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  • Writing Tips Re: Tips Wanted for Writing a Science Fiction Novel

    If you want some Sci-fi advice, never explain your concepts otherwise people who know their sciences better then you will call out your errors or question your logic. If you ...

    May 4, 2015
  • Grammar & Research Re: British and American Spellings: The Differences

    I have read that Noah Webster is specifically responsible for removing the "u" from words like "colour" ("color"). Perhaps more, but specifically that, when he made the first dictionary of ...

    Apr 2, 2015
  • Grammar & Research Re: British and American Spellings: The Differences

    The reason for this difference is partly a matter of developing languages as new tech appears while in partial isolation, (torch/flashlight for example) but partly a matter of petty disagreements. ...

    Apr 2, 2015
  • Writing Tips Re: Writing Horror; terror and you!

    My favorite horror stories to write (none of them are on this site) never use blood, plenty of dying happens, but you never SEE it happening, only the signs of ...

    Mar 27, 2015
  • Research Re: How to describe Gore?

    a common concept is the rule of three's. The logic that 3 times will get the point across for the reader without making this boring, and then just mention it ...

    Mar 6, 2015
  • Writers Corner Re: Can I write as frequently as my friends draw?

    It's easier to write a lot then it is to draw a lot. Or at least for me.

    Jan 31, 2015
  • Research Re: i need info on the Joker

    Recently, the games, movies, and comics are playing off that, where now, he changes his background every time someone ask him, as if he is intentionally making it impossible for ...

    Jan 29, 2015
  • Writers Corner Re: Should I attend a summer program for creative writing?

    There are colleges that require you to "show you like to write"? Most writing programs are pretty...eh when it comes to going in, I have never been to one that ...

    Jan 18, 2015
  • Writers Corner Re: Naming the Antichrist

    Troy, a city that history best remembers for the Trojan horse, how what seemed like a wonderful gift hid horrible bloodshed.

    Dec 22, 2014
  • Writing Tips Re: Why Swan Shouldn't have Two Loves

    I am somewhat amused by how dramatically my lazy comment is being taken by you Spark, sorry, I partly meant it as a joke when I said teens, and before ...

    Dec 19, 2014
  • Writing Tips Re: Why Swan Shouldn't have Two Loves

    Teens

    Dec 19, 2014
  • Writing Tips Re: Why Swan Shouldn't have Two Loves

    Rather then love triangles, it would likely be better to say, don't write a story about romance. Romance is a wonderful hook, a good thing to use. But only on ...

    Dec 19, 2014
  • Research Re: Alcohol: The First Sip

    Children are exploitative, if they see adults doing it they want to try it, so even if the kid was 6 it would still be believable depending on how careless ...

    Jun 24, 2014
  • Research Re: Permission

    Wise to avoid mentioning real world things for a first book, but you can get away with it, heck if you name drop the right way they might even pay ...

    Jun 2, 2014
  • Writers Corner Re: Characters' Death - How much is enough?

    I recall a story where every chapter four people died, and once every two, at least one named character died, everyone was expendable, yet it was a popular story. (Forgot ...

    Apr 23, 2014


“All stories are true," Skarpi said. "But this one really happened, if that's what you mean.”
— Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind