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  • Writing Tips Re: My Real-life Novel is Too Boring?

    Thank you all SO much for your input!! Y'all are the best.

    Jul 13, 2014
  • Writing Tips Re: My Real-life Novel is Too Boring?

    Well, chapter One covered some issues at home-- her father is abusive, one of her sisters is usually a jerk. Chapter Two was a pleasant scene with her sisters. Chapter ...

    Jun 12, 2014
  • Writing Tips Re: My Real-life Novel is Too Boring?

    In chapter 3, her grandfather died and she meets his family. Does that count?

    Jun 12, 2014
  • Writing Tips Re: My Real-life Novel is Too Boring?

    Hi, all! So, I'm writing a novel, "The House of Sand", based on real life. A friend of mine read it and said that I need some major event to ...

    Jun 12, 2014
  • Writing Tips Re: Phrases

    I personally never liked "What's up?" because I was never sure how to answer it. Does it mean "What's on your mind?" "What are you doing?" "What are your plans?" ...

    Apr 4, 2014


These were autumn mornings, the time of year when kings of old went forth to conquest; and I, never stirring from my little corner in Calcutta, would let my mind wander over the whole world.
— Rabindranath Tagore, The Cabuliwallah