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seeminglymeaningless

  • Writing Activities Re: Make Up The Worst Possible Opening Line Ever

    A personal favourite from a friend of mine, "Steve's just this guy, you know? Except that everyone is trying to kill him." - - - The gooey liquid present on ...

    Aug 28, 2010
  • Writing Activities Re: Answer This Question in as Few Words as Possible...

    I write because I want to share what I can't in real life.

    Aug 28, 2010
  • Writing Activities Re: Speedwrite the word above you #2

    Death.

    Aug 28, 2010
  • Fiction Discussion Re: writing from two perspectives at the same time?

    If you want an awesome reason to research possession/transformation, I suggest watching Jekyll , a BBC production of Jekyll and Hyde. It's a good fall back; it shows the changes ...

    Aug 2, 2010
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Character Descriptions

    rofl. No one wants to read about a perfect character? True enough, I suppose, but don't go the absolute opposite just to please people. No one wants to read about ...

    Aug 2, 2010
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Multiple POV? Is it worth it?

    All I can think of when I hear multiple POVs that sound the same regardless of whether or not the character was stated at the top, is the Baby Sitters ...

    Aug 2, 2010
  • Fiction Discussion Re: What's the best way to start a story off?

    That's interesting - a big town girl moving to the sticks. Why not have her neighbours help her family unpack? Maybe she really didn't want to move, so she started ...

    Aug 2, 2010
  • Art & Photography Re: Plagiarism and Copyright Infringement

    I'm hoping the person who wrote My Immortal wasn't a troll :P The idea that someone can be so fantastically bad at writing is just. . . phenomenal. Yes, I ...

    Jul 19, 2010
  • Art & Photography Re: Plagiarism and Copyright Infringement

    In my limited experience, the fan fictions I have stumbled across don't say who the original authors are (except on deviantArt where everyone is so afraid of getting picked up ...

    Jul 19, 2010
  • Art & Photography Re: Plagiarism and Copyright Infringement

    lol, I'm not supporting plagiarism, but what would you call fan fiction? I'm sure that most people don't say, "Harry Potter, Hermione Granger are (c) J.K Rowling" at the bottom ...

    Jul 19, 2010
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Naming a character

    I personally know how hard it is to name characters, and go a little crazy sometimes trying to make each and every person unique with a fantastically absurd name that ...

    Jul 15, 2010
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Need some help developing charachters and plot

    Your plot sounds good so far :) Listen - you'll have to research all of this yourself - one of the biggest pains of being a novelist, sure, but you'll ...

    Apr 26, 2008
  • Media Reviews Re: Matthew Reilly

    Does anyone read Matthew Reilly? He is an Australian author who has written great books; Scarecrow, Ice Station, Area 7, Seven Ancient Wonders, Six Sacred Stones, Contest, Temple. . . ...

    Dec 30, 2007
  • Media Reviews Re: Amber Spyglass

    I love the books - and people do seem to be reading them - I mean, why would there be a movie based upon the first book if people didn't?

    Dec 30, 2007
  • Fiction Discussion Re: scary

    why not write about something that is REALLY scary. eg: * I opened the fridge, hoping for some ham or something, and swore when the milk moved. I dropped the ...

    Dec 5, 2007


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