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A jacuzzi, actually. My neighbors had a gazebo structure around theirs. Why this is the first thing I thought of, I don't know. In addition to that... roses climbing up ...

Second person is.... so much fun. As Mustard said, there's so much you can do with it, because the vast majority of literature avoids it. And a lot of literature ...

Alternatively, at the bottom of the new thread screen, there are spacing options. Selecting Story automatically spaces out the paragraphs for you. ...what. Sigh.

You just finished writing a new chapter. You have hordes of YWSers waiting to read it. It's late and you're tired but you know if you don't get that chapter ...

Becoming fluent in five languages is high up on my list of things to do in my life. So far, I'm only fluent in one, American English. But, I can ...

If I'm writing on my computer, I've got music playing. When I'm into the story, though, I'm not actually listening to the music. It's more or less just there to ...

Here are some of my rules, phrases, proverbs, etc. To be obeyed and broken at leisure. 1) NEVER outline. Never ever ever ever ever. It's a bad idea for three ...

In real life, I don't swear much at all. I swear when I'm angry enough, but I don't get angry that often. This has nothing to do with religious beliefs ...

I know I haven't been on YWS very long (but I've enjoyed my time here immensely), but I'm no stranger to young writer foruming. I've been an admin of a ...

The single most important American slang word you need to know is "Awesome." In fact, "awesome" is so integrated into American English that look, everyone before me was talking about ...

If You Want To Write by Brenda Ueland is my writing bible, so to speak. It might be a bit hippie-dippie for some people, but I found it incredibly inspiring. ...

I'm one of those who doesn't plan. Just the thought of planning out a novel from beginning to end, actually, makes me want to cry, or die, or melt, or ...