bubblewrapped

I think Character Death's should be handled with extreme subtlety. They should definitely be built up to from the beginning, but at the same time, it shouldnt be in a ...

I LOVE CALVIN AND HOBBES!!!!!.....**coughs** OK. Yes. Well, I have to confess: I completely b.s.'d my way through English too. Once I got the hang of what they wanted it ...

For non-human characters, particularly CAT type ones, you might want to work it into the way they move - not something as flat-out as "she walked like a cat" but ...

The trouble with describing looks, if you ask me, is that the audience/reader always knows EXACTLY what you're doing. No matter how you try to work it in, it always ...

A prologue done correctly can be fabulous - it can hook the reader into the plot and get things rolling, provide background without unnecessary explanations, et cetera. I like prologues. ...

Oooh! Mememememe!....OK, not so much. But I'm from NZ, I live in NZ, and you kinda pick this stuff up while gagging on the information the school system shoves down ...

Well, since the throwing up part has already been covered, I shall try to help with the phrasing-it-tactfully part. What sort of story are you writing? Is it in first ...

Well, that depends. Firstly, let me say that I have a terrible bias against writers who describe things all in one hit like that. It irritates me greatly. No offense, ...

Shadowdancers examples make no sense to me, but ... maybe thats just me. Personally, I use on or onto depending on which sounds better in the sentence, or which makes ...

OK cool, I get it. Shocked Well, this kind of depends on the degree of shock. If I'm really shocked, I kind of get this ringing whine in my ears, ...

Yes that is an odd request. I'd like to help you, but I'm not sure what you want. What do you mean, "in a physical circumstance"? Do you mean, how ...

Let us all build a monument to Snoink! ...no, I'm serious. I think one of the things that most (all?) writers really lack is confidence. I know I do. I ...

Outlines are a curse! Stomp on them! Tear them up! Shred them! BURN THEM!.... :twisted: **coughs** Anyway. I have that problem a lot too. But, hey, I have trouble even ...

[points to Akisha] What she said, lol.

I chose B, but I really should say that I TRY to use them, I just hate them so much I generally end up ignoring them in the end anyway. ...