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  • Fiction Discussion Re: Would a character smoking in a novel bother you?

    It never bothers me when this sort of thing comes up unless it is mechanical or cliche. I think you have to ask yourself, is it really pulling its own ...

    Mar 3, 2009
  • Media Reviews Re: Worst Book You've Ever Read

    Ok, at the risk of being shot by all the people who think it is the greatest literary work since sliced bread... To Kill A Mockingbird is the absolute worst ...

    Mar 3, 2009
  • Fiction Discussion Re: List of taboo writing words

    "Was" Was should be taken out the back and shot. Twice. Just to be sure. Was is so passive. It distances the reader from the action and it shows that ...

    Aug 20, 2008
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Fonts

    Century Gothic for LIFE. I can't use anything else...

    Aug 20, 2008
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Introduce Your Writing

    First story/novel: ok, so my first story was on my first day of school. It pretty much said that my cat eats catfood (or something of the sort) and pretty ...

    Aug 8, 2008


“Such nonsense!" declared Dr Greysteel. "Whoever heard of cats doing anything useful!" "Except for staring at one in a supercilious manner," said Strange. "That has a sort of moral usefulness, I suppose, in making one feel uncomfortable and encouraging sober reflection upon one's imperfections.”
— Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell