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  1. When Webster fails... | Creative Writing Forums - Writing Help, Writing ...

    Sep 3, 2010 · The sound effect you ref is not a word, thus there is not going to be any sort of standard. None that I can think of, at least. And remember that we have a very international following here at …

  2. Easy Way Out - And how to not come across that way | Creative …

    Sep 17, 2011 · Lots of ideas sound awesome, but are written terribly, so the story sucks. Likewise, lots of ideas seem stupid when summarized, but turn into great stories when you sit down to read them.

  3. What is the strangest method of time travel you have seen used in a ...

    Sep 23, 2016 · They way mine works is by using resonant sound within a monolithic structure (think circle / barrow / dolmen) causing some kind of locallised distortion that results in (poorly explained) …

  4. How would the westermarck effect work in the context of shapeshifting ...

    Dec 3, 2018 · So as I understand it, the reason most people have no sexual or romantic feelings for close family members is because of something called the Westermarck effect, which causes us to be …

  5. The Happiness thread, continued | Page 30 | Creative Writing Forums ...

    Jan 4, 2024 · Its exactly as you described, its a struggle to get sound out now matter how hard i force. And when i finally get the word out, i am winded and dont feel like talking anymore. It sucks on the …

  6. The ***Hole and the Bitch | Creative Writing Forums - Writing Help ...

    Dec 31, 2024 · Some people are genuinely monsters, but that's such an unreasonable thing to the common mind that it would make for poor fiction. In the same way that a good story has a …

  7. Arrhythmic Writers, is it true? | Creative Writing Forums - Writing ...

    Dec 4, 2017 · For when I speak of rhythm, I do not mean the regular recurrence of beats as that of poetry, but a judicious placement of sounds so as to create a certain voice, distinct from others, not …

  8. PRISM: NSA's leaked internet surveillance program

    Jun 17, 2013 · Of course, because you believe that I am infringing on some womans right to make choices about her own body, and I believe that woman should not get to choose to kill an innocent …

  9. Narration - Thoughts in 3rd person or 1st person? | Creative Writing ...

    Aug 31, 2011 · The character thoughts are written nearly literally according to the characters thoughts throughout the text without any quotation marks or telling "thought - he/she thought", also in 3rd …

  10. 1st person present | Page 5 | Creative Writing Forums - Writing Help ...

    Sep 17, 2014 · I'm not trying to sound like I'm not saying complete utter shit, because that's all I ever say. I would think that a first-person present tense (especially when using "I" all the time) would …