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  • Writing Tips Re: Sidestepping Mary Sewage

    This is an old post, but I had fun with it anyway XD My character Margaret scored a 9 on the litmus test - the anti-Sue! Yay! And this is ...

    Jun 26, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Fantasy Novelists Exam

    LOL I answered this in my blog. I agree though - I don't see what's that terrible about trilogies.

    Feb 7, 2008
  • Writers Corner Re: Who's afraid of the snow?

    Oh my God, I can't believe I haven't seen this thread yet O_O Congrats on your progress thus far Brad :D

    Nov 20, 2007
  • Writing Tips Re: Info-dumping

    Exactly. Info-dump = essentially one or two paragraphs where information about a character, place or thing is suddenly and literally dumped on the reader. So, if you were describing a ...

    Jun 28, 2007
  • Research Re: shakespeare quotes

    One of my favourite quotes comes from Sonnet 116: Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments. Love is not love that alters when it alteration finds, ...

    Jun 1, 2007
  • Writing Tips Re: Five Tips for Writing Convincing Characters

    Hahaha....good to read through these again - I'm currently working on the character development for my first (**cough**) novel attempt and it's driving me crazy, so it's a timely resurrection ...

    May 7, 2007
  • Writing Tips Re: Single vs. Double quotation marks.

    I use double, even though my CW teacher insisted on single. I hate single. They look like something is missing o-O I only use them when I really, really have ...

    May 5, 2007
  • Writers Corner Re: Too much... writing?

    **raises hand** Me tooo! Lets see. I have about 2000 story ideas stored in a million different places. I currently have 1 novel I'm getting serious about (not that I ...

    Mar 24, 2007
  • Writing Tips Re: Navel-gazing

    I'm with Clau. Going out of the house is not a good thing **hides under bed** Not that I'm agoraphobic or anything. But yeah. Outside is not a fun place ...

    Jan 19, 2007
  • Writing Tips Re: Laying vs. Lying

    LOL Thanks Snoink and CL -- I knew there was something about the past tense to put in there, but I couldnt figure out how to put it into words ...

    Jan 17, 2007
  • Writing Tips Re: Laying vs. Lying

    OK, this has been bugging me for a while, so I just had to say something before I burst. Why do people confuse these two words so often?! It's really ...

    Jan 16, 2007
  • Writing Tips Re: How to Write Poetry

    Incan, you know you're insane, right? Otherwise, though -- very funny :lol:

    Dec 18, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: 6 Word Stories

    LOL I love these - especially yours Claudette. Very intriguing! But they're difficult to make up...>.< He still left the light on.

    Dec 12, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: What do people do besides writing?

    Far too much, LOL. I'm a full-time extramural university student, which basically means that I get to work where and when I want, but it takes three times as long. ...

    Dec 12, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: Taking Age Into Account When Reviewing

    Good point Nate! I hope I havent been mean to anyone **looks worried** I do tend to expect a lot from poets, even young ones...but you'd tell me if I ...

    Dec 6, 2006


Follow your passion, stay true to yourself, never follow someone else’s path unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path then by all means you should follow that.
— Ellen Degeneres