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stargazer9927

  • Research Re: A Matter of Age (A.K.A. Skinsy's Confused)

    I'm also writing a novel (well, I've written a couple actually) in a eight year old perspective. I've only written two diary formats though, one being twelve and the other ...

    Feb 14, 2012
  • Research Re: Is there a maximum number of words for novels?

    Quick question related to publishing. I know that Amazon let's you do a Kindle eBook thing for free as long as they get some of the profit. Does that sound ...

    Feb 13, 2012
  • Research Re: Is there a maximum number of words for novels?

    You also need to consider a normal publisher has a lot of time associated with it, and as far as your rights go there's not much you end up with. ...

    Feb 13, 2012
  • Research Re: Binding

    Thanks, I'll look into it. My best friend's mother actually works at a publishing place, so I'll probably do the spiral binding from there. Although I'm going to look around ...

    Feb 5, 2012
  • Research Re: Binding

    So I just finished two novels and I'm looking into binding them. Getting published is something that may or may not happen, but I would love to hold a book ...

    Feb 5, 2012
  • Research Re: Is there a maximum number of words for novels?

    Well, I want to write for young adults, and right now part one of my novel is 170,000 words. I don't consider it unsellable, because Harry Potter is one of ...

    Feb 5, 2012
  • Writing Tips Re: Find Out What Grade Level You Write At

    I just put in a peice of my poetry and got a negative two hundred something. Are you sure this thing is legit? But on the bright side, my essays ...

    Jan 31, 2012
  • Writing Tips Re: Knowing the end before writing?

    I like to plan everything out beforehand, but I didn't used to do that and I've liked the results from it. It makes it easier to add in things and ...

    Jan 25, 2012
  • Writers Corner Re: Don't know if this is a story worth working on.

    I don't worry about that too much because because I figure if they can find some use out of one of my stories go for it because I can't, but ...

    Jan 14, 2012
  • Writers Corner Re: Who else has characters but no story or plot for them?

    I have the total opposite problem actually. I get the plot first and then the characters come later. Which is good because I work my characters around the plot and ...

    Jan 10, 2012
  • Writers Corner Re: New Story Idea Good or Not?

    I would read it :) I love fairytales!

    Jan 5, 2012
  • Writing Tips Re: Find Out What Grade Level You Write At

    Mine I feel kind of stupid now :) I put in a bunch of my writing (including some of my essays for my AP English class) and I kept getting ...

    Aug 2, 2011
  • Writing Tips Re: Being Nice

    I agree with some of the things, but not all of them. Personally, I've gotten the best advice from someone that completely tore my story apart. Just as long as ...

    Aug 2, 2011
  • Writing Tips Re: Every Writer is Different

    I wasn't sure where I should post this, so I'm hoping this is the right place :) In my opinion many writers seem to miss out on this one thing: ...

    Aug 2, 2011
  • Writers Corner Re: Does This Sound Like Something You Would Pay To Read?

    Oh and by the way, 20,000 words isn't a "novel" it's a novella. That's in between a short story and a novel. My shortest "novel" is 60,000 words, and it's ...

    Jul 12, 2011


Poetry is my cheap means of transportation. By the end of the poem the reader should be in a different place from where he started. I would like him to be slightly disoriented at the end, like I drove him outside of town at night and dropped him off in a cornfield.
— Billy Collins