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  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: two minutes, only one is left

    'Lo Amelia, It certainly does present in a more than poetic way. ^_^ Of course, poetic prose is lovely. But I think a certain poetic abstraction (license, perhaps ^_^') has ...

    Jun 18, 2007
  • Writers Corner Re: A Little Whimsical in the Brain Pan

    GUTTERSNIPE Really, one day, I promise to post. I swear. For realsies, you say. Yes, for realsies. I have been writing more longhand which is good. Real good. Fencing! ...That ...

    Jun 17, 2007
  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    Card games. Er, hey - easy to win if you're sharp, right? -Tov Neither. -Piers --- "Fake it 'til you make it." True?

    Jun 17, 2007
  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    Get wet. Er...what? expecting - ' jump in puddles '? -Tov The same bloody thing I'd do on a dry day. -Piers --- What's whimsy to you?

    Jun 16, 2007
  • Fantasy Novels Re: Element

    Moved to Fantasy Fiction . (As you've now got prologue and chapters up, Hermes, it belongs in the Lit. Forums. If you ever need a critique, feel free to PM ...

    Jun 15, 2007
  • Welcome Mat Re: Hello. I'm...

    Hey Jarannis. ^_^ Welcome to YWS! ...I'll have to admit, you're the first I've seen to pose an introduction via quiz. But it's a neat way getting a point across. ...

    Jun 15, 2007
  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    ...been drinking something other than water? Sure. Always meet people with a moral. Er, Hell. A what? -Tov My moral? Bloody hell, like a story and you get to the ...

    Jun 14, 2007
  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    Sleep late. Right? Sleep really late if you get caught. -Tov --- Weakness is what?

    Jun 14, 2007
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Intrigue: The First

    'Lo Magic. ^_^ I rather like the straight third-person narrative, limited crisply to Polly. It gives the atmosphere a deceptively comfortable commonplace nature, But in keeping near to Polly, you've ...

    Jun 14, 2007
  • Other Poetry Re: Four Horsemen [Of the Baby Carriage]

    Rather mad in its advertisment jingle kind of cadence - to put it in a musical sense. My first thought was that the end was weak. Such a bloody serious ...

    Jun 14, 2007
  • Other Poetry Re: Little Shadow

    Oh, me likes the indents :D [I think "played" and "punished" are in the same tense as "captured" and "lived", as past participles, where they're not solid preterite tense, but ...

    Jun 14, 2007
  • Other Poetry Re: Little Shadow

    Ah, see what you mean, Amelia. ^_^ In fact, it's lovely that way. But I think, still, the punctuation doesn't quite imply the switch-up. I wonder if staggering the lines ...

    Jun 14, 2007
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Dixby's Home For Special Cases

    The endless invention, Sam - inventive would be the adjective to you. ^_^ There's something in your stories that brings to mind gears neatly set together; greased; puzzle-pieced. Layered, perhaps, ...

    Jun 14, 2007
  • Other Poetry Re: Little Shadow

    I love the image, fleeting whimsy. To be a little tighter would be ideal. As for punctuation, I'm afraid it drops in like an anvil at points, and distracts more ...

    Jun 14, 2007
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: A Fitting End. (flash fic)

    Neat and vivid, as usual, dear Jig. There's something a little less acid about it in comparison to your other work; yet it fits into the character's calm and the ...

    Jun 14, 2007


It's easier to come up with new stories than it is to finish the ones you already have. I think every author would feel that way.
— Stephanie Meyer