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  • Lounge, The Re: Chimpanzees 'hunt using spears'

    I was being unspecific for a reason. Evolution is dictated by the need to survive. 'You'd do well to remember that.'

    Feb 24, 2007
  • Lounge, The Re: Chimpanzees 'hunt using spears'

    Monkeys won't evolve into humans. They have no need to.

    Feb 24, 2007
  • Fantasy Novels Re: Setisia - Chapter 1 - edited

    Horn Hill was the kind of feature that will always be given a name if there are people in its vicinity. A distinctive shape, that of an upside-down drinking horn, ...

    Feb 24, 2007
  • Writing Tips Re: Scenery Descriptions

    I didn't confuse them. If you're writing about the scenery, the scenery is part of the story. Don't mistake disagreement for ignorance.

    Feb 24, 2007
  • Randomosity Archive Re: This word reminds me of...

    Frizz

    Feb 24, 2007
  • Lounge, The Re: Chimpanzees 'hunt using spears'

    They simply did things that reflected our cultures because sciencists constructed their environment to manipulate their actions. Chimps have no culture. http://www.dictionary.com: look up culture...

    Feb 24, 2007
  • Lounge, The Re: "Articulate"

    That guy. Is clearly. An idiot.

    Feb 24, 2007
  • Lounge, The Re: Chimpanzees 'hunt using spears'

    Chimps don't have culture...

    Feb 24, 2007
  • Writers Corner Re: A published author (Oooo) speaks

    Were any of the poems published before they were put into the complilation? It sounds like a vanity publishing to me.

    Feb 24, 2007
  • Writing Tips Re: Semicolons

    That pretty much reflects my opinion of the semicolon. Granted, there are always exceptions. I don't think your example helps the semicolon's case, by the way. The example you 'fix' ...

    Feb 24, 2007
  • Writing Tips Re: Mysterious Characters who DON'T wear cloaks

    Yea, I don't know how inconspicuous a guy could look with a black cloak draped over his shoulders. I'm sure you can rationalise a character wearing a cloak. For example, ...

    Feb 24, 2007
  • Writing Tips Re: On Subjectivity in Poetry

    Hey Incan, I agree with every point you made here. While I'm new to this forum, I've had it up to my ears with people getting offended because of a). ...

    Feb 24, 2007
  • Writing Tips Re: Scenery Descriptions

    The problem is, birds chirping and grass blowing doesn't make for an interesting story. If you have to describe something at in detail (and I really hate when people think ...

    Feb 24, 2007


You have to be a bit of a liar to tell a story the right way.
— Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind