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Yes, right, these should definitely be seen as advice, not rules:) For example everything inside me cries that the correct way to write is the opposite of what Elmore Leonard ...

Over here: Here's two to start you off: ELMORE LEONARD 1 Never open a book with weather. If it's only to create atmosphere, and not a charac­ter's reaction to the ...

YWS has been incredibly helpful in my case. Paragraphs, grammar and feedback. And of course, I don't try to please everyone by editing my stuff according to their advice, but ...

Well, I've fallen incredibly short of my megalomanic objectives - I'll return to them in the autumn :D

Ah, interesting piece of info, Tenyo. I think that as long as points and rating and stars are just peripherial details of the way YWS functions it's in no danger ...

Yo, I think that having dangerous debris falling towards the Earth is always a good idea! Doesn't necessarily have to be a giant thermometer though. Could be absolutely anything else. ...

Yo Tusker, that's sound advice! But I'll follow it later :D Let's view this as a practice burst - I'll fiddle with varying genres just to get the overal feel ...

Right, I've very few things to do until mid July. Then I've got stuff to do. I can again start writing seriously in September. So, until said mid July, I'll ...

I think, that sometimes even up to 80% of 'tell/show' ratio is acceptable, especially if it's a high lit book, or a pulp adventure :D

Right you are, .:Elf:., I checked Inkpop out, absolutely the same crud. What is it with these sites? A secret project to condition people to being useless lying dweebs with ...

Well, it was worse than it sounded. Not merely a waste of time, it's actually bad for a writer. The feedback is not real, but a pre-fabricated currency in a ...

Yo, Today I became a member of the Authonomy site, and will be a member until monday, 10th of May. I uploaded there two novellas, and will see what happens ...

I joined YWS on September 23rd 2009, and since then have progressed considerably. At least so it seems to me. After writing half a dozen short stories and having had ...

Pah, this idea apparently was another one of my 'I think it's brilliant, but everyone else thinks it sux' blunders. Peh. Pooh. Haha. I'm throwing in the towel :mrgreen:

The moment you can read a chapter without feeling that 30% of it is missing - it's done. Everything else is a bonus which is good, but not necessary :evil: