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  • Writing Tips Re: What's your writing process?

    Usually it starts as Characters + Initial Plot. Then the characters make their own decisions and the story writes itself.

    Jun 7, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: How to avoid info dump in fantasy world

    Info-dumps should be broken up by need-to-know segments. Other observations, the differences between the world and its settings, should be typical descriptions. Once you establish the nature of the wo

    Jun 7, 2009
  • Writers Corner Re: New plans, thoughts, notes, etc.

    It's been three days... so... YAY! DONE WITH COLLEGE! Keep at it. And post some here. I've been waiting over a month for a bit to read.

    Jun 6, 2009
  • Writers Corner Re: Need Help for Sci-Fi story!

    1. Not great on... I'd browse a real sci-fi forum for nicks. 2. Essential Non-military Small Navigator/Pilot/Communications Medium Transport Crew/Doctors/Cleaning-Maint. Crew Large Entertainment/Chefs

    Jun 6, 2009
  • Writers Corner Re: A perfect day?

    4/20 - Hitler's Birthday + Green day... Bunch of pot smoking neo nazis would love it. 9/11 - In 'honor' of Sept 11, this already was foiled before it happened ...

    May 22, 2009
  • Writers Corner Re: New plans, thoughts, notes, etc.

    Not bad, sounds like it is coming along. ^-^ I'm still doing research for a fun short project while I am waiting on my computer so I can restart work ...

    Apr 6, 2009
  • Writers Corner Re: Idea for a story

    Study politics. There is no reason a blacksmith would rise to general. War is also not cliche, but war without reason is. Politics first, because war is a losing option.

    Mar 24, 2009
  • Writers Corner Re: Cliched plot or cliched characters?

    I don't care for either. I will probably not read a work if the plot summary is cliche. Cliched characters make me put the work down a bit less then ...

    Mar 23, 2009
  • Writers Corner Re: New plans, thoughts, notes, etc.

    Interesting. I must sad I did hit a bit of a spark myself on my 21st birthday (on March 21st), fairly interesting that the two concepts of your plan and ...

    Mar 23, 2009
  • Writers Corner Re: Gaea and Frux- Progress Thread

    I'm upset. VERY VERY upset. My computer is dead and all my work was on it. Thankfully I uploaded most of it to YWS and only have like 4-5 chapters ...

    Mar 13, 2009
  • Writers Corner Re: Gaea and Frux- Progress Thread

    Yeah. I write a lot. ^-^

    Mar 10, 2009
  • Writers Corner Re: Gaea and Frux- Progress Thread

    True, lol. Chapter 19 up now. Story is progressing alone quite well... almost too well. I'll get a word count later and post it up in a few days. Probably ...

    Mar 10, 2009
  • Writers Corner Re: Gaea and Frux- Progress Thread

    Google has my work's Belrusi as the #1 result when you enter the name into google! Gaea followed by 'chapter' or any other character name also directs to YWS. Yay ...

    Mar 7, 2009
  • Writers Corner Re: The Master of the Night

    Sorry, but you need to access the writing tab, and not the community tab for this site. Writer's corner is simply to describe your work and its content, not the ...

    Mar 3, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: Cliche Names..?

    Using proper name choices is good, but don't forget to have lowly names be in there as well. One of my characters is named 'Cliff' and another is simply 'Red'. ...

    Mar 3, 2009


He began to wonder why he had felt uneasy at all. It was like a man wondering in broad daylight why a dream had appeared so terrible to him at night.
— Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart