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  • Lounge, The Re: Boy in Delhi eaten by herd of pigs.

    Those pigs must have been very very hungry. They are omnivorous, which means that they eat both meat and vegetation, though they prefer the latter. Rarely, will they hunt down ...

    Nov 30, 2006
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Minha Culpa

    "Through the westsdie of this town." Should be "westside." The first stanza is boring... I think it's these lines: We account bottlecaps and soda taps, To make a ledger of ...

    Nov 29, 2006
  • Romantic Short Stories Re: Life in the Palace

    Wait... so what is this style like? An idea: instead of the queen coming in to see what's happening, which might make an awkward scene worse (and she should know ...

    Nov 29, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: What of Criticism? What of Poetry?

    Yeah, exactly. It is important to focus on the whole instead of the part, so though line-by-line critiquing can be useful, if the poem is written strangely and needs to ...

    Nov 29, 2006
  • Media Reviews Re: Very Funny Science Fiction Book!

    Yay, parody. ;) Welcome to the site, Michael!

    Nov 29, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: Being Nice

    All too frequently, there's this HORRIBLE story or poem and we look at it and say, "No friggin' way." Sometimes, we can just ignore it and let some other person ...

    Nov 29, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: Difficulty on Perspective

    Shall I be blunt? ;) You're going for style, but you're not going for clarity. So, instead of Piers wandering around aimlessly, you are wandering around aimlessly, hoping that perhaps ...

    Nov 29, 2006
  • Fantasy Novels Re: The Unnatural People

    Hehehe... this reminds me of some of the stuff I wrote when I was eleven. Except, I never wrote prologues, and I hated third person. And, of course, my stuff ...

    Nov 29, 2006
  • NovMo Archives Re: Post your wordcount!

    YAY! GO CRYSI! :D

    Nov 29, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: Critiquing Critiques

    I also think (as has been mentioned countless times) that it's silly to argue with people who critique your poem or when you have, as they say down here in ...

    Nov 29, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: Critiquing Critiques

    Sometimes, on YWS, you will see a critique that just makes your blood boil and you want to put said-critiquer's head into a blender and just turn it on full ...

    Nov 29, 2006
  • Historical Fiction Short Stories Re: Rufus

    Hahaha... poor baby. :P I know my cousin just had her first baby and her mother told her that the baby was ugly. Which was... not cool. It's good that ...

    Nov 29, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: Writing a Review

    Reviewers have no business telling the authors what they should do with their novel. Besides, if you "demand" things, then people usually do the opposite of what you demand. It's ...

    Nov 29, 2006
  • Other Re: Integrate This! -- THE COMIC

    To spruce up Squills a bit, Grif and I have decided to make a sporadically updated webcomic that will eventually include many of the YWS regulars... including featured member, of ...

    Nov 28, 2006
  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    My pinky. -- the freak I'll give you a hint... it's long and hard and very pliable. Yes! My nose. As you can no doubt guess, I have the worst ...

    Nov 27, 2006


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