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the way you move your feet when you're trying to go nowhere is a very telling thing

  • Writers Corner Re: Things You Want More From Fantasy

    MORE FEMALE CHARACTERS AS THE HERO. More ugly people as the hero. More actual people as heroes, not glorified beautiful blonde haired men with no faults who are driven by ...

    Mar 24, 2015
  • Writers Corner Re: I'm back to writing fanfiction, but...

    1- If you hate something that means later you're not going to want to write it. Either start from scratch with a plot you don't hate, or fly by the ...

    Mar 23, 2015
  • Writers Corner Re: I lost it.

    So I know you said that you found parts of it, but I just wanna say, that while it's terrible when you lose something, sometimes you have to look at ...

    Mar 23, 2015
  • Research Re: Books on Writing?

    There's a thread that's dedicated just to posting books on writing that other YWSers found! (You can find it here- As for personally, I find Spilling Ink By Ann Mazer ...

    Mar 23, 2015
  • Lounge, The Re: Deanie

    She's so sweet! I love her attitude, her work ethic, her dedication, and just her as a person! We don't talk much but every now and again we post on ...

    Mar 21, 2015
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: ~my tornadoes~

    hush my sweet these tornadoes are for you here is the hallway and here are the doors and here is the fear of the other thing, the relentless thing, your ...

    Mar 18, 2015
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: April Madness 2015

    in!

    Mar 18, 2015
  • YWS Re: Tough Love or Just Being Mean?

    “'But I’m just being honest!' That’s right. You are just being honest. You are not being compassionate, or considerate, or thoughtful, or loving, or polite, or even pleasant. Just. Honest. ...

    Mar 15, 2015
  • Writing Activities Re: Poem Spot - [ on the spot ]

    i sleep on the left side of the bed even though there hasn't been anyone on the right for a very long time and my lips still kiss the air ...

    Mar 10, 2015
  • Poetry Discussion Re: Does Poetry HAVE to have a metaphor?

    So, earlier today, I was talking to my mother about poetry, and the question came up. Does Poetry Have to have a metaphor to be defined as poetry? Even when ...

    Mar 10, 2015
  • Lounge, The Re: Controversial opinions about writing

    @TimmyJake I still have to sift through the advice and pick what I like, Just a side note, darling. If you pick and choose the advice you take and the ...

    Mar 10, 2015
  • Writing Tips Re: Smile?

    Simply, darling, just stop smiling. Sometimes in life, we make things wayyyyy more difficult than it has to be! This happens a lot in writing. We think, oh this is ...

    Mar 5, 2015
  • Lounge, The Re: The YWS Cup II

    OKay, so unfortunately, I'm going to have to drop out. I'll be out of town with the Boy when this is going on, so I won't be able to review. ...

    Mar 5, 2015
  • Writers Corner Re: Blood of Camelot

    Lancelot, for example, eh? Fell in love with the King's wife... Very interesting backstories there.

    Mar 4, 2015
  • Writers Corner Re: The Lost Boys...

    How easy would it be to send them to the real world? What would happen to them once they're there? Does Peter have friends in the real world or is ...

    Mar 4, 2015


It is only a novel... or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language
— Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey