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  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Fanfiction Debate

    ...No, literally, fanfiction is literally defined as any term written by fans about the characters or settings of a preexisting piece of fiction. For it actually fan fiction if a ...

    Sep 4, 2014
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Fanfiction Debate

    Originality is the key. Fanfiction is a jumping off point, but everyone needs to take of the training wheels and start riding an actual bike at some point. You can ...

    Sep 3, 2014
  • Lounge, The Re: Post Your Pic Here [9]

    taking selfies with y (former) roomies' bunny. also this is the closest i ever come to smiling in selfies. I DO ACTUALLY SMILE IN REAL LIFE THOUGH. I PROMISE.

    Sep 3, 2014
  • Randomosity Re: Your Personality Type!

    That test spat out INTJ, which is unusual; I more typically get ISTJ. And wow , but the description makes INTJs sound totally tactless and incapable of diplomacy which is ...

    Sep 3, 2014
  • Randomosity Archive Re: Rate the avatar above you! [5]

    8/10. Color balance and dead eyes

    Sep 3, 2014
  • Randomosity Re: The singing game

    [That] I Can Do Better Than That . (The Last 5 Years) What happens if you turn left?

    Sep 3, 2014
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Fanfiction Debate

    Fanfiction gets a bad rap because a lot of it is schlock, but if you know where and how to look for it there's a wealth of absolute gems. And ...

    Sep 3, 2014
  • Art & Photography Re: I draw sometimes, too

    thanks, friends! :3 so i did this last night. it's the hatter (...obviously) and alice of wonderland: a new alice and ALSO the first time i've finished a thing with ...

    Aug 21, 2014
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: What the heck is wrong with cops in america?

    problem is that's exactly the rhetoric that gets used in defense of cops in police brutality cases. they always argue that their victims were being violent, attempting to reach for ...

    Aug 17, 2014
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: What the heck is wrong with cops in america?

    ^ w/r/t mike brown specifically, ferguson police are claiming that he was a suspect in a robbery (although the time stamps on the security footage they released as evidence of ...

    Aug 16, 2014
  • Research Archives Re: How do i master grammar?

    practice, practice, practice. reading the works of other writers and breaking down sentences to see how they're put together is a useful exercise, but you should scrutinize your own writing, ...

    Aug 14, 2014
  • Writers Corner Re: Setting first, or characters first?

    oh, characters. definitely. which is funny, because i loooooooooooove world-building, but if i don't have compelling characters to populate the world? nahh. not happening.

    Aug 13, 2014
  • Art & Photography Re: I draw sometimes, too

    i rarely finish anything, tho. have a timeline! this is the oldest thing on my computer because prior to that i (a) didn't have a scanner and (b) never finished ...

    Aug 13, 2014
  • Writers Corner Re: Let's talk about plot, baby.

    ^ my instinct is to say that the "make it up as you go along" part is your problem. writing a novel by the seat of your pants can be ...

    Aug 13, 2014
  • Writers Corner Re: Let's talk about plot, baby.

    sometimes i write sketches for minor recurring characters because i don't know them as well. but i never start writing for real before i feel confident that i can answer ...

    Aug 13, 2014


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