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Werthan

  • Research Re: How do I write with a FMC with a language barrier?

    I would just describe accents, not do phonetic accents, and I would use text from the language for short things but not long things. I also agree with the advice ...

    Apr 8, 2016
  • Writing Activities Re: Make Up The Worst Possible Opening Line Ever

    Darkness penetrated the mind of Dante Wolfsblood as he saw a tall, pale, dark-haired man in the mirror.

    Apr 8, 2016
  • Writing Activities Re: Story in Six Words

    He woke up to a nightmare. Suddenly the train left the station. "ORDER UND PRECISION INT ZE BEDROOM!" (OK, this one is just me copying something sarcastic I read on ...

    Apr 8, 2016
  • Writing Activities Re: Story in Six Words

    Some of these are better than others, but I tried: Heaven and Earth: nothing for me. Life, a dream. I mustn't awaken. Time, a river. My boat, rudderless. Always ask ...

    Apr 8, 2016
  • Research Re: Alternate America

    I've had this idea for a while for a story about an alternate America. The biggest ethnic group in America is people of German descent but you don't have much ...

    Apr 8, 2016
  • Contests Re: A Poetry-Inspired Contest 2

    Aww, I just found out about this. I was just going to request Goethe but I have a lot of work at school so I'm not sure I could finish ...

    Apr 8, 2016
  • Research Re: Pseudonyms

    Yes. Mostly I just don't want to become a public figure and I don't want people I know to read me and be like "what's going on in your head ...

    Apr 8, 2016
  • Welcome Mat Re: Welcome New Members! [3]

    Hello.

    Apr 8, 2016
  • Writing Tips Re: Pen Name?

    If you want people to believe it's your real name, I wouldn't use Alice Afternoon. I can't really believe that's anyone's name. I would go with Alice Knight or something.

    Apr 8, 2016
  • Writing Tips Re: Using Made-Up Languages

    How should I approach using made-up languages in fiction? I started making up stories without even thinking of publishing anything, so I have a bunch of languages that are nigh ...

    Apr 8, 2016
  • Welcome Mat Re: Introduce Yourself A Second Time

    1. If you could have an endless supply of any food, what would you get? Probably hot peppers, roasting hot peppers on the grill and then eating them is the ...

    Apr 8, 2016
  • Welcome Mat Re: Hello

    Hello. I'm a fairly new writer (I haven't practiced hardcore for hours like most people but I have written off and on before) who's here to try to get feedback, ...

    Apr 7, 2016
  • Research Re: Pseudonyms

    I want to write under a pseudonym. Are there any guidelines for how you should pick one? I've heard a few like "pick an easily pronouncable name with a common ...

    Apr 7, 2016


You'd better wise up, Pony... you get tough like me and you don't get hurt. You look out for yourself and nothing can touch you, man.
— Dallas Winston, The Outsiders