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Sureal

  • NovMo Archives Re: Post your wordcount!

    15,000... eep. Congrats to Jack and Cass 8).

    Nov 12, 2006
  • NovMo Archives Re: NaNoisms!

    ‘Will she survive?’ ‘I don’t know. Maybe.’ ‘Doctor, I need more information than that.’ ‘I’m sorry Lord Militant, that’s the best I can give you. She took a long time ...

    Nov 12, 2006
  • General Fiction Novels Re: Hunted

    In fact, some male lions eat their baby cubs. So really your story right now makes no sense. Lions don't eat their own cubs. They kill the cubs of other ...

    Nov 12, 2006
  • Writing Activities Re: Make Up The Worst Possible Opening Line Ever

    Gal: I am the master of the F words.

    Nov 12, 2006
  • Fantasy Novels Re: The forgotten

    ‘There we're few survivors’ - we’re is short for ‘we are’ - you’re after the word ‘were’. ‘Four years had passed since the ancient spell was muttered and changes had ...

    Nov 12, 2006
  • Randomosity Archive Re: Corrupt a Wish

    Granted, but you're corrupted by the Dark Side and become all ugly and evil and stuff. I wish my life was perfect in every concievable way, and that that I ...

    Nov 12, 2006
  • Randomosity Archive Re: Corrupt a Wish

    Granted, but it'll only happen after you're dead. I wish the Earth was a cube... (what?)

    Nov 12, 2006
  • Action/Adventure Novels Re: Tresbourn Island (Working Title)

    There's an overuse of words such as 'said' - apart from the first two times (to set down who is speaking), these aren't needed unless you want to convey a ...

    Nov 12, 2006
  • General Fiction Novels Re: Hunted

    This is good, but could maybe do with more description of the scene. What does the area look like? At the moment we get the lion's brief backstory, plus their ...

    Nov 12, 2006
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: False

    I like it - it's intriguing, in that it opens up just enough to catch our interesst, to want to know a little bit more, without revealing everything. Although I'm ...

    Nov 12, 2006
  • General Fiction Novels Re: Studio 309

    I liked your description of London :). With Yvette, may I suggest that it perhaps it would be better to describe her either after, or during the dialouge with her. ...

    Nov 12, 2006
  • NovMo Archives Re: Post your wordcount!

    Wooh, go Jack 8). I'm only at 14,000. Need to catch up, but for some reasons my arm ache terribly - I think it may be the way I type ...

    Nov 12, 2006
  • Action/Adventure Short Stories Re: The Siberian Mission

    ‘The wind howled in great gusts, blowing snow and ice against the base of a cliff. A figurein a white parka, huddled at the base of a narrow road. The ...

    Nov 12, 2006
  • Fantasy Novels Re: The Broken -- Chapter One -- First Draft

    Yay for NaNoWriMo. I'm bored right now, so thought I may as well post up the first chapter here - however, you should note that this is the first draft, ...

    Nov 11, 2006
  • Fantasy Novels Re: The Forgotten

    Read the piece. Whenever you naturally pause stick in a comma (which is a rough guide, but it gives you an idea). I think the story itself is okay, but ...

    Nov 11, 2006


Every first draft is perfect, because all a first draft has to do is exist.
— Jane Smiley