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Re: The Ticklish Subject: the absent centre of poetic inception
Drab or not, it still needs a solid thesis. What is your intent with this essay?
Jul 13, 2005 -
Re: Dialogue Grammar
How do you punctuate something where there is an interjection then they continue to speak. "That totally"- he scratched his cheek "that totally sucks" like how to you punctuate that? ...
Jul 11, 2005 -
Re: Dialogue Grammar
Dialogue Grammar Memorize the following rules: “That sucks,” he said. “That sucks!” he said. “Does that suck?” he said. “That sucks,” he said, slapping his knee. “That sucks!” he s
Jul 11, 2005 -
Re: Five Tips for Writing Convincing Characters
Perhaps flaws was the wrong word. Weaknesses would be much better. But... flaws sounded catchier? Nah... a character must have weaknesses. And, in this case, this man is a good ...
Jul 6, 2005 -
Re: Muses
If you are a comedic writer who is your muse? My dad. He is sometimes the randomest person ever. One time, when we were little he told us the story ...
Jul 2, 2005 -
Re: tips for journal-style?
Read "Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank. She is one of the best teenage writers ever and her story is about what you want to write about. No ...
Jun 22, 2005 -
Re: Need some help here....?!?
Some tips... Write something you love. Believe me; I have more patience than you obviously, but I get bored with stories I hate. Consider each chapter a story. That way, ...
Jun 20, 2005 -
Re: I need help for a play I'm writing
What's the story called? I would think that your best bet would be to faithfully cover all of the things of the story in your place (use nice backgrounds, proper ...
Jun 20, 2005 -
Re: Five Tips for Writing Convincing Characters
Eh. I'm not an experienced writer. In fact, I'm taking my first English class ever this semester. But I have written a lot and I have failed a lot. Many ...
Apr 30, 2005 -
Re: Five Tips for Writing Convincing Characters
The funny thing is, it's often the obvious that eludes us. One writer was talking about how he needed to clean up his dialogue, etc., since he thought his style ...
Apr 30, 2005 -
Re: Five Tips for Writing Convincing Characters
There's been a couple of questions on how to create realistic characters. Being a critiquer, I compiled a list of five things you can do to make your character sound ...
Apr 23, 2005 -
Re: Publishing
You can always self-publish. There's plenty of resources on that, if you're interested. Also, if you want, I can dig up a list of tips from a published writer.
Apr 2, 2005
