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Sureal

  • Writing Tips Re: When writing a novel...

    I partially agree with you on point three. If I try and plan the novel out, I never get anyway. I find I work much better if I only have ...

    Nov 29, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: How Do You Critique?

    I'll open word and and read through the piece. Everytime I reach a sentance I wish to comment on, I'll copy/paste it into word, add italics tags and comment in ...

    Nov 29, 2006
  • Information Desk Archive Re: Announcing YWS Reviewing Week!

    I'll join the crazy review week. I usually do a loads of crits at the weekend anyways, but this'll add extra incentive :).

    Nov 29, 2006
  • Fantasy Novels Re: The Broken -- Chapter One -- First Draft

    Thanks to everyone who critted (especially aeroman, who gave heaps of help :)). I'm currently reworking and editting this into the second draft :).

    Nov 28, 2006
  • Official Polls Re: NaNoWriMo

    Got to 16,000 words (yay - longest story I've ever written) before coursework overwhelmed me. Will finish the novel at a later date.

    Nov 27, 2006
  • Lounge, The Re: Dynamo's Japan Journal

    The real namde of the Wii was released months ago - before you left for Japan I believe ;).

    Nov 27, 2006
  • General Fiction Novels Re: Lemon Drop's Triumph: A Prologue

    Oh, I got confused. Nevermind then.

    Nov 26, 2006
  • General Fiction Novels Re: Lemon Drop's Triumph: A Prologue

    Hi ^_^. ‘but in his case it worked perfectly.’ - Awkward phrase. Something like, ‘but for him it worked perfectly’ may work better. ‘She lost it then.’ - ‘then’ is ...

    Nov 26, 2006
  • Action/Adventure Short Stories Re: The Bar

    ‘I said, striding up to the bar never the less.’ - never the less detracts from this sentence (as we already know the character is ignoring what the man said). ...

    Nov 26, 2006
  • Welcome Mat Re: Teology

    You have Final Fantasy XII? Don't get it in Europe till Feb... :(

    Nov 25, 2006
  • Welcome Mat Re: hello

    Hello, and welcome to the site ^_^. You shouldn't hate your stories. You should love them and work on improving them :). After all, do you really think the first ...

    Nov 25, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: Avoiding the Passive Voice

    Avoiding the Passive Voice This is actually a subject area that I’ve only really recently fully understood. I used to over-use the passive voice, and this really damaged my fiction. ...

    Nov 25, 2006
  • Fantasy Novels Re: Menagerie - part one

    This was an enjoyable story. And - and this always vital for a novel - caught my attention from the first sentance. Some parts of this feel redundany - mainly ...

    Nov 25, 2006
  • Art & Photography Re: 420 Frames Of Madness

    I like it :). Although some of the kicks are kindda slow/weak.

    Nov 25, 2006
  • Fantasy Novels Re: Man of the First World

    Neither have I.

    Nov 25, 2006


That awkward moment when you jump out a window because your friend jumped out a window, then you remember that your other friend can fly.
— Rick Riordan, The Ship of the Dead