picoult

    Hey Retro, This is a very comprehensive review. It is quite well written as well. In terms of suggestions, the best I can do is offer a little advice about ...

    Jul 22, 2011
  • Writing Activities Re: First Paragraph Feedback

    The paragraph is beautifully descriptive and vivid. It begins to show emotion. Still, it develops no tension of any kind and therefore fails to grip tightly. I'd rate it with ...

    May 30, 2011
  • Media Reviews Re: Books??? I need some....

    Brisngr (I might have spelt that wrong). No you spelled it right Christopher Paolini spelled it wrong. ;) I would recommend The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud. Also Sabriel by ...

    Jan 31, 2011
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Name finding tips

    Most people on YWS will tell you that names are important. I'm of the belief that they're not unless they have certain significance with regard to meanings in fantasy or ...

    Jan 11, 2011
  • Writing Activities Re: Similes

    Her mind was open as a steel door bolted shut with a sign upon it declaring -Keep Out!-

    Dec 31, 2010


Obsessing over what you regret won't get you anywhere.
— Steggy