As you know Bob, show don't tell: Srsly (7 shows, no tells!)
**As you know Bob, show don't tell: Srsly (7 shows, no tells!)** You will hear this time and time again and it is very important you understand this; show, don't tell. If you tell you are clearly... **7. Leaning on the narrator, the worst...
Red Roses mean love, White Doves peace: Srsly (6 Icons!)
**Red Roses mean love, White Doves peace: Srsly (6 Icons!)** Adding that elusive meaning and symbolism to your work is simple. All you have to do is... **6. Discover that white is a universally recognised colour for the goddamn blank...
Other people are there for you: Srsly (Get 5 Beta Readers!)
**Other people are there for you: Srsly (Get 5 Beta Readers!)** When you start writing, be aware there's a large and well established community to help you out. **5. Because everybody is clearly there for your own personal use.** Have...
Philadelphia's Confession
When I was nine years old, I knew without doubt that I was going to die. It was there for all to see on the schedule board; Philadelphia: Prep-Work, September Through February, Stress-Testing, March Through Indefinite. I wasn't the only one. Lagos...
Read Harry Potter, the Aenid of our times: Srsly (4 real!)
**Read Harry Potter, the Aenid of our times: Srsly (4 real!)** I love harry potter! ^-^ Do you love harry potter? SNAPE SNAPE OMG I LOVE YOU HAVE MY BABIES. YAY FANFIC! **4. Writing fanfiction is the best thing you can ever do (for me,...
Poetry's Easy and Prose is Powerful: Srsly (My heart was 3)
**Poetry's Easy and Prose is Powerful: Srsly (My heart was 3)** Writing poetry is really easy, it's all about feelings! Everybody has feelings to express, right? So pick up that keyboard and... **3. Write formless shapeless purely...
Beating A Live Horse
The starting gate dropped with a thunk, and that started the thunder. Flying chunks of turf and track pounded into dust by a legion of hooves and twitching muscled flanks and short little riders who didn't even look twelve years old. They hit the curve...
You ARE a writer! : Srsly (2nd step on the road to success!)
**You ARE a writer! : Srsly (2nd step on the road to success!)** Do you want to unlock the secret heart behind your writing? Take your reader on an emotional rollercoaster that'll leave them begging for more? If so, read on! **2. Your...
Gaid 2 riting gud: Srsly (episod 1)
**Gaid 2 riting gud: Srsly (episod 1)** Duz u want 2 rite gud? Laik teh bestest evar? al u hav 2 du is fOllOw dis gaid! Srsly! **1. iF u ever tink dat riting laik diz iz akkseptable u r fail** I could tell you all about how 'I'...
Migratory Species
The phone rang, and Troy hated himself. He licked the back of his hand, trying to get the acid out of his mouth. Spat into the days old coffee cup on his desk and pulled the wet part of his nightshirt away from his body. He'd rinsed it clean of vomit...
Wedding Mouse, 6 of 7
//:City of San Iadras, Downtown. "Is my tie straight?" someone asked, looking down. Troy paused a second, before reaching across and pulling it straight. "There you go Sydney." "Where'd I put my pin..." He fumbled through his pockets before finding it....
Wedding Mouse, 2 of 7
//: City of San Iadras, 'Furry' district. "But I can't figure out what that means," Dallas sighed, leaning over the car's control panel, chin on the backs of his hands while watching the traffic rush by. Troy hadn't been concentrating. He'd been...