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  • Writers Corner Re: Getting published in magazines - any suggestions?

    I've sent in my piece 'City of Ashes' to a children's literature magazine called 'Stone Soup', but soon I'll be too old to submit and I need something...new. So! Does ...

    Jan 18, 2008
  • Writers Corner Re: Would you ever read it??

    I would totally read it! I like the idea of screaming on the brink of a cliff especially. It seems like the kind of thing I'd do...:P So anyways. I ...

    Jan 13, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Sidestepping Mary Sewage

    Wow, that article was amazing! You're so smart - and so hysterical. I did the Mary-Sue test and this is what it said: 21-35 points: Borderline-Sue. Your character is cutting ...

    Jan 3, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Turning Ideas into Novels

    Maybe you can't seem to stick with 'em because you don't like them? I dunno. If I were you, I'd try writing excerpts from each idea and seeing how you ...

    Jan 3, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Exasperations of magic

    I have a similar problem, Fan. And you're right - it's very annoying to sort it out. So they have to have the organs, eh? Well... To avoid pawnage by ...

    Jan 3, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Cliched stories

    Hmmm... I agree with Snoink - just write whatever you want, and then go back and work on it. I think that eventually everything will be cliched, because people will ...

    Jan 3, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Starting a sentence with And or But

    It's accepted now days, as long as you don't over do it. It can really help the flow of prose if used well. Ditto. I use it sometimes, but mostly ...

    Jan 3, 2008
  • Writers Corner Re: I would like to know if my novel is any good.

    Hmm well, I am assuming it is your first draft of your novel? The only advice I can have is to spend several years editing, haha. Honestly though, your first ...

    Jan 2, 2008
  • Writers Corner Re: Writing Resolutions

    Awesome thread, Meep! 1) Get published to a magazine. I've already sent in my submission. 2) Have half of my novel written and edited. Stop procrastinating! 3) 500 reviews. Get ...

    Dec 31, 2007
  • Writers Corner Re: Starting a novel

    Thanks! I just realized what a strange topic this is, because you don't know anything about my story. :lol: I'm actually starting it right now, but it's slow going.

    Dec 29, 2007
  • Writers Corner Re: Starting a novel

    Ok, I've had the idea of my story since 3rd grade. Yeah, I started it then. I hate folders full of old writing, but I don't like any of it ...

    Dec 29, 2007
  • Writers Corner Re: Who do YOU think could be published?

    Have you ever read something on YWS that seems good enough to be published? I know I have. I was reading some poems by famous people, and I couldn't help ...

    Dec 28, 2007
  • Writers Corner Re: Writing is an imperfect art.

    Well, since everyone else has their own Writing Log page, why shouldn't I have mine? CURRENT WORKS: And on that burning night: A poem...about passion and fire, really. It's my ...

    Dec 8, 2007
  • Writing Tips Re: Motivational issues!

    Yeah, same for me. What I'm doing now is just putting together profiles and plot lines etc for my story, since I go braindead every time I try to write ...

    Dec 3, 2007
  • Writers Corner Re: A Ghost Amoung the Shadows Poem

    First of all, 'Amoung' is supposed to be 'Among'. :wink: Well, this is the skeleton of a poem. You have a concept and an Idea, but you need imagery, more ...

    Dec 2, 2007


A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong.
— Orson Welles