Hello, I have a very skeptical character in my story who believes everything is meaningless! She is at a concert. She wants to say that the...
There's a lot of opinions out there on the meaning of poetry, and I'm sure there is here too. Some say we should look for it while others say it...
Is it redundant to use "e.g." and "among others" in the same sentence? So the abbreviation "e.g." by way of intro, then you give all the...
I'm not sure there is a word for this, but I'm not happy with the wording of this sentence and I think a single verb would sound better. Here is...
For instance: is this just a selection of pretty words or does it mean anything to you? "The glace on the window shivers as the gale makes its...
Unsure whether I should post this here, or if there is another forum. When music critics say that a singer has "chops," what do they mean? Are...
I've almost got a comic I've been working on for the last year finished but I still don't have a last name for the main character or his family....
I just came across a semicolon that I really liked in Olivia McCannon's translation of Old Man Goriot. It struck me because even when semicolons...
Hello, I'm having trouble understanding the meaning of a sentence, and I was unsure if I should place it in Word Mechanics or not(I read the...
Hi All, Lately, I've been talking with friends about the interpretation of a book, and there's a lot of people who will tell you that if you...
Hello Everyone, First of all, thank you for reading this thread and secondly, another thank you if you reply. I am sure that at some point,...
Greetings! I have an earnest desire to write with eloquence, and to bind words together in a manner which is syntactically, semantically, and...
Not sure if this should be placed here or in the Plot Development, but I guess it can go either way. Basically I'm planning a novel where three or...
That's the idea. Hey, this is my first post asking for some kind of advice on here =] I've done a lot of planning and character creation on...
Hear ye, Hear ye.. A test of English for all before the unveiling of the English Language's Newest Punctuation Mark!! Question 1: Do you...
Hello everyone! I am just wondering what are the approaches everyone takes when developing a story. Like what type of questions do you ask...
1) Are you able to tell wether the writer is a woman, a man, or both meaning they feel they have both masculin and feminin traits? 2) and is it...
As a writer I feel that one is not complete unless they experience a wide variety of styles and ideas. The more one experiences different...
LOBBY is a modernish edition to the English American language and has for me a political hint to it. it is also a verb /a place /and a type...
Hey everyone! I'm new to this forum and I have very little to do with writing. However I need some help which I'm sure you guys would be able to...
Separate names with a comma.
