Welcome Mat

Hi, I'm Maddy and I joined today.

I'm a buddying writer and actor, and I love everything to do with the arts. Some hobbies of mine are yoga, drawing, writing stories, sport, scrapbooking, music, dancing when nobody's looking because I'm pretty shame job, cultural foods and surfing the web.

I hope I have fun on this website!

Hehe, I'm first.

Heloo Maddy! and Welcome to YWS, an awesome site!!!

Now, that's so awesome! I love the arts too! And scrapbooking, 'cause it's so awesome!

Rules:

1) Review Ratio. 3:1, for every literary item that you submit, you need to give one review. A review needs to be atleast 250 characters long. It's really not that hard, only about three lines.

2) NO CAPS LOCK - see, it looks like I'm angry at you, or cht spk - because it can be rather annoying. That even counts in the chatroom, but we do accept lol and brb. and remember to capitalise and add aphostrophes where they are needed.

3) Be nice, no flaming other members, leave the cursing for the stories.

4) Rate your work. There are a lot of members on YWS and most of us like to know what we are getting ourselves into. If it has cursing or violence, it will need to be rated.

5) Have fun! YWS is so awesome, so it's not hard!

PM me if you need anything, or want to chat.

*Hugs*

~Mo.

Hi Maddy! Welcome to YWS. I saw you in chat and you already know some of the rules because we bombarded you. I get to show you the rainbow. Don’t taste it it’s not made of skittles.

Greeters: People like me who greet newbies like you.

Instructors: they are the purple people who give awesome reviews after all that’s their job.

Junior Moderators(JMs) they are green and their job is to make sure the forums are running smoothly, if you have a question about a forum ask them.

Moderators: dark green people who keep the site running nice and smooth.

Adminastrators: They are red and are responsible for the whole site. Nate, the creator of YWS is an Admin.

Distiguished Members: they are orange and are retired mods or admins.

Oh I see you like drawing, we have a forum for that. You can upload your pictures and put them in the Art & Photography forum. Looks like you have some interesting hobbies. Yoga? I wouldn’t be able to do that, I’m not very flexible . And you will like this website it’s awesome.
Now questions:
*What’s your favorite song?
*What’s your favorite animal?
*What do you want to be when you grow up?

PM (Private Message) me if you have any questions or want to talk.
~peanut~

Hey there Maddy!
Welcome to YWS! I'm JustDance, but feel free to call me JD. Much easier to type out.
So I see you're from Australia? You must have an accent? I have a little cousin from there, and she has the most adorable accent.
Anyways, I want to tell you a bit about the groups we have here. We all have our specific interest. Whether it be a sport, book, computers, etc. Apart from writing we like to share our other interests, which is why we have groups.
You can join a group if you seem to have an interest to the topic of it. They are quite fun, and a great way to meet new people!
Here is a link with some basic information about groups.

Groups FAQ

This link is the thread for groups, so you can see which ones might interest you!

Groups Thread

Well see ya around!
PM me anytime for questions or a good chat.
-JD

Hello there! Welcome to YWS! We're so pleased that you could join the site. Everyone pretty much covered the basics, but I still have a few links which may be helpful!

FAQ
This FAQ posted by Kamas practically contains answers to all questions that you have about YWS.

Will Review for Food
A great forum for asking for reviews!

Questions
Got a question that wasn't answered in the FAQ? Post it here!

The Knowledge Base
An index of excellent articles written by YWSers, for YWSers. Ir's great to scope out if you ever need any help with your writing.

Well, that's all for now. As Peanut mentioned above, I'm blue, which means I'm a greeter, so I'm supposed to help new members! Don't be afraid to PM me or any other blue members if you have any other questions about the site

Thanks so much Mo, Peanut, JD and Elinor! All your advice was very helpful.

Hi Maddy! *Waves spastically* Looks like everyone covered all of the important stuff. Now that you know everything about YWS, why don't you tell us more about yourself?

Here's just a few questions I find help me get to know people better:

1.) What is your biggest pet peeve?
2.) Pepsi or Coke?
3.) Do you celebrate Christmas? If so, what do you want for Christmas?
4.) If you could be any color of crayon, what color would you be and why?
5.) Name five places you've traveled to. If you haven't traveled anywhere, name five places you'd like to travel to.

If you ever need a friend or a review feel free to PM me.

