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  • Writing Tips Re: My stories have no plot!

    I have the same problem, and here is what I do. first, try to sculpt an idea from the concept. For example, here is a concept [this is a concept ...

    May 30, 2012
  • Writing Activities Re: Story in Six Words

    forever is a long, long time...

    May 29, 2012
  • Writing Activities Re: The Cocktail Challenge (Novelists only)

    I'm going to be writing a novel in june, july, and august for camp nanowrimo (I'm cheating and using the whole summer xD) and it might be cool to do ...

    May 29, 2012
  • Welcome Mat Re: I'm new :)

    Hello ello Cambo! Ooh, your characters, huh? They have interesting names. :) And welcome to our crazy little YWS world. And, feel free to PM me if you have any ...

    May 29, 2012
  • Questions and Answers Re: Changing Usernames?

    You have to PM somebody in red or dark green. But, make sure you really want to change it because you can't change usernames that often to avoid confusion. So ...

    May 28, 2012
  • Questions and Answers Re: How do I upload an avatar?

    *pokes title*

    May 28, 2012
  • Welcome Mat Re: Hi!

    I'm new to young writers society but not new to writing:) I've been an *unpublished* author since I was 7 (I'm thirteen now) won ywp.nanowrimo 2011, and will be attempting ...

    May 28, 2012
  • Welcome Mat Re: I'm new :)

    Hiya people's :) I'm new. I'm not exactly sure what to say, so...hi! ^.^ Oh, and I think I should just get one this straight right away: I'm a girl, ...

    May 28, 2012


Poetry is my cheap means of transportation. By the end of the poem the reader should be in a different place from where he started. I would like him to be slightly disoriented at the end, like I drove him outside of town at night and dropped him off in a cornfield.
— Billy Collins