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Re: Someday when I am a stand up comedian... DONT READ THIS!
Are you a gangster or something? It's kind of repetitive, but if you tuned up the places starting with 'S' thing, it could work. It's not worded very well, but ...
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Re: Paris, France-- anyone been, or know its history?
I am writing a novel that takes place in the 1920s in France-- I know that it is considered by some a peak for Parisian society and its literature, what ...
Apr 20, 2006 -
Re: Tell Us The Last Thing You Said Out Loud
"Yeah, daddy likes to eat fish." My little cousin wanted to eat this bass that he caught with my dad.
Apr 13, 2006 -
Re: Top 5 Worst Books You Ever Read
1. Out of the Dust. I read it in fourth grade, will never read it again. 2. Pride and Prejudice. They must not have had editors back then. A great ...
Apr 12, 2006 -
Re: Writing Challenge 4/03 "A Simple Rebellion"
First of all, thank you, THANK YOU for correcting it. Let me explain myself on a few things: There is grass on beaches. The reason I didn't just dive into ...
Apr 12, 2006 -
Re: detail-dumping - rated for language
The Da Vinci Code did just that. But I'm one of those people who loved it for just that reason--I didn't think the plot was so great, the characters and ...
Apr 10, 2006 -
Re: writing expirement for those who never end
Yes!! I have that problem. i was so proud of myself when i was able to write 23 pages of my story without writing other ones. the rule that really ...
Apr 10, 2006 -
Re: Story Ideas/Character Names
It's by Sherrilyn Kenyon, and I think it was published by Writer's Digest (which I read religiously). I got it from Barnes and Noble for about twenty bucks, but you ...
Apr 10, 2006 -
Re: Describing a setting using all five senses
That's a really good idea-- it's just that sometimes when I do that exercise I don't have my character developed yet. I focus on the place first, and then the ...
Apr 10, 2006 -
Re: Story Ideas/Character Names
I have a book that's called the writer's guide to character naming... it's really helpful when you begin to draw a blank because it's organized by origin and gender--they have ...
Apr 9, 2006 -
Re: The Rose
Some of it seems a little awkward and run-on but I really do love the last stanza.
Apr 9, 2006 -
Re: Describing a setting using all five senses
I have done this for my stories before I even start writing them, so I can get a feel for what I am writing about, and expand on it from ...
Apr 9, 2006 -
Re: Know Latin?
Foreign Languages are my hobby! Someone asked what "in vino veritas" means-- translated, it means "there is truth in wine," or, under the influence of alcohol, people are more apt ...
Apr 9, 2006 -
Re: Writing Challenge 4/03 "A Simple Rebellion"
England, 19th century. She ran along the windswept beach of silky sand and swollen sky, speckled with withering grass, the glassy blue water spurling in alongside her as she left ...
Apr 9, 2006 -
Re: Versailles, France, 1760.
I have about 25 pages written of this story--this is the first part, please review. Chapter One The Journey There France, 1760 I was, by far, the most beautiful girl ...
Apr 9, 2006
