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^^My history/religious studies professors taught me to use BCE/CE this year, so I don't think it's died out completely.

Jesus was born in the year 3 AD/CE..I learned that in my religious studies course last semester...I thought it was really interesting. I don't remember the reason why the timeline ...

I loved most of my high school English teachers- just not Junior year. But my teachers the other 3 years were great. Especially Senior year- in my AP class, she ...

I never used to outline, but I also never used to finish anything. I finished writing my first fantasy novel recently, and I did outline that before I began. I ...

Thanks for the advice everyone :) I'm definitely not going to Publish America, especially after reading what most of you had to say about it. To be honest I hadn't ...

What's sad is that a lot of great stories go unnoticed because of boring titles. Titles are so important and influential. When I'm at a book store, I won't even ...

So after struggling for years to complete something worthwhile, I've finally finished my first novel- I've even finished editing, which was a grueling process. During editing I added 3K words, ...

I sometimes think I use semicolons too frequently, but I guess that's better than constantly comma splicing? :roll: While I'm thinking about it, maybe you can help me with something ...

I have a character who is initially mysterious...he wears a cloak, but it's kind of a joke. I feel exactly the same way about cloaks being cliche, so I intentionally ...

i totelyy agree!!1!1!!! :roll:

Good tips! I have come up with countless ideas from dreams and my surroundings. Simple things can be so inspiring. I haven't really been able to use the newspaper much ...

Thanks everyone =] I definitely agree with your additions as well. I initial wrote this out of frustration, so I'm glad to see it's not just me...I would review soooo ...

So you think you have a great story, but for whatever reason no one is critiquing. This is something I’ve noticed a lot around here- then the author might post ...

First of all, it's never too late to start writing :) It's great that you already have an idea- now just develop it. You have 2 people moving around- as ...

In general I don't like to read stories that change in POV unless there is some pattern or consistency with that change (every other chapter or something). If you just ...