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Virgil

  • Writers Corner Re: gossamer.

    The conditions keep piling onto your shoulders the days where appointments do not mark the calendar on the refridgerator have become scarce as scribbles describe each dated (I remember when ...

    Aug 2, 2017
  • Writing Tips Re: Difference between First and Second perspectives

    Depends on the newcomer on what perspective they're going to first write in or adapt to. The first person perspective can give more of a personal touch to the story, ...

    Jul 27, 2017
  • Writers Corner Re: HELP! MC wants to prove self to dad, but how?

    Being stuck on a story for years sounds like a sign that you might want to move on. Then again, that's just a personal opinion and that doesn't mean I ...

    Jul 25, 2017
  • Writers Corner Re: gossamer.

    I've been so jaded these days aching muscles a dull pain as I swing feet off of the couch and onto the living room floor. There are times when the ...

    Jul 24, 2017
  • Research Re: Portraying Gender in 1st Person

    Context clues! Context clues are basically little details that can be sprinkled throughout with subtlety and without being blatant about what you're attempting to convey to the readers. They're my ...

    Jul 17, 2017
  • Writers Corner Re: gossamer.

    i delved deep into my mind to find what i'm looking for and i searched and i searched and i searched and i searched and it's not you. all along ...

    Jul 17, 2017
  • Writers Corner Re: Story concept

    Hi there, Adam! Could you be a little more specific with what his parents did to be well-known in the academic world? What did they work on to become that ...

    Jul 12, 2017
  • Writers Corner Re: gossamer.

    candles and torches lighters and flashlights were all made because we're al afraid of the dark. us humans are moths attracted to the lamplight with palms pressed against the fluorscent ...

    Jul 10, 2017
  • Writers Corner Re: Main Cell

    WINGED CATS. This seems like my kind of story. Let me know if you end up posting this on the site, because I'd totally be up to following this. c:

    Jul 9, 2017
  • Writers Corner Re: Main Cell

    Oh? Perhaps give a little summary of the novel so I can totally follow along with this and see what's happening with your story? I have questions. What are these ...

    Jul 9, 2017
  • Writers Corner Re: Balancing Protagonist Centred Morality?

    Meant to get to this sooner, oops! I'm here now. To answer the main question at the end since this is a valid one, I'm wondering the perspective of this? ...

    Jul 4, 2017
  • Writers Corner Re: Which Summary is the Best?

    I have to agree with BlueAfrica here on the choices. 2 and 4 are the strongest pitches here. The dialogue makes the fourth feel more awkward, so I enjoyed the ...

    Jul 4, 2017
  • Writers Corner Re: gossamer.

    There is an amount inside me, a pinky-full, if even that, of hope someone else is out there looking out for you and I. Maybe it's the aliens or maybe ...

    Jul 3, 2017
  • Writing Tips Re: Converting thoughts to poem

    Hi there, SynonymousTom! I see you're having a bit of trouble with poetry, or expressing thoughts to words. Something that could be happening is that you're trying to adapt your ...

    Jun 27, 2017
  • Writers Corner Re: Letting a new work sit

    I usually write something, and if it's not something that I immediately adored, take a couple days before looking at it or editing it. Then there's the case of posting ...

    Jun 27, 2017


It's been many years since I had such an exemplary vegetable.
— Mr Collins, Pride and Prejudice