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eddykins

  • Writing Tips Re: Tips on writing love stories?

    Hello! Long time, no see! I'm planning on entering NaNoWriMo this year (for the first time! :shock:) and I'm breaking out of my niche by writing a love story. In ...

    Oct 26, 2011
  • Writers Corner Re: Have you ever...

    That makes total sense! I think what was sort of nagging me were the really subtle fantasy elements I slipped in (my professor described the story as being similar to ...

    Nov 20, 2010
  • Writers Corner Re: Have you ever...

    ... written and submitted (either to a magazine or article or fiction writing class or what-have-you) a short work about a character from a roleplay, for those of you that ...

    Nov 20, 2010
  • Research Re: Jobs that require moving overseas?

    In this project I'm working on, my protagonist is half-black, half-Japanese, her father having moved to Tokyo in his mid-20s for a job requirement and deciding to stay once his ...

    Feb 5, 2010
  • Writing Tips Re: Phobias

    I have a character with pyrophobia, and I'm having trouble keeping it from getting contrived. The basic premise that inspired the phobia for this character (who is a summoner / ...

    Jan 6, 2010
  • Research Re: Making my character snap

    And I want him to snap pretty hard. My character is part of a group of teenagers who are basically playing "hero" (most of them having quite noble intentions, with ...

    Oct 14, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: It's a double-whammy?

    Yeah, sorry if I'm totally bugging you guys with questions, but this is totally relevant. :'D My friend and I are doing a very character-heavy, chapter-heavy piece that's meant to ...

    Aug 5, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: Using jargon in writing

    I recently ran into this off-site with someone's writing - in their case, they used fashion jargon to describe a piece of jewelry. It flew right over my head so ...

    Jul 28, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: I think I'm putting too much detail in.

    Hi Eddykins, I'm peanut. I can tell you're new here so welcome to YWS. This is the right forums so don't worry. When you are writing, it's important to get ...

    Jul 6, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: I think I'm putting too much detail in.

    I've been working diligently on this profile for an OC of mine - and it's pushing four pages. Four pages ! I feel incredibly nerdy, and I realize that a ...

    Jul 6, 2009


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— Lemony Snicket