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Wow I've been busy. Anyway I have been writing a little. This new project titled Obtunded has been fun. I welcome any and all input and please be honest. What better way to draft characters from my expierence as a nurse. My main character will become obtunded during an accident and his story is...

Hello everyone. I would appreciate some help with a question I have. I have been working on this manuscript for a while now, and I have a question about the opening. Read the opening and tell me what you think. I’ve written several opening chapters, and this is what I’ve finally came up with...

Hello everyone. I'm so excited to be back online. Life is good despite the other problems. I've recently been working on a piece that I hold close to my heart. Please read the first chapter and tell me what you think. Thanks guys!! OVER THE RAINBOW CHAPTER 1 I’ll ask you for your...

Well here we go again guys. Hurricane Rita is due to ram sack the Texas coast by Friday. Louisiana however is at a great risk also. Our state will be placed on the Eastern side of this huge storm, and will get bashed pretty darned good. Rita is said to be the thrid largest and most powerful...

In the wake of terror along the gulf coast espeically in New Orleans I had to write. What better way to recall my past in New Orleans, and wish I was there now, out on Bourbon, than to write about it. A great city full of haunted tales and beautiful old buildings and historical sites, I just had...

I am proud to say that althought its already been three weeks now and haven't said it yet....I'm a home owner. After all these years (since I was 18) renting a house got quiet painful especially when your land-lord raises the rent every 6 months. Anyway I'm still in Abbeville. Wait no that's...

Which of the following would be an example of a sentence written in the active form? I'm a little confused despite many examples of using active vs passive voice. Any help would be appriciated. It was frigid when Samuel Robinson walked inside room 307. Samuel Robinson entered room 307...

As a novice writer and a devout reader, I often question what makes a person read and write the way they do. In particular what makes readers read novels that are poorly written? For example: last week a young ACE worker at the hospital (these are students in school for nursing who obtain jobs...

I'm intrested in reading some of King's novels. I don't however want to waste a whole lot of time reading a novel that just wasn't his greatest. I would be greatful to any of his fans if you guys would recommend a book. Not just a book but his greatest. I love horror and still haven't read any...

Old Work--New Re-write~ It’s in the nature of humans to choose what they want to see and make observations about others according to their own insight. Sometimes however, things or people rather, aren’t always what they seem. For D.J. Crane, a second year seminary student at St. Mary’s College...

I have taken much advice and have left the story I was working with alone, but however I have not ceased to write for it is in my blood. So here I have devised something new. Something I just wrote. Nothing serious though. It will not be made into a full story. I've just been writing for the...

Many contemporary writing advice manuals tell us to avoid adverbs and their dubious conspirators, adjectives. Certainly, overuse of adverbs and adjectives make writing unnecessarily verbose and flowery. Often, the use of an adverb or adjective is unnecessary, or even worst, masks an ineffectual...

PART I DREAMS For those who dare to dream, there is a whole world to win! - Dhirubhai Ambani CHAPTER 1 Panting, screaming, gnashing of teeth, cries in the night. Desperate cries of panic and fatigue. Burning, tingling, crawling, and itching. Brief whiffs of hot burning flesh...

I have been thinking that by self publishing I could maybe get my name out to other publishers and hopefully get picked up. Has anyone ever heard any bad things about lulu.com?

I have been thinking since finishing up with my novel that I would possibly self publish. Please weight the pro's and con's for me. I am still intrested in traditional publishing, but self publishing at www.lulu.com seems easy and free. Any advice recommended. Thanks in advance. Justin

Here is my re-written prolouge. *************************** The night was dark and dreary. Not a single star in the sky. No moonlight to guide his path. The killer, dressed in his black hooded robe, made his way down the streets of the oaks. The Oaks was a quiet residential neighborhood...

This is my first attempt at a mystery novel. Let me know what you think. Thanks: ************************************* PROLOUGE Ville Platte, Louisiana Outside he could hear the howl of violent wind and the fierce roar of the thunder. The night sky was brought to light by extreme...

I have been putting together a novel. It is a murder mystery. I have been toying around with point of view. Below I have posted my Prologe. Please tell me which sound better or which flows better. Thanks: PROGLOGE I ran out of the room and left my whole family behind to call the nurse. I...

I am writing a novel. My question is should the novel always say I? Or should it say he? Read the following please: PROGLOGE I ran out of the room and left my whole family behind to call the nurse. I didn’t know why I left the room and out into the lonely, smelly hospital halls for the...

I am an aspiring writer needing a few pointers. I just finished off a mystery novel titled "The Gift". I have never been through the ringer with publishers before and I know its hard to get published. Everywhere I have read while conducting research suggests that I get and agent. Is this...