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  • Writing Tips Re: Kind of a confusing question

    I think just their names, with an occasional her mom and her dad. It's really up to you. I had that issue a while ago, and figured that going by ...

    Jul 30, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: One of the Funnest Generators I've Seen Floating Around

    These two sound interesting: "Your story begins with a very lucky gambler in an ugly Hawaiian shirt in a nightclub in an old cathedral. The antagonist is a quiet, angsty ...

    Jul 7, 2009
  • Research Re: Do your characters know that they're not real real?

    Well, I sometimes do. With the characters in an urban setting, then yes. If otherwise fantasy or sci-fi, then no. It's difficult for me, especially since they have these strange ...

    Apr 30, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: Writing Prompts

    Here's a collection of Writing Prompt generators. Inspired by the Names thread. Feel free to add any that I missed. WritingFix Writer's Digest Creative Writing Prompts Creativity Portal Spring Writing

    Apr 19, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: Internal monologue overload

    If she doesn't talk, maybe you could try sending messages back and forth between characters. Sort of like letters. You could have her write a letter to somebody, have her ...

    Apr 8, 2009
  • Research Re: Russian Revolution

    Ah, thanks a lot. That was quite helpful.

    Mar 25, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: I need help with characters

    I agree that it's up to you. I've done a cloning story before, and I use a nickname that the reader is already familiar with for the real one, while ...

    Mar 17, 2009
  • Research Re: Russian Revolution

    Yeah, I know it's quite a long time. I got everything up till the 1880s, then I got lost. Maybe for now, 1880-1900?

    Mar 16, 2009
  • Research Re: Russian Revolution

    I need some help, specifically in the period beginning from the early 1880s up till the end. My information on that section is a bit iffy, and I need some ...

    Mar 13, 2009
  • Research Re: If . . .

    Goody-two-shoes: That could be a dark secret that they've kept from everyone. I've been called a goody-two-shoes and if anyone knew my secrets, every single one of them, I'd be ...

    Mar 11, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: What are your writing strategies? Are yours weird?

    Freewriting works best for me in that aspect. I give myself a blank A4 piece, and tell myself to fill it pu by whatever means necessary. Stuff usually evolves from ...

    Mar 7, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: The Ultimate 'I need a name' Place

    My definite favorite is Seventh Sanctum . It has just about everything, and even something to beat Writer's Block.

    Mar 6, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: 6 Word Stories

    When the commonplace isn't commonplace- now

    Feb 21, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: 6 Word Stories

    It still wasn't enough for him. Can you remember the forgotten ones? I am hiding under a rock. It is quite fun.

    Feb 19, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: first person verses second person

    Second person perspective is rarely used in writing. This isn't saying that second person is bad, but it is quite difficult to pull off. Maybe you mean third person? Third ...

    Feb 15, 2009


I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
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