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Re: Best way to write a horror story?
I think one of the best horror fiction you can read is the kind that doesn't even sound horrific. For instance, the winner of Writer's Digest story had a thriller/horror ...
Jan 16, 2008 -
Re: The Strong Arrow
Ditto Replyer Number One. :] All of those silly little things, and paragraph three sounds awkward. All that "!" sentences, and the whole Bam! thing doesn't work. God forbid the ...
Jan 15, 2008 -
Re: Romance/ Drama
Ditto Sydney. This didn't really have a point, unless it was the beginning of a series [I'm assuming it is] and even so there wasn't much to be impressed with. ...
Jan 14, 2008 -
Re: [deleted]
Sending it in? Congrats, Snoink! XD After all those Away messages saying "Editing FREAK, but what did you expect?" I don't know if it's just me, but I felt really ...
Jan 13, 2008 -
Re: A Lesson in Semantics
Ooh. I see. Yeah, I was trying to have him say "hi" without sounding cliche or awkward. XD And yes, the last part was the hardest to do. I was ...
Jan 10, 2008 -
Re: A Lesson in Semantics
I'm a bit confused. So you're saying that you don't get that she's psychic? The extra space was a typo thing. For some reason, I can't correct it. And.. He's ...
Jan 9, 2008 -
Re: A Lesson in Semantics
-dies- The first critique, and it's awesome! I knew I needed to work on the pyschic community a bit more, but I hate wordcount frames. Thank you so much. This ...
Dec 31, 2007 -
Re: More on prologues...
Personally, I think you should use prologues only when you've got... -Foreshadowing that must absolutely be revealed, if not through the character. Otherwise, it's not need. -Extra information that yo
Dec 31, 2007 -
Re: Little Questions and Thoughts Outloud
I like it. Great use of dialogue, and the characters are pretty well-grounded in the story. But it ends too short. Maybe some elaboration would help, carry the story just ...
Dec 31, 2007 -
Re: A Lesson in Semantics
A Lesson in Semantics "Okay, Maddie. You're done for today. Go explore or something, say hi to visitors." My father waves me away from the labs after my checkup, his ...
Dec 31, 2007 -
Re: Writing Resolutions
1.]Get published. This is sort of easy, since I'm a regular writer for the local newspaper and I'm wishing for YWSLJ to accept my submissions. But to a real magazine. ...
Dec 31, 2007 -
Re: Rory Legend
Um, I'm a bit skeptical [pardon me] about the whole co-writer's thing. There's never a quick and easy way out of writing, and it's usually just as hard with two ...
Dec 31, 2007 -
Re: Two stories at once a bad idea?
Ditto Sam. And Suzanne. Short stories can never hurt, but only stop if you're going like, "I don't really want to do this anymore..." That, and if you hit a ...
Dec 31, 2007 -
Re: What are you reading at the moment?
THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER !!! -sighs and faints- That book is LOVE, hun. I don't know if I'm the only one raving about it, there's just so many ...
Dec 31, 2007 -
Re: I HATE HIM.
I didn't understand The Scarlet Letter. Then again, I'm not really one for symbolism and complicated stuff [let's use the "i'm too young!" excuse here], but I'll go and try ...
Dec 31, 2007