Moriah: Sure, I'd be glad to answer those questions you gave me.
1.) What is your biggest pet peeve?
Scraping chairs on tiles. It really killes me.
2.) Pepsi or Coke?
Coke all the way.
3.) Do you celebrate Christmas? If so, what do you want for Christmas?
I do celebrate Christmas: I would really love my own laptop.
4.) If you could be any color of crayon, what color would you be and why?
It would be light blue, because I'm bubbly and easily seen.
5.) Name five places you've traveled to. If you haven't traveled anywhere, name five places you'd like to travel to.
I have traveled to Tasmania, and I would love to visit England, Italy (for my grandpa lived there till he was 11 and was shipped to Australia), Jamaicia, Canada and India.

Hi Maddy, I'm Amy! Welcome to YWS!

And now, I have a surprise for you. Because it's only 62 hours and 22 minutes until Christmas, I'm going to give you a song! Hopefully you'll know the tune, so click here for the karaoke melody! (If that link doesn't work for you, search on youtube for YMCA karaoke!)

*drum roll* Are you starting the music?

Young writer, there's no need to feel down.
I said, young writer, pick yourself off the ground.
I said, young writer, 'cause you're in a new website.
There's no need to be unhappy.

Young writer, hey please don’t be dumb.
I said, young writer, when the plot bunnies come,
you can go there, and I'm sure you will find
many ways to have a good time.

It's fun to write at Y-W-S.
It's fun to write at Y-W-S.

They have everything for writers to enjoy;
it’s a place of learning and of joy.

It's fun to write at Y-W-S.
It's fun to write at Y-W-S.

You can post up a poem, you can check out the blogs
you can do whatever you feel ...

Hey, writer, are you listening to me?
I said, writer, what do you want to be?
I said, young man, you can make real your dreams.
But you got to know this one thing!

There’s a ratio; it is 3:1,
follow it and, you’ll have lots of fun.
So now go there, go to YWS,
and just watch as you progress!

It's fun to write at Y-W-S.
It's fun to write at Y-W-S.

They have everything for writers to enjoy;
it’s a place of learning and of joy.

It's fun to write at Y-W-S.
It's fun to write at Y-W-S.

You can check out the KB, you can talk on our chat,
‘'cause YWS is where it’s at ...

Young writer, I was once in your shoes.
Didn’t have no grammar; I was confused,
I spent ages trying to make words sound right,
So I understand your plight.

That's when someone came up to me,
And said, “young writer, there’s this website you see,”
There's a place there called YWS
They can get you out of your mess!

It's fun to write at Y-W-S.
It's fun to write at Y-W-S.

Now, hope you enjoyed that! Just a taster of how cool YWS is.

This has been a lot of fun! See you around! *high fives*

~Amy

You'll have fun or else...

Welcome to YWS

-dances to the tune of Aquamarine's awesome song-
Great lyrics!
And thanks, I promise I will have fun Nate.

*What’s your favorite song?
"The Man Who Can't Be Moved" ~The Script
*What's your favorite animal?
Dog
*What do you want to be when you grow up?
A writer or and actor.

I'm glad you liked it! Now, how're you finding YWS so far? Have you got your bearings yet? Well, if you need any help with it then feel free to drop me a PM, I'm always happy to help with anything!

See you around!

~Amy

Aquamarine's song terrifies me. XD

Anyway! True story. I was searching through a bunch of new members' names (because that's what I do, being a geeky moderator of YWS... by the way, if you need help, just ask!) and I saw your name. I remember this particularly because I was amazed that nobody had taken the name Maddy yet! It's really pretty though!

Anyway! You seem to be a really artsy person! So... random question. Do you ever burst out singing and such in the middle of public?

And! Do you like math or science?

Why are sewer covers round? The answer is much simpler than you'd think. *nods*

I think I saw you in chat the other day! That, or somewhere on the forums. I think it was the chat though. Welcome to YWS! My name is Dreamer, and I'm a purp, which means if you ever post something and send me the link, I will be tickled pink to review it for you. ^_^ Speaking of! No one has asked the most asked question in all these forums yet!

What do you like to write the most? I'm a sci-fi fantasy person, my self.

And once again, welcome to YWS!

Whoa o.o

I'm slightly terrified of Aqua's song and even more terrified of Nate's comment.

Don't worry, we don't bite, except for Snoink, watch your fingers.

Happy Holidays!
Anything you ever need? PM me at anytime! (I'm always on *nolifecough*)

Kamas