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  • Art & Photography Re: The Mighty Cap'n Jack Sparrow (Harsh Critiques Needed)

    Okay, I am not an artist, but I am a lover of Captain Jack Sparrow, so I shall try to help. :) 1. The nose. This is the first off ...

    Dec 1, 2010
  • Information Desk Archive Re: What should we call the Wall?

    I like Scribbled and Desk. I'm not a big fan of the Gab, or the ones like that, probably because they don't really have to do with writing. They'd be ...

    Dec 1, 2010
  • Writing Tutorials Re: Motivation - Why'dja Do That?

    Motivation is a key thing in writing. If the characters don’t have a reason to be doing something, then why are they doing it? If your character doesn’t have a ...

    Nov 27, 2010
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: To all my best friends on YWS.

    Weapons AND violet eyes? This officially rocks! xD

    Nov 22, 2010
  • Other Re: A Prayer for a Pitcher

    This is what happens when I procrastinate for NaNo. 'Tis not pretty, I know. Poor, pitiful pitcher. I wonder, do you have senses? I hope you can’t taste - there ...

    Nov 18, 2010
  • Romantic Short Stories Re: The Almost But Not Quite Suicidal Cherry Sucker

    Thanks, guys. And I think I'll come back to this, fix it up a little, but not until after NaNoWriMo. It's just not worth the time while I desperately try ...

    Nov 16, 2010
  • Romantic Short Stories Re: The Almost But Not Quite Suicidal Cherry Sucker

    They found your body today. It was floating along Our river, lodged between a rock and a hard place. The hard place was the rusty metal bridge I refused to ...

    Nov 15, 2010
  • Lounge, The Re: YWS Screencaps

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    Nov 12, 2010
  • Fantasy Novels Re: Alezrani chapter 1

    Hi! Here to review for you. :) Okay, so on the "7 Simple Rules For Stronger Prose" how people were telling you things like "more description" and stuff, but weren't ...

    Nov 11, 2010
  • Writing Tips Re: 7 Simple Rules for Stronger Prose

    That's what I meant by "large amount." And you're right; balance is key. With description, action, thoughts, dialogue, anything. Even sentence structure; repetition is boring, unless done in an intrig

    Nov 11, 2010
  • Writing Tips Re: 7 Simple Rules for Stronger Prose

    A lot of my dislike of continual "saids" stems from how it sounds when read, which is really grating to me. "Said" can be annoying. In fact, any large amount ...

    Nov 11, 2010
  • Lounge, The Re: Username Derivations

    I wanted something that had to do with the book I was writing... which is now kind of on hold. Anyway, my person could see invisible light, and the first ...

    Nov 10, 2010
  • Writing Activities Re: The Plot Game

    The cancer gene hasn't been discovered yet because it was a mutant result of exposure to toxic chemicals.

    Nov 9, 2010
  • Archive Re: The Hunger Games 2 - Accepting

    Could we maybe try to start this up again after November's over? NaNo's taking over my life.

    Nov 8, 2010
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: They Go Haunting - A Halloween Sonnet

    This is for retrodisco666's contest . Basically, it has to be a sonnet not about some form of love. On October 31st, so speckled with lore of monsters, of demons, ...

    Nov 2, 2010


Memories, left untranslated, can be disowned; memories untranslatable can become someone else’s story.
— YiYun Li