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stigmaticman
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y'all is a bunch of morons 
novella
Active Member
How did this turn into a Stewart-bashing thread? I think teadude is a much better pinata.
teadude, is your post a joke, or what? Those are the dumbest tips on writing I've seen in a while. Congratulations, though. Clearly they are not plagiarized from somewhere else, but the product of a fertile thought organ.
teadude, is your post a joke, or what? Those are the dumbest tips on writing I've seen in a while. Congratulations, though. Clearly they are not plagiarized from somewhere else, but the product of a fertile thought organ.
StillILearn
New Member
novella said:
novella, please, please promise that you will never leave us here alone without you: "a fertile thought organ", indeed. Who else but you would have such a phrase at her fingertips?
I came to praise Stewie, not to bash him.
teadude just got off being banned for being too young to post here at all, so let's cut him a break -- Oh! Were you talking to me?
stigmaticman
Active Member
lol
you actually sound like that kid from that show
you actually sound like that kid from that show
GreenKnight
New Member
I once managed to end up on a panel of judges for a children's short story competition (for reasons too dull to go into here).
I was struck by a peculiar trend. Up to a certain age, a lot of the stories were remarkably good: tight, economical with words, simple yet compelling. Then it got to the 12 to 14 age group, and suddenly you couldn't move for adjectives, adverbs, hyperbole, tortured phrasing and sentences that never seemed to end.
The moral? Not sure, but it struck me that a lot of kids start off as naturally good storytellers, and then forget the skill as they strive to become Writers. By trying too hard to impress, they lose their grip on the basics. Writers of all ages might do well to try thinking like a 9-year-old every now and then.
I was struck by a peculiar trend. Up to a certain age, a lot of the stories were remarkably good: tight, economical with words, simple yet compelling. Then it got to the 12 to 14 age group, and suddenly you couldn't move for adjectives, adverbs, hyperbole, tortured phrasing and sentences that never seemed to end.
The moral? Not sure, but it struck me that a lot of kids start off as naturally good storytellers, and then forget the skill as they strive to become Writers. By trying too hard to impress, they lose their grip on the basics. Writers of all ages might do well to try thinking like a 9-year-old every now and then.
