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It was like my Dad used to say, "son, there's two types of people in this world: those that write stories, and those that don't get beaten senseless by their ...

That's not really the point. Markedness theory is naturally at its strongest with regard to words that are artifically formed for certain purposes, so primarily academic and scientific terms: a ...

I disagree. Language - any language - is a tool: it only reflects the values of a society, it doesn't shape them. The word "nurse" applies to a person in ...

Busted.

i found him in the valley of the dead, this once-summer boy, all greys and blues but with a stiff upper lip. his eyes were still blue, baby blue, the ...

"remembering the bitter price we pay for every opportunity we waste," I feel like the word "opportunity" throws off the whole rhythm in this last section. There's too many syllables ...

Hrm. Five extra ones to catch up, which is about the number of poems I've completed in the last few years. Excellent. It's rated 18+ just in case. If I'm ...

Ah, grad! My hair is actually almost all gone now [for the moment] but I rather like this photo, me and my dad in our matching silly outfits. His hat ...

It's a natural consequence of having people with no experience of good poetry critiquing poetry. That's why you have to be better informed and more convincing. Welcome to the world ...

All I felt was missing to be honest was that maybe you could have broken the dialogue up into speech marks, but It still flows without them. It was pretty ...

Interesting. I'm impressed. There's one thing in particular I would suggest, if you're planning an edit/rewrite - the structure and the style of your story, this compressed constant river of ...

Hello there. Let's be seeing what we can be doing with this one! First off: this Here's a poem if you read my blog...you would know, and its true is ...

Tact is over-rated. It just causes you to use an unnecessary amount of fluff to say something half as effectively as you might otherwise have done. Lex has covered the ...

Lookin' good. Blogs: yeees, currently regular members don't have the option to edit CSS for their blog. I love CSS - it'll be fun to find out exactly how much ...

The 'run down' section is absolutely brilliant! XD Good luck with the upgrade - I hope it doesn't cause you too many [more!] headaches.