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  • Writers Corner Re: What font/font size do you use?

    Courier, 12 pt, double spaced. It's actually easier to read like that. :)

    Aug 26, 2008
  • Writers Corner Re: I need all the help I can get

    Lucas sounds slightly sociopathic and it seems unlikely that he would give a second glance at Natalie, especially if they are the same temperament. You need to tweak the characters ...

    Aug 26, 2008
  • Writers Corner Re: Submitting a Manuscript

    Hm... this sounds a bit too much like Twilight. :?

    Aug 26, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: How can I improve my sentence structures?

    When you start writing, you need to first get the words to match the scene. Don't worry about writing sentences yet... what you want to get the words out as ...

    Aug 26, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Using too much foreign language?

    Okay! So I was editing FREAK obsessively again, and I came up with the problem of foreign languages. Should you use foreign language in large quantities, even if they are ...

    Aug 25, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: A new kind of magician

    I like to make supernatural stories where magic comes from God, and since God is love, then magic would be within love. So you can't actually hurt anyone, or not ...

    Aug 25, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: How can I improve my sentence structures?

    Okay! So I have a couple of questions for you... When you focus on your sentences, what happens? I'm an auditory learner, which means that I tend to "hear" what ...

    Aug 25, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Edit during or after?

    Uh... a little bit of both. Generally for first drafts, I write it up on paper, just because I don't like editing paper so it forces me to write what's ...

    Aug 25, 2008
  • Writers Corner Re: how many drafts do you go through??

    write> edit> post> read> edit> edit> edit> edit> edit> edit> edit> post> edit> edit> edit> edit> edit> edit> edit> edit> edit> edit> edit> edit> edit> edit> edit> edit> edit> edit> ...

    Aug 21, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Eliminating "to be"!

    I used "to be" verbs in my writing often to give my MC, who is essentially a slave, a more passive voice. :)

    Aug 19, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: The Procrastinating Writer

    If the writer procrastinates as badly as you imply, then that person was never a writer in the first place. After all, to be a writer implies that the person ...

    Aug 13, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: A new kind of magician

    *Moved to Writing Tips*

    Aug 10, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Blonde vs. Blond

    *Moved to Writing Tips*

    Aug 10, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Posting stories online.

    Make sure the others know what you're going to do with it, and acknowledge them, if the time comes that you actually publish it.

    Aug 4, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: being your character

    if you act like your character for a week, will you become a better writer or just a diffrent person You will drive yourself crazy and end up in a ...

    Jul 27, 2008


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