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  • Writing Tips Re: how do i draw the reader in...?

    My grandfather, an English teacher, thought this was the best opening line ever: "I like knives." Now, upon a quick reading, this is a very simple sentence. It has three ...

    Feb 23, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: Help With Planning

    There's lots of good hints under the topic: Organization and Outlines.

    Feb 23, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: GAH! I hate this sentence!

    Peridot is a gem that is light green, by the way. Hmm... closer but not there yet. And I like the adjectives... just not the order. Should I split up ...

    Feb 18, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: GAH! I hate this sentence!

    Help me people! I don't know if this sentence is awkward or not, and it's driving me crazy! What's wrong with it??????????? "Small peridot butterflies were woven in her blonde ...

    Feb 18, 2006
  • Research Re: study tips

    That's a very broad topic... What do you want to find out about?

    Feb 17, 2006
  • Writers Corner Re: Vampire story...need suggestions.

    I say that vampires shouldn't be really vampires. I think, instead, they are a fanatical religious group which is involved in canabalism and other unseemingly activities. So they're humans, and ...

    Feb 16, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: Novel help

    "A Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank. ;)

    Feb 15, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: Idea Help, Please

    The only real way of sticking to a story is forcing yourself to keep writing. But, for the sake of clarity, let me be a little bit more specific. This ...

    Feb 12, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: Young writer has problems

    Read work by writers who are older than you about people who are older than you. The story that opened me up to the adult world was Jane Austen's Pride ...

    Feb 12, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: I Need Help

    I would say he teases her intensely until she begins to cry. ...but then, that wouldn't be quite romantic, would it? Okay, scratch that. I say he should look at ...

    Feb 12, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: Periods, semicolons, and dashes

    LOL! Well, unlike you two, I call them DOT-DOT-DOTs. It's really funny. My best friend overuses them in her stories, so I do critiquing and reading over the phone, and ...

    Feb 9, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: Periods, semicolons, and dashes

    I think you're confused about dashes, semicolons, and those periods (...). Periods indicate a trailing off. "I don't think that's a good idea..." "Hush!" Semicolons indicates a dramatic pause, which ...

    Feb 9, 2006
  • Research Re: The Holocaust

    *shudders* Thanks a lot for the help. It's kind of freaky... getting IDed by a tatoo with a number. Becoming a number instead of a human... weird. Does anyone know ...

    Feb 5, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: A LIST OF ARTICLES

    UPDATED: February 4, 2006

    Feb 5, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: Fun plotting

    For some reason, I only just saw this, but I can see how it can be extremely helpful. :)

    Feb 5, 2006


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