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  • Research Re: What Are True Heroes Made Of?

    Hey, NewMe. I'll just give my two cents: I think a good hero is when they aren't completely good, but they aren't evil either. Like, they know when lines need ...

    Apr 25, 2010
  • Writers Corner Re: Character Creation

    I think that the above is great, but I'd like to suggest an 8th Tip, if it's okay: 8. Put Them In Challenging Situations. Not like rockclimbing, or having to ...

    Apr 21, 2010
  • Writing Tips Re: Please help! Plot stump.

    Maybe add another suspect to the abuse. Yes, he could lie, but there could also be someone else, a regular visitor or family friend, whom the blame could be foisted ...

    Mar 25, 2010
  • Research Re: norse and greek mythology

    OK, here's my two cents. Hel: Norse goddess of death. Depending on what source you want, she's either half-normal and half-corpse, half-black and half-white, and the halves differ. Personally, I've ...

    Mar 10, 2010
  • Writing Tips Re: Quick question on how to avoid Gary Stu

    Am I too late to advise? I would say, don't know enough about the story, but from what you say, I'll just give my two cents: Basically, two-face it; it's ...

    Feb 27, 2010
  • Writing Tips Re: On Powers...

    I don't get why telepaths always have it lucky in fiction. Honestly, pyrokinetics with an errant thought can incinerate, influences can make everyone around them feel sad or angry, etc. ...

    Feb 11, 2010
  • Writing Tips Re: Your Opinion? AND HELP!

    Can you please make there be less of a whole 'sparkle' or 'turn to dust' thing in the sunlight? Why not something like, I dunno, the original Dracula's 'I just ...

    Feb 7, 2010
  • Research Re: Jobs that require moving overseas?

    Teaching? My dad moved to Japan in order to get a job at a university in Tokyo. Or even a sabbatical; where you have a year off, and you can ...

    Feb 6, 2010
  • Research Re: Female Terrorists and Terrorism in General

    Well, female terrorist faction leaders include: Ulrike Meinhof, a founding member of the Red Army Faction, in Germany. The first generation of the group was called the 'Baader-Meinhof Gang' (Baader ...

    Dec 30, 2009
  • Research Re: Female Terrorists and Terrorism in General

    I'm interested in psychology, but I like to think that I can think of explanations to everything via mental state. Basically, terrorism works generally in which a certain radical group ...

    Dec 29, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: Archetypes Part 1

    Wow, I've found that some of my characters a bunch of archetypes at once! e.g. James Harding; Mentor, as he sets the MC straight, Star-Crossed Lover, a bit in that ...

    Nov 26, 2009
  • Writers Corner Re: a witch novel

    OK. I liked the first idea, modern witch transported through time and all that, but a few points: 1) Historical Accuracy. Very few witches were burnt at the stake. Most ...

    Nov 24, 2009
  • Writers Corner Re: What Do you GUys Think? ._.

    The War as I See It: I like it, but you'd also have to look for interview with people actually then and there. Also, I always get a little annoyed ...

    Nov 3, 2009
  • Writers Corner Re: Trouble with the Supernatural

    Whoo! Brainwave: My world's vampires are the Upirik, who a) get their senses overwhelmed by alcohol, drugs, and tobacco (in one scene, the MC gets her answers by opening a ...

    Nov 3, 2009
  • Writers Corner Re: Trouble with the Supernatural

    Thanks for your input! Karsten; I dunno about the blood thing, because that is part of the story (a lot of it focuses on blood). The sunlight thing... I could ...

    Nov 2, 2009


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