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  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: All A Bit Too Freaky Deaky (Prologue)

    'She had to keep breathing heavily to stop herself going hysterical, as her wrapped hands shakily removed the hood from over her head. Her blonde plaits fell in front of ...

    May 29, 2010
  • Questions and Answers Re: Calling all members - what's the atmosphere on this site?

    @ Evi: Thanks! Haven't posted a 'I'm new' thread yet, but I'll probably get around to that at some point... I did post a project that I wrote for a ...

    May 29, 2010
  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: The Specters of Verity & Angelica Flink~ Intro ((Redone))

    This is an interesting premise, but there are quite a few typos/grammatical errors you might want to watch out for. Not sure, but is six year old supposed to be ...

    May 29, 2010
  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: Never a Happy Ending

    The ocean was calm. As calm as the ocean could ever be, at any rate. Much calmer than it had been during the storm a week prior. The furious waves ...

    May 29, 2010
  • Questions and Answers Re: Calling all members - what's the atmosphere on this site?

    Here's my situation. I'm currently posting works on another young writers' site run by a big publishing company you've probably heard of (but I'm not going to name names). I ...

    May 29, 2010


Way, way back in the 1988 Presidential election, then Vice President George H W Bush had a phrase he liked to use: "A Thousand Points of Light." It refers to the idea that a community is made up of people who contribute in a thousand, different small ways, but with each helping to illuminate their community. It's a phrase I think about a lot when it comes to YWS. Looking forward, the site will continue to change and grow, but it will always remain a community dedicated to promoting creative writing as a favorite pastime.
— Nate