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  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: The Horseman

    This story, I entered in a competition, which I did not win, I lost to some 9-year old girl who wrote about Orang-utans and deforestation. Anyway... Since I figured I ...

    May 22, 2010
  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: Morality of a Slayer

    Okay guys, I wrote this short story as the first in a series of short stories, all set in the land of Taibur, roughly in the same area etc. But ...

    Jan 6, 2010
  • Science-Fiction Novels Re: Shift (Chapter 3)

    Hi! I like your story quite a bit, so here's your review! Well, I won't go deep into spelling and grammar mistakes. Instead I'll talk about general things like pace ...

    Jan 6, 2010
  • Fiction Discussion Re: How do you write?

    I never actually write out a plan of any kind. Usually I store all my ideas for the project away in my head somewhere, so that when I actually sit ...

    Dec 31, 2009
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Bad YA Fiction?

    I do now only read fantasy or sci-fi YA. If you have a look in the Young Adult section at your library, and you find a book with a one ...

    Dec 22, 2009
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Bad YA Fiction?

    No, I'm not saying that all YA fiction is bad, there's just a certain kind of YA fiction I don't like. It's the kind of average story set in metropolitan ...

    Dec 22, 2009
  • Fantasy Novels Re: Ragnarok-and Roll 1

    Nice job! The title is quite witty, I must agree. And it was written well overall, with good description and dialogue when they were talking on the phone. I must ...

    Dec 11, 2009
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Detailed Descriptions

    Try something like: [MC Name] ran up the stairs, hopping from step to step quickly, trying not to trip in her haste. Or that would be something I would write, ...

    Dec 11, 2009
  • Fiction Discussion Re: What makes a great book?

    Agreeing with everyone else, Harry Potter was a good book series because of the imaginary world created. The characters are realistic (if you leave out the magic, of course). That ...

    Dec 11, 2009
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Shy

    Well I don't care if it's bad anyway. I try not to think about it. After all, we're not here to make snide remarks about bad writing, we're here to ...

    Dec 11, 2009
  • Lounge, The Re: discussion on Twilight (and Eragon)

    Why THANK you GreenGiraffe! Now I'm going to be fighting a never-ending flame war on this forum when I could be getting advice about writing! Well, in my defence, I ...

    Oct 16, 2009
  • Lounge, The Re: discussion on Twilight (and Eragon)

    Well people, I'd like to point out a website that I've found that could be relevant to this discussion. It's a pretty small website, but it looks like it has ...

    Oct 15, 2009
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Research Vs. Experience

    This is a big debate going on in the world of writing. It's almost been going for as long as fiction has been around. The debate is about whether you ...

    Oct 14, 2009
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Don't Reveal your Plotline

    Hey, So guys, I got this little piece of advice from a book I've read and reread many times over about novel writing. Basically, do NOT reveal any plot twists, ...

    Oct 13, 2009
  • Action/Adventure Novels Re: Do0msd4y [PG for Violence]

    Okay, this is the first chapter in a novel. So far, I've written five chapters and it equals to about 4,300 words. If you like it, I might post the ...

    Sep 16, 2009


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