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ZZAP

  • Writing Tips Re: Technology Kills.

    Backups people... Quite simple actually.

    Aug 25, 2006
  • Writers Corner Re: A quick summary of my story

    PS> Can we post ideas in this forum, or is it just for stories? You might want to check that out. Sorry hon, no can do... I would just post ...

    Nov 30, 2004
  • Writing Tips Re: Help!

    eeeewwwww!... So that means I'm going to have to manually change stuff for the posting of my story. :x :x Guess I'll have to use that testing forum to see ...

    Nov 28, 2004
  • Writing Tips Re: Adverbs...

    Testing... Testing... Job well done... -ZZAP

    Nov 27, 2004
  • Writing Tips Re: Adverbs...

    I love adverbs, especially combined with a smashing verb... Talk about powerhouse. No, it's a matter of effectiveness between the two words: verb and adverb. Of coarse, the verb is ...

    Nov 26, 2004
  • Writing Tips Re: Adverbs...

    Okay, for some reason I've heard rumors that a good writer has minimal adverbs in his performance piece. Is this supposed to be true? I thought it's about fully describing ...

    Nov 21, 2004
  • Writing Tips Re: Writing Practice

    Hmmmmm... Interesting. I set the clock for 7 minutes and 45 seconds. I go through the same procedures, all writing, no editing, correcting, waiting, or watching. Everyday, I do this. ...

    Nov 21, 2004
  • Writing Tips Re: Names

    For main characters that are male... Lots of "R" starting names seems very strong and up-lifting. Rand O'Thor in Wheel of Time, Richard in that Goodkind series, Robert with the ...

    Nov 19, 2004
  • Writing Tips Re: Details

    It'll take me awhile... Like till 4 o'clock in the moring with all the others I have to edit. Editing allows me to find myself again, a way of getting ...

    Nov 18, 2004
  • Writing Tips Re: Details

    Oh, you should post your story... I'd like to edit it, or something like that. You really should post though, how do you get ideas? I mean, that's great if ...

    Nov 16, 2004
  • Writing Tips Re: Details

    What I tend to do... Like if you have a tundra environment, research all about tundras. Know everything there needs to know about that region. Next, give me some basic ...

    Nov 16, 2004


I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.
— Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights