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  • Lounge, The Re: Little Smiles

    1. The weather forecast that tells me it will rain tomorrow. 2. The bus driver waved to another bus driver. So cute. 3. Bus station spring roll.

    May 20, 2009
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: My Short Stint As Me

    Enjoy. ------------------------- For at least two hours now, my mother has been arguing with Charles Dickens. Dickens, having just completed Great Expectations, and my mother, with a glass of wine ...

    Apr 20, 2009
  • Media Reviews Re: Do these even exist?

    Might I suggest The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky? Certainly the best book in the genre you're describing that I ever read.

    Apr 19, 2009
  • Writers Corner Re: Help Me With My New Novel Plot...

    I'm afraid I can't help with the other questions, since I don't do fantasy, sci-fi or anything even vaguely otherworldly, but i think I can help with the first issue. ...

    Apr 18, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: POV question

    First of all, if the reader understands what's happening, you can do whatever you want. I'm actually writing my novel in first and third person, although for very different reasons, ...

    Apr 18, 2009
  • Lounge, The Re: Am I the only one on YWS when i have homework?

    Let's see... Textual analysis of On Liberty due tomorrow, analysis of Kant due on Thursday, Folio Outline due next week, Film Studies essay also due next week. Have only started ...

    Mar 29, 2009
  • Lounge, The Re: Prose vs. Poetry vs. Both vs. Other

    Prose. I used to be a poet. People said I was pretty good at it, but it got old. Hopefully one day I'll be able to reply to this question ...

    Mar 25, 2009
  • Writers Corner Re: You can't yell at the audience.

    Evening squires. I should first of all note that I have a journal in a notebook somewhere in this mess of a room, but the problem there is that all ...

    Mar 16, 2009
  • Lounge, The Re: What's the stupidest thing you have ever done?

    So my friend's cat died and she was really upset about it. That day in English, a strange, high-pitched noise was coming from outside the classroom. Not knowing was it ...

    Mar 15, 2009
  • Romantic Short Stories Re: Prose-ac.

    Evening squires. Despite a massive reading list and several assignments due in the next few weeks, I managed to take a night off and finally do some writing. This is ...

    Mar 14, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: Harassment: Good or Bad?

    One Friday night after work some time last year, I let it slip that I was working on a novel. At the time I though it was fine, and no ...

    Mar 10, 2009
  • Lounge, The Re: Lost Inspiration

    I think the first thing you should do is accept that maybe it isn't coming back. Once you do that, you'll be more free to explore other possibilities, at which ...

    Mar 1, 2009
  • Lounge, The Re: Funny jokes

    I have one joke that I tell. And upon telling it, anyone who laughs is immediately one of the people I know I want to hang out with. It takes ...

    Mar 1, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: Short story guidelines

    I don't care how good Poe was, I'll add as many unnecessary words into my stories as I like. 8)

    Feb 28, 2009
  • Randomosity Archive Re: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Oasis by Amanda Palmer. Everybody sing: When I got my abortion, I brought along by boyfriend, we got there an hour before the appointment. And outside the building, were all ...

    Feb 27, 2009


Poetry comes alive to me through recitation.
— Natalie Merchant