I'd love to hear some obscure words you love and remember so that I, and hopefully others with me, will be (re)introduced to them. Some older...
I hate when this happens, and trust me, I have plenty of writing tools to help with this but sometimes those resources simply are not enough. I am...
I need a word to call someone who inserts themselves into a power void without permission. Or someone takes a title before proving that they've...
I was in the forum the other day when a poster thaked another poster for not starting with the word 'the' as it was a pet peeve of theirs. Now all...
A pretty self-explanatory post, this one... The idea is simple: you must use the very extent of your abilities as a wordsmith to describe the...
So have any of you guys used Outskirts Press or Tates Publishing to publish any sort of work? If so, would you recommend either to me as a first...
I remember some years ago when me and my brother was watching a moviec called "Reign of fire, a movie about dragons. The movie itself was crap,...
I've been pondering this 'idea' (for lack of a better word) for some time now. I started thinking about it when reading discussions of...
I'm writing a fantasy novel that takes place on my own created planet. In the skies, there are pieces of floating land where people go after they...
Learning creative writing has been such a journey. I would have to say that it is one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. I am almost...
What adjustments would one have to make to go from writing poetry to writing song lyrics? I've noticed in quite a bit of the writing that I used...
We all seen it, sat under or sentances as we happly type away sticking out like a finger in the eye. And the only info it gives the fragmented...
Hey guys, I've taken the decision to publish an eBook however according to the amazon kindle info their system doesn't accept tabs and I will need...
Hello, I am looking for a word that communicates this scenario: Two people One person has information that is important to the other. The...
Forgive me if this has been posted before but is the past tense of lie, as in lie down, lay? It doesn't sound right. Jeff took off his shoes...
I am currently nearing the end of the first draft of my first novel. Nearing completion has raised some fresh concerns with me surrounding my...
I'm 55k into my novel and I think I'm about halfway. It's pretty exciting to get this far but it's also pretty daunting to think that I still have...
This has been a persistent problem for me- simply finding the right word to use or describe certain maneuvers or motions used in swordplay. I know...
1)are they justified? and 2)do you have a favourite or non favourite? Everywhere you look there are new strange looking and sounding words...
Hi, I've been writing a fantasy book for several years with a fantasy name I made up for it. But over the course of the years, before I managed...
Separate names with a comma.
