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  • Fiction Discussion Re: On Writing Books

    I've always aspired to be published, but I'm not depending on it. I know it's unlikely, but it can't hurt to dream. Right now I've started writing the first book ...

    Feb 2, 2007
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Why write?

    I agree with everyone that it's just fullfilling to write- personally, I just love to create my own world, my own charcters- there's something about finishing a story that just ...

    Feb 2, 2007
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Top 5 Best Books

    1. "Oh The Places You Go" by Dr. Suess: I remember buying this book the day that it came out (I was and remain a huge Dr. Suess fan) and ...

    Feb 2, 2007
  • Writing Tips Re: Proof Reading

    I'm still new here, and one of the things that drew me into this site was that generally people don't post with terrible grammar even in their regular posts. I ...

    Jan 22, 2007
  • Writing Tips Re: Fantasy Novelists Exam

    Huh..this is really interesting. My bad on the trilogy I guess, but I wouldn't be able to finish in 2, but 4 is too many. I'm not going to write ...

    Jan 22, 2007
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: President Clinton?

    I'm a democrat, but I hope so much that Clinton doesn't win the primary. For the sake of the democratic party I really just hope she doesn't win. She will ...

    Jan 22, 2007
  • Lounge, The Re: Saddam executed.

    I understand what you're saying, and I see how history can definitely impact a nation. But just because something is instilled in us does not make it right. I don't ...

    Jan 22, 2007
  • Lounge, The Re: Nintendo Wii

    My friend got a wii for Christmas...and she doesn't use it. It's probably the most frustrating thing ever for me, because I would love to have a wii, but they're ...

    Jan 21, 2007
  • Fantasy Novels Re: The Truth About Something Ch. I

    I won't lie, I didn't read the song lyrics- I tend to skip over them in stories when they are posted because I feel like I should be getting the ...

    Jan 21, 2007
  • Lounge, The Re: Saddam executed.

    I don't think we should have gone into Iraq in the first place (weapons of mass destruction? huh..oh wait, there weren't any)...I think it's really funny that people think it's ...

    Jan 21, 2007
  • Fantasy Novels Re: The Truth About Something Ch. I

    “Are too.” Nine-year-old Apprentice Crysi “Yes. Her name is Crysi and she’s ten years old Minor thing, but always try to remember details so you can avoid saying two different ...

    Jan 20, 2007
  • Fiction Discussion Re: When do you write?

    B) I don't want anyone to read it. Not that people can usually read my handwriting anyway, but sometimes I'll consciously write messily so that no one can read what ...

    Jan 19, 2007
  • Fiction Discussion Re: At what age did you start writing and

    I started writing poety when I was really young...maybe 6 or so. Then I started writing fanfiction when I was 13. It was mostly music fanfiction about all my favorite ...

    Jan 19, 2007
  • Fiction Discussion Re: What influenced you to write what you are writing right now?

    I'm working on a trilogy now, and I'm still not sure what inspired it. I've always liked writing and I knew I wanted to write a novel- and then I ...

    Jan 19, 2007
  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: The Wolf Who Cried Boy ~Kinsley~

    I'm going to be honest- I didn't really like it much. It wasn't original, it was just a bunch of fairytales thrown together in a way that has been overdone. ...

    Jan 15, 2007


That's just what translation is, I think. That's all speaking is. Listening to the other and trying to see past your own biases to glimpse what they're trying to say. Showing yourself to the world, and hoping someone else understands.
— Ramy (Babel by R. F. Kuang)