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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 -
Re: Help With Planning
There's lots of good hints under the topic: Organization and Outlines.
Feb 23, 2006 -
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 -
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 -
Re: study tips
That's a very broad topic... What do you want to find out about?
Feb 17, 2006 -
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 -
Re: Novel help
"A Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank. ;)
Feb 15, 2006 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Re: A LIST OF ARTICLES
UPDATED: February 4, 2006
Feb 5, 2006 -
Re: Fun plotting
For some reason, I only just saw this, but I can see how it can be extremely helpful. :)
Feb 5, 2006
