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  • Writers Corner Re: Character testing and adoption ground

    Yeah, notice in the second Hobbit, he's a bit chunky. Poor guy, I guess he was chubby when he was younger. A bit slower, too. XP Bloom's getting older. I ...

    May 25, 2014
  • Research Re: Seams to me...

    I'd assume that the the best way to do it would be for the otter to tuck its tail in. I don't know tons about armour, but I'd imagine that ...

    May 25, 2014
  • Research Re: Help! Writer's Block!

    The only way to get over writer's block is simply: Force yourself to write. If it's not the novel, write a short story with no real meaning. As long as ...

    May 22, 2014
  • Writers Corner Re: Character testing and adoption ground

    Ooooh, this looks fun~ *tosses a potential adoptee to begin the fun* Name: Jayla R. Reteli age: 19 gender: female Species: Modern-day Urban Elf Brief history: Growing up in modern-day, ...

    May 21, 2014
  • Writers Corner Re: Cliched Villans

    Pft, no. I mean, lots of evil queens seem to have black hair, but the originality within the character of your evil queen is way more important than her hair ...

    May 19, 2014
  • Writers Corner Re: Overused Question: Have I passed the cliche test?

    - Pocket knife it totally acceptable. I was just momentarily worried that you were going for something outlandish like... a battle-axe or something. You never know! - Then it's reasonable. ...

    May 19, 2014
  • Writers Corner Re: Overused Question: Have I passed the cliche test?

    Okie dokie! *cracks knuckles* So, I agree that you haven't seemed to pass the cliche test, but I also agree that it'll depend (a lot) on the way you execute ...

    May 17, 2014
  • Research Re: LGBT Awareness Contest Q&A

    Once upon a time being a gaylord was a reward in itself. Once upon a time, people who wanted to debate used the SD&D forum. If you want to argue ...

    May 16, 2014
  • Research Re: LGBT Awareness Contest Q&A

    Or they could, you know, be vying for equal rights because hello, flamboyant and fabulous as one is, nobody actually likes being ostracized for coming out, nor do they particularly ...

    May 15, 2014
  • Research Re: Chapter length

    Definitely splitting them up into shorter pieces. On YWS, we generally know more about what you mean by the length of your work if you use wordcount instead of pages, ...

    May 13, 2014
  • Writing Tips Re: Emotion Through Dialogue

    Well, I actually don't view dialogue to be one of the hardest aspects of writing. In fact I think it's one of the easier things to write. Dude, omg, I ...

    May 10, 2014
  • Writing Tips Re: Emotion Through Dialogue

    I'm actually not a huge fan of showing stuttering in dialogue unless it's totally necessary :P Well, not with single consonants. In my experience, stuttering is always a sound thing. ...

    May 9, 2014
  • Writers Corner Re: Favourite Names!

    Ooooh names! Honestly, I have this thing for unisex names. Like, come on, who doesn't love them? They're all kind of awesome. My favourites are: - Robbie (I'd name my ...

    May 7, 2014
  • Writers Corner Re: Which novel should I tackle first?

    Thorough planning is always a good way to go! It's kind of cheesy to give them a cover business, but there's one TV series called Heroes, and basically, there's a ...

    May 6, 2014
  • Research Re: Time skips

    I actually had a lot of trouble with this a while ago. The only thing that really helped was forcing myself to write summaries: Like, I'd give myself a word ...

    May 6, 2014


“And how shall I think of you?' He considered a moment and then laughed. 'Think of me with my nose in a book!”
— Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell