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Ahh, Miss Snark, what ever would we do without you? If it's on your blog, it's not published. If it's in your daily diary, it's not published. If it's in ...

Ani May, I'd have to agree with you about Beowulf , except that I think it gets let off the hook for being so ... old .

Oh, spokenfor09, you still haven't responded to my question above. Also, read this and this and particularly this . (Read the whole thing, mind.) I found them both very interesting; ...

Raye, I have great faith that there is at least one person on YWS better than Paolini. (I know, I know, it was picked up by a real publishing company, ...

I think alleycat13 brings up an interesting point; way back in the way back, gender roles were probably just a good way to make sure that everything that needed to ...

I'm actually taking a class on this, so it's piqued my interest. In your opinion, should girls and boys act their gender roles, or should they be free to be ...

Do we trust people who have doctorates in art history to give genuinely enlightening commentary on a new painting, or do we think it would be better to trust the ...

I love Lord of the Rings , matey. I wasn't dissing it at all . Rather, I was using it as a classic example of something that sounds really silly ...

Jonny911 & Winters, I'm just repeating what I've read and been told. I'm not saying it's true of every boy, and I hope I didn't imply it when I said ...

The word "ejaculated" should never be used to indicate dialogue. Ever. *ROFL* *ahem* I'd have to second that, actually. If only because I would snicker like a thirteen year old ...

... anyone who will listen. My mother, my friends, strangers - especially my friends Ezekiel and Mouse, because I know Ezekiel-kohai will be honest, and Mo-chan will be nice. I've ...

This would make a very good sticky; we could all post unwanted or unused ideas, and uninspired writers could look here for something. Sort-of like the dares thread on NaNoWriMo, ...

I like it, except the almost-rhyme between "hell" and "full" rubs me the wrong way. Is there any way you could re-word it to avoid that? (You don't have to, ...

Galatea, no, you shouldn't sleep with anyone at all. I'm sorry, but you're doomed to being a nun. (Sorry, sorry. I'm joking, of course - but that does seem to ...

There's no such thing as a bad idea, there's only bad execution.* I think the classic example is Stephen King's Christine . (... A possessed car? Are you serious?) Even ...