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  • Writing Tips Re: How to avoid copycatting?

    DON'T READ!? A scary thought. I guess taking a break from reading would make sense from that perspective...I guess. I tend to read tons of different authors at the same ...

    Aug 14, 2010
  • Writers Corner Re: Do you remember your first story that you wrote?

    There are 2 I wrote in the timespan of a week in the fourth grade. I don't remember which one came first, though. One (the one I like more) was ...

    Aug 14, 2010
  • Writers Corner Re: Am I too cruel to my characters?

    I don't think there's a such thing as "too cruel" as long as the cruelty happens for a purpose. If a person is brutally tortured just for the sake of ...

    Aug 13, 2010
  • Writers Corner Re: Music while you write?

    I always listen to music, but only with distorted, difficult to understand lyrics. Cocteau Twins are my band of choice for this very reason.

    Aug 13, 2010
  • Writing Tips Re: How to avoid copycatting?

    So, a few months ago, I made a disturbing development while rereading a short story I had written: I was copycatting Haruki Murakami. It really upset me, because I had ...

    Aug 13, 2010


I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.
— Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights