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  • Writers Corner Re: Is my story too chliched?

    PSH! Mythology also had young people who represented a different element, and nobody says that's bad. XD

    Feb 3, 2008
  • Writers Corner Re: Is my story too chliched?

    YES, IT IS! Nah, just kidding. It sounds too interesting to be cliched. :D Are you writing this? I hope you are... :D

    Feb 3, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Sex Scenes

    I think the foreplay is actually more interesting than the sex scene. I mean, sex is great, but the lovely thing about imaginations is that sometimes we can imagine a ...

    Jan 21, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: How many drafts do you do?

    Oh gosh... I don't even want to know how many drafts I've done for FREAK. Though I suspect it's more than twelve. O_o

    Jan 21, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: How many words is the average novel?

    90,000 to 120,000 words long, though there are exception. But that's a good range to hit for. ;)

    Jan 20, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Annoying Writing Quirks

    I like to have my instant messengers on, and then I'll rant to people about how sucky my writing is, and they'll tell me to shove it and continue writing. ...

    Jan 10, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Writing Dialogue

    Twit's right. The first example that you had made me twitch and want to curl up and die. ;) I made this... hopefully it'll be helpful?

    Jan 10, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Acceptable infodumps?

    This is showing because, instead of saying, "her father had precise ideas about cigarettes," it is describing his ideas about it, and so on. So, even though the narrative is ...

    Jan 10, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Stupid Creative Writing Assignment--NEED TIPS!!!

    If you want, you can always instant message me. I love idea brainstorming, but I prefer to do it in real time. ;)

    Jan 10, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Agent or Publisher: who do I contact first?

    Go through an agent.

    Jan 9, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Losing Motivation

    You can always rewrite it!

    Jan 4, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Writers' aches and pains

    Okay, this may seem like a bizarre writing tip, but I know a lot of writers have this problem. It's called... muscle ache. Basically what happens is you write (or ...

    Jan 3, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Turning Ideas into Novels

    Write your ideas down, focus on one and then categorically go through each idea until finally you finish each as a story. :D

    Jan 3, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Exasperations of magic

    Wait... what if magic is just a common occurrence in this land?

    Jan 3, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Cliched stories

    Don't worry about it. Just write. :) One time, my brother and I were trying to come up with the least cliched story... then we started naming the inspirations for ...

    Jan 3, 2008


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