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  • Lyrics Re: Abbey Road

    I mean the music I wrote for it. After all, it wouldn't sound quite right set to Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows would it? And thanks, Shriek :) Maybe when I'm ...

    Feb 6, 2006
  • Information Desk Archive Re: Games Now Cost Less

    Most goodness. Now maybe I'll have some competition - I think we all know who's owning the Arcade right now.

    Feb 6, 2006
  • Lyrics Re: Abbey Road

    This is true. So's Hallelujah , for example. Doesn't stop it being good ;) EDIT: and you think the lyrics are depressing, you should hear the music....

    Feb 6, 2006
  • Lyrics Re: Abbey Road

    ABBEY ROAD Coming home along the Abbey Road Reading newspapers from moving cars Ten thousand holes stood weeping silently on the corners of your streets. Coming home along the Abbey ...

    Feb 6, 2006
  • Science-Fiction Short Stories Re: The Enders

    Right-o then. I succumbed to the challenge of trying to write a novel, for various reasons. Now, should I just keep adding chapters here, or make new threads? Just a ...

    Feb 5, 2006
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Write

    ... then what is this for?

    Feb 5, 2006
  • Lyric Poetry Re: To My Friend Eternal

    So, I'm not very impressed with this. A lot of the problem is your structure just isn't particularly poetical. All you have here is some sentances split up by line-breaks. ...

    Feb 5, 2006
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Write

    Nope, I don't like it - there's nothing to it. Firstly, it's all basic rhymes: it seems forced and ultimately child-like when you rhyme every line with obvious choices. Then, ...

    Feb 5, 2006
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Tenement of clay

    Loved the title. Problem - you have no punctuation. Commas, semi-colons, full-stops... your poem is not complete without them. Before I'd consider this anywhere *near* acceptable, you need to get ...

    Feb 5, 2006
  • Official Polls Re: What do you think of the new pay-for-posts policy?

    Since we *have* a forum for spamming, effectively, I'm not really sure why we bothered with this. If YWS were an entirely writing-oriented site, and we were having trouble with ...

    Feb 5, 2006
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Untitled: Vampire Story

    A thin strip of moonlight lighted the alley. The dumpsters were standing tall against the brick walls and the night wind. On the concrete between shredded newspapers and cans was ...

    Jan 31, 2006
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Nuclear Iran?

    "A strange game. The only winning move is not to play."

    Jan 20, 2006
  • Lounge, The Re: Some Important Changes Coming...

    I must say I'm very unhappy with this. For one thing, it has the possibility to increase the spam level - you're going to get people who need points to ...

    Jan 17, 2006
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: too young to live

    First thing I thought of when I read the title was James Dean. Not your best, but interesting all the same. I like the descending *s.

    Jan 16, 2006
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Perspective on Iraq - up for debate

    The "Insufferable British snob" gets my vote any day.

    Jan 12, 2006


He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how.
— Friedrich Nietzsche