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Re: YWS Handout Flyers
Sweet! I'll put a few of these up around campus, especially in the Lang/Lit building and library.
Sep 21, 2008 -
Re: Blindness
I realize I may be a little late here, but I have a main character in my story who went blind when he was about ten (injury). I've read a ...
Jul 14, 2008 -
Re: Star Ranking System
Yes, well, Snoink is terrifying. ;) And ye've got two reds yerself!
Mar 27, 2008 -
Re: How long should you wait?
It really varies, and it depends on what I do in the interim. Sometimes I'm so into a story or scene or chapter or whathaveyou that I'll go back and ...
Mar 25, 2008 -
Re: Sidestepping Mary Sewage
This should be required reading for the beginning author. My current MC scored a 30 (borderline) which is about what I expected. Thanks a ton, Sam!
Mar 17, 2008 -
Re: The Progression of the Peacock
Hello YWS! I am enrolled in a 300-level Medieval Art class this semester, and for my term paper I have decided to follow the peacock, such as he is represented ...
Mar 7, 2008 -
Re: Writing from the POV of the opposite gender?
I find boys a lot easier to write, for some reason, but I do girls pretty regularly, too. Glad I'm not alone in this!
Mar 6, 2008 -
Re: Favorite Form of Procrastination?
Yeah, YWS is mostly my big one. I use it for general procrastination as well, not just writing. ;)
Mar 5, 2008 -
Re: Stream of Consciousness Writing
Yes, of course it can work, but (in my opinion) only limitedly. I personally prefer to work in past tense, and while I acknowledge that not all present-tense work is ...
Mar 4, 2008 -
Re: Write what you know
Hello! Well, first off, welcome to the loverly YWS, oh loverly writerkid. I'm gyrfalcon, feel free to PM me with any questions ye can think of. As to your question: ...
Feb 27, 2008 -
Re: How do you write your novel?
I do mostly typing, but that's only since I got my laptop *hugs Pearl* (note: Pearl is my laptop's name) Originally, I used lots and lots of notebooks, and I ...
Feb 20, 2008 -
Re: How would the world respond...
If it's medieval (and that's a very broad range of years, btw), I doubt war would be declared. I think it would depend a lot on what race the people ...
Feb 16, 2008 -
Re: The Ever-So-Famous Block for Writers
Something that often works for me (but presents its own brand of problems) is to write something else! It's not unusual for me to get stuck while writing in my ...
Feb 8, 2008 -
Re: How to make reviewers hate you...
15. Haunt the chatroom (after spamming proficiently to get your required 25 reviews), constantly begging anyone and everyone there to read your stuff. 15b. If they ask you to review ...
Jan 26, 2008 -
Re: How to make reviewers hate you...
12. Make your hero perfect, just like you, but with superpowers and no faults. 13. Make your bad guys so cool , with black swishing capes, malicious laughs, and a ...
Jan 25, 2008
