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Gringoamericano

Guero with a Sombrero

  • Research Re: LGBTQ+ Acceptance in Ancient Greek Times

    From what I heard, the Ancient Greek society was super misogynistic to the point where when there was a homosexual relationship, one half was regarded as pretty much a normal ...

    Feb 9, 2017
  • Writers Corner Re: Another attempt at world-building.

    I have been developing a world for a darkly-comedic webcomic and a series of short stories using what little I can remember from the Scott Pilgrim series as a jumping ...

    Nov 13, 2012
  • Writing Tips Re: A problem I have with characters

    This is something I've been noticing in the very small amount of stories I write. I don't really know how to describe it....I often come up with these plots, concepts, ...

    Oct 18, 2012
  • Writing Tips Re: Find Out What Grade Level You Write At

    My short stories usually end up within an 8th grade level, yet the essay I wrote for school was at a 13th grade level.

    Jul 15, 2012
  • Writing Tips Re: I have no idea what anything in my stories look like.

    This has been a problem for me since I first started writing. I cannot come up with what the people or places in my stories look like. I don't have ...

    Jul 3, 2012
  • Research Re: Common elements of films from the 1990s?

    I am working on a webcomic script that takes place in 1998, and satirizes anime and the 1990s while seeming like (the comic version of) a film from said decade. ...

    May 13, 2012
  • Writing Tips Re: Comic writing tips?

    Well, I've had a few ideas for dark/horror-comedies, and one of them would be made into a webcomic. While I know how to write prose and screenplays, I have no ...

    May 2, 2012
  • Writers Corner Re: A work of satire.

    I had an idea for a plot-based anime-esque comic that satirizes many issues within the modern world, and makes them very cartoonish. (An example would be the "Great wall of ...

    Mar 22, 2012
  • Writers Corner Re: How to work emotion into a narration?

    I enjoy writing dark comedies, and the protagonist is often a sarcastic kind of person. Even when they narrate, the tone is very snarky. But one common complaint I get ...

    Mar 4, 2012
  • Research Re: What are things you commonly find in Urban Fantasies?

    I'm trying to work on an comedy/action novel, and it's kind of a riff on the surge in urban fantasy novels such as Harry Potter and Twilight. What are some ...

    Feb 18, 2012
  • Writing Tips Re: My stories have no plot!

    I enjoy writing comedies. They often have concepts that I have never heard before (such as a comedy about wizard hunters, or a novel about starting a religion for money), ...

    Feb 11, 2012
  • Writing Tips Re: My other characters have very little personality.

    Well, I enjoy writing dialogue for my characters, especially the characters that fill the smart-alec or jerk archetypes. But once those archetypes are filled, all the other characters either have ...

    Feb 9, 2012


You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.
— Madeleine L'Engle, Author