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  • Randomosity Re: Names that you'd like to name your kid but probably cant.

    It all depends on what my husband's surname was. If it was Jones, I'd call my son Davy and my daughter Amanda. If his surname was Kirk, I'd called my ...

    Mar 10, 2012
  • Welcome Mat Re: Selzilla here.

    Hi Selzilla! Welcome to YWS! Stuff's pretty easy to navigate, but if ever you get stuck or have any questions, just PM or Wall me and I'll try and help. ...

    Mar 8, 2012
  • Randomosity Re: The singing game

    Saddling up to Ride A White Swan (T-Rex) Who are you?

    Mar 6, 2012
  • WRFF Archive Re: Kit's House of Pain

    Please shred and rip and be cruel. Thank you!

    Feb 15, 2012
  • Research Re: A Matter of Age (A.K.A. Skinsy's Confused)

    Everyone has given you some good ideas structure-wise already, but I thought I'd add that if the child has older siblings, that could add some maturity to its articulation. Like, ...

    Feb 14, 2012
  • Fantasy Novels Re: the dragon crusade: prologue #1

    Heylo drashet! First off, spelling: Arrows flew through the air, and the sound of metal and scale clashing could be heard throught the battlefeild Should be throughout and battlefield . ...

    Jan 17, 2012
  • Lounge, The Re: definitely need to get more clever people in my life

    If dumb people bother you so much, why not cut them loose and go live on top of a pole with other people who Need To Think Deep Thoughts?

    Jan 9, 2012
  • Lounge, The Re: The Great Review Challenge of 2012

    o_O *late*

    Jan 5, 2012
  • Writers Corner Re: Argh! My story is finished!

    When presented with a YouTube url, I very rarely click on it to discover the pearls of YouTube wisdom that are being offered to me. That said, I'm offering you ...

    Jan 5, 2012
  • Writing Activities Re: First Paragraph Feedback

    Hoohoo Skinsa! I guess I like it. I mean, I do like it because it's an interesting way to begin and interesting is good, but... I don't know. It seems ...

    Jan 5, 2012
  • Narrative Poetry Re: Rural England's knell

    Hi Izzy! I walk along the silent winter lane, Hands in denim pockets, nostrils wide , Really not liking the "nostrils wide". Talking about nostrils is odd at the best ...

    Jan 4, 2012
  • Art & Photography Re: Gryphon

    Hellooooo I'm not sure which one of these I like best. The coloured one is more interesting, but the flatness of the colour, no texture to it, makes the whole ...

    Jan 4, 2012
  • Lounge, The Re: Plan Your Wedding!

    Dude. I'll be marrying Jude Law or Misha Collins or a beautiful hybrid of both, so everything else just pales into significance.

    Jan 4, 2012
  • Writing Tips Re: Easy way to write a successful series

    Aren't the Harry Potter books more of a sprawling epic than a trilogy? I always think of Robin Hobb as great at writing trilogies, because not only did she write ...

    Jan 3, 2012
  • Research Archives Re: Only writing when 'emotional'

    Well, if there's one thing that NaNoWriMo taught me, it's that sometimes you have to push through and keep on spewing out rubbish to get to the good stuff. I ...

    Dec 30, 2011


The bigger the issue, the smaller you write. Remember that. You don’t write about the horrors of war. No. You write about a kid’s burnt socks lying on the road. You pick the smallest manageable part of the big thing, and you work off the resonance.
— Richard Price