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I have a cocktail of random Celtic songs (including Brian Boru, Mystic's Dream, Skellig, ect.), a lot of John Williams stuff, the Pirates of the Carribean 3 soundtrack, the Harry ...

For me, there's a huge difference between editing and rewriting. I generally enjoy editing, until it gets to the "I just can't figure out what's wrong here but I know ...

Ooo, excellent advice, Snoinkus, I'll have to try it! The thing for me is, I can normally ignore the music if it's totally off from what my writing is trying ...

Lol, one of mine got a 67! (Kivan, BotS) EDIT: and another got a 2

These are great! I've never even heard some of them (which, for me, is rare) so this was really helpful--thanks darling!

1) Always, always, always have a pen with you. 2) When you think of it, write it down. I mean now. Because you will not remember it later. 3) When ...

As for myself, I normally put flashbacks into stream-of-conciuosness (i.e. Latrichia walked the corridors, seeing the hundred familiar things that brought up a hundred familiar memories...) or--cheesy

Blast, everyone already mentioned the Bartimaeus Trilogy--I was going to say that! Anyway, yeah, as has been said, it can work, but in my opinion, only in the hands of ...

Yay! All WUNderful advice, Nate! As for myself, I've managed to combine both journal and brainstorming into one delicious thing: my commonplace book. I got the name from Snicket's "Unfortunate ...

Woho! Princess Bride rocks--you can even use it for writing tutorials! :)

This is fantastic, darling--I've added this page to my favorites and shall be refrencing it often. You know, you really should get this published in some kind of writing journal ...

Well, the fact that I have rather frequent mood swings helps. I know, I know, you're all shocked that the bird is a little moody ;). But seriously--I'll get really ...

Just give them a horribly twisted or tortured past--that's what I do. ;) But for real, I personally find that delving into my main character's backstory and history gives them ...

Sorry to but in, but this is a LOT of really good info for me to know, as I'll be studying abroad in England next year. Could someone possibly tell ...

We Brits don't have a habit of celebrating our past defeats. You should watch "The Great Escape" - spells it all out in there. Potato anyone? :lol: :lol: :lol: Sorry, ...