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  • Writing Tips Re: Need names!!!

    I know it sounds odd, but they have a cool feature that lets you type in a meaning and it comes up with names that have that meaning. Their database ...

    Oct 23, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: Serious Work

    Very true. Even Winston and Julia found a wierd kind of love. I think the problem most people have with understanding this is that they're afraid of including happiness into ...

    Oct 22, 2006
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Education of a Writer

    I guess some part of me always knew this, but it makes a lot more sense coming from someone else. If all goes to plan I'll be studying politics at ...

    Oct 21, 2006
  • Writing Activities Re: Make Up The Worst Possible Opening Line Ever

    F***. Isn't it such a great word?

    Oct 15, 2006
  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: A Study of Platonic Principles: Freewrite #2

    I think the lack of exposition is fine, but just a tiny little bit more would do wonders for this piece. The nature of the meeting, I think, could use ...

    Oct 15, 2006
  • Fiction Discussion Re: What makes your story so original?

    For a while I had a problem with my novel over this exact same question. For me, it sounded like just another piece of dystopian fiction, but then slowly I ...

    Oct 14, 2006
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Where are my keys?!

    I can honestly say that this is the best piece of writing I have read on this site in quite a while. You have created a character that, although he ...

    Oct 14, 2006
  • Writing Activities Re: Crayons-Exercise your metaphor proweness

    My white crayon is an art critic, but it doesn't know what it likes. Maybe if it has studied psychology it's self-analysis would show us, but in the box of ...

    Oct 9, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: Top Tips for Writing

    But I write well when the TV is on. :?

    Oct 8, 2006
  • Writing Activities Re: YWS 10.0

    Virtual reality fight club in the debate forum. A coffee machine in the Lounge. You could put a mug near a USB port and be writing all night.

    Oct 8, 2006
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Last Friday

    Very nice. I know someone that's been through the exact same things as this, so its kinda weird for me. The only thing I can say is that when you ...

    Oct 8, 2006
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Dark Horizons

    I'll tackle the prologue first. You spelled 'buried' wrong, but spelling isn't an issue here. Technically, there was nothing wrong with it - it just could have been so much ...

    Oct 8, 2006
  • Official Polls Re: What's your strongest element?

    Language/description/style, I guess. Its not so much that I'm especially good at it, I'm just not as good with the other things. :wink:

    Oct 7, 2006
  • Official Polls Re: Love Is...

    Love is just a deep-seeded appreciation for someone or something. I appreciate what chocolate does for my tastebuds; I once appreciated the fact that she appreciated me. It might be ...

    Oct 7, 2006
  • Lyric Poetry Re: The House that Jack Kerouac Built

    One day the world of poetry is going to assassinate you for being so darn good. I, on the other hand (no longer part of the world of poetry), think ...

    Oct 4, 2006


Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing.
— Bernard Malamud