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  • Writing Tips Re: Inebriation

    Not the pianist, is it? What kind of drunk is he? Always depends on the person. Some are madly boisterous right up to the point that they stagger off to...the ...

    Jul 31, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: Inebriation

    Haven't ever been 'unholy hammered' yourself then, DD? ^_~ Only kidding. Depending on how well he holds his liquour, being completely plastered might just knock him out. But I assume, ...

    Jul 31, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: Discipline, oh my!

    A few possible tips (I've worked some this way) -- I don't get so distracted as I get frenetic, uncomfortable sitting or dejected. But usually a good twenty minutes or ...

    Jul 30, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: Dead Main Characters

    Perhaps you could shift your lethal endings to a lesser character? But then, why did you start killing MCs off in the first?

    May 9, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: Hidden Characters

    'Sounds perfectly admissable to me. In fact, I rather like the image you've given there already...of just picking this fellow out of the crowd and then going on. Let it ...

    May 5, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: Repeating Words

    Hi, guys, I could use a little help with something. Below is an excerpt from a story I'm currently writing for school. Some people did know of Najra, but if ...

    May 5, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: Witch Hunters Original?

    Yes...I have a critique in progress - saved as draft. ^_^ The title caught my eye; and I liked the image of the huntseye , blurring things mauve.

    May 4, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: Witch Hunters Original?

    I can't say that I've ever read any dark fantasy involving witch hunters - not as you've portrayed them certainly (in Mauve Eye). So - in conclusion - yes, sounds ...

    May 4, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: Sweetie!

    Oh, somewhat kidding Mattie. I do know that there's a difference in accent... ^_^

    May 1, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: Sweetie!

    Personally, I hate "pet names". They annoy me to the fullest extent. Often when I read, I get stuck on that word so I'm like, hating that the writer used ...

    May 1, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: Borrowing Okay?

    Imitation is the best way to learn. Children do it when they learn to speak, walk, think. Human beings learn by repetition for the most part. The more you mimic ...

    May 1, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: Sweetie!

    I suppose this is any form? Endearments are so...idiomatic. Are you looking for something more formal, American, British, slang? ...Or is that all rather irrelevant? ...See if I repeat some...hopefull

    May 1, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: When do I describe looks?

    It's not a hard and fast rule. How does it fit best with the flow of the story, and the structure of the writing? I tend to let other character's ...

    May 1, 2006
  • Research Re: Need help translating spanish :)

    If it's that old, the spelling has probably changed. Lolleba looks rather like something that popped in in an Italian translation I was doing (not that the meaning is at ...

    Apr 30, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: What is style?

    This is sort of a personal experience question for you all just to satisfy my curiosity, but have any of you read a story/poem/etc. in which you got the hint ...

    Apr 27, 2006


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