smaur

First writing tip. Here we go. Now, this is for all of you crazy kids who think grammar can't help you stylistically, that a comma's just a comma, and you ...

I ditto Snoink re: the classic misunderstanding scenario, and not doing it. I hate the misunderstanding thingy. If these two people really like/love each other, they should be able to, ...

To add my $0.02 to this whole "why should I be positive?" thing: I don't understand why there is a "should" and "shouldn't". I think if people want to critique ...

I don't entirely agree with this, mostly because when I was writing in that preteen stage, it frustrated me when people responded like that. And, yeah, it still bothers me. ...

If you're interested in writing an articulate and engaging query letter, check out Evil Editor and Miss Snark , both of whom critique query letters on a regular basis. (And ...

I'm a little more hesitant to say that, lol, mostly because that arguing, if done constructively, can help the writer immensely. Arguing doesn't have to be of anger, and by ...

Haha. Everyone knows I write. Everyone . And most people have seen some form of my writing — friends and family.

Hah! Wash's geese-juggling thing, of course. Was that from one of the episodes with Saffron/Yolanda/whatever, or am I crazy?

Stop complaining about school so much and frolic in your adolescence! Yay! Finally someone says it. I believe the words I am searching for are: holy monkey on a unicycle, ...

Okay, I don't critique poetry, but I do critique fiction line-by-line. And yes, it's a quid-pro-quo thing, although not quite the way you meant it. I critique that way because ...

Oooh. It's very pretty. I'm kind of tempted to use it, but Wordpad's been good to me so far...

I'm still going to use when I need it, mostly because I've been to worse sites, and their site(s) is/are still pretty accessible. Despite the clutter. But is probably your ...

I concede to Smaur. [s]Everyone always does[/s]. I MEAN. Um. Look, behind you! A tree!

Bear hug: 3, Bearish: 0. Obviously, we're the winning team. :P

Yes, fade-out is an option, but there are non-kinky, realistic sex scenes out there. Well-written ones. And, yes, there are sex scenes in literary works . (Good literary works, at ...