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Sam

  • Writing Tips Re: Too Darn Hot

    The problem with having characters fall in love right away is the lack of conflict. Sure, it's easy for the writer to have everything be just peachy--but not so easy ...

    Mar 21, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Do you carry a notebook with you?

    I have a journal for plot things when I'm in the vicinity of my house, but at school I just write it on my arm or something. I'm old school. ...

    Mar 9, 2008
  • Writers Corner Re: Wolf's Writings

    Bah, intuition is great. Go for it. Just write it and see where it leads you. ^_^

    Mar 7, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Writing from the POV of the opposite gender?

    Suzanne's right--I'm really terrible with writing for girls. I don't know why. I have a thing for either really butch girls or feminine boys, which is really strange, but then ...

    Mar 6, 2008
  • Writers Corner Re: How To Fend Off Angry Mobs Consisting of Your Own Characters

    I should do this in pretty list format, I suppose. Peer pressure! HOURGLASS : After ages, I am working on Upton and David? It is really strange to be suddenly ...

    Mar 4, 2008
  • Writers Corner Re: How To Fend Off Angry Mobs Consisting of Your Own Characters

    *shameless plug* So, I've been hacking away at The Parking Lot Sparrows for the past several days. If you really loved me, you'd read the first part and then go ...

    Feb 13, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Character Discriptions

    I personally am a strong believer in the fact that you should--if possible--not describe your characters at all . Of course, there are exceptions. One of my characters is really ...

    Jan 31, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Tips on Drawing a Map for My Novel

    Monki--you didn't post an artwork for critique, so I figured you'd get more reads and responses here. ^_^

    Jan 26, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Tips on Drawing a Map for My Novel

    *nerd* I did mine on posterboard--it's kind of hard to see, but it's got all the main buildings. If you're just going for layout, don't worry too mucn about scale. ...

    Jan 26, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: How many drafts do you do?

    For short stories, it's usually two or three drafts--I write, then leave it alone for a bit, and then come back and rewrite/switch some things around. I'm far more picky ...

    Jan 22, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Sex Scenes

    I'd agree with Snoink. Sex is a universal human experience--pretty much everyone over the age of nine knows how it turns out. You're probably best writing "lead up" scenes, because ...

    Jan 21, 2008
  • Writers Corner Re: The writing of chocoholic

    Yeah. Drop me a line or PM whenever you get Their End of the World up--it sounded really cool when you were writing it. ^_^

    Jan 19, 2008
  • Writers Corner Re: How To Fend Off Angry Mobs Consisting of Your Own Characters

    Ooer, I have not posted on this thing in forever. Mainly because of Livejournal, partly because I'm lazy... D IS FOR DIPHTHERIA: Still...not...finished...I've probably tacked on about another five tho

    Jan 13, 2008
  • Writers Corner Re: I need a place to put this

    Oh, I would totally read it--especially if it were funny and slightly cynical. Anything that takes a deeper look at Wal Mart would totally get my vote. XD Tell me ...

    Jan 13, 2008
  • Writers Corner Re: Writing Playlist

    Jack wins at life... D is for Diphtheria: Belle and Sebastian, Page France, Final Fantasy, Patrick Wolf, Andrew Bird, The Shins, Sufjan Stevens, Elliot Smith, Imperial Teen, The Thrills Lazy ...

    Jan 13, 2008


A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language.
— W.H. Auden