Question #1:So What's Keeping You?Hey Inklings, It’s recently (not really) come to my attention that a lot of you are “writing” a book. Why did I quote the word writing. Oh. I think you know.For many years now you’ve had a story brewing in your head. If it’s lucky, on occasion it might leak onto a pad of paper while your mind is racked with whatnot's at work (and/or school), or onto your soiled napkin at a restaurant, or heaven forbid, toilette paper! But only if it’s lucky because most of you will keep it locked up in that special dungeon created in your head. You know the one. It’s one floor above lies. But if you pass secrets you’ve gone too far? And there it will remain screaming, “Warden, let me out! It’s getting crowded in here!” Then comes the near inevitable, on one bleary day Time comes and helps it escape! You’ll know something’s wrong when you revisit it’s cell on a day that suits you best and you find, to your dismay, only a miasma of lingering memories remain... “AHHH!!!” You scream. Alright, now before I get too ahead of myself (believe me there would be more...) My question is simple. What’s keeping you? There are countless reasons people don’t write down their ideas. Whether it’s fear. Whether it’s procrastination. Whether it’s the weather. Everyone has their own reasons for not writing down or completing something they’ve been working on for several years. You know the cliché. I for one refuse to except it. I never tell anyone I’m writing for fear they may be thinking “oh, you’re one of ‘those’.” But I too have a dungeon. I try and clean it out as soon as I can because Time is a constant visitor up there. But alas, I’ve yet to complete something that wasn’t a required school assignment. I’m 25, been calling myself a writer for ten years now, yet I don’t have much to show for it. I’m resigned. If I’m to refuse the cliché, I too should defy it. Will you? Tell me your story. I don’t care how long. (Clearly right?) So, what’s keeping you? 1.Age when you got your idea? 2.Age now? 3.How often did you work on it? Then? Now? 4.How far did you get? Then? Now? (If you got anywhere.) 5.What’s kept you? (Be truthful. If you think you’re just lazy, say so.) 6.Experience an epiphany-like moment that re-fueled you’re writing? 7.Have you ‘officially’ started working on it again? (If it’s not ‘official’ than are you still adding tidbits here and there, every so often?) 8.Are you resolved? Have you given yourself a goal to finish? (e.g. entire book or a few chapters) 9.Does your story still incite the same excitement it did when it first came to mind? 10.Has your original idea changed? (An iota? Dramatically?) 11.How goes it? 12.‘Told’ your story to anyone? 13.If someone said, I’ll pay you to finish. You have 3 months starting Now, could you? 14.Do you long to finish it? 15.In the depths of your soul do you know you wont be able to rest easy if you never finish? 16.Why is it so important that you do finish? 17.So, what’s keeping you? 18.If someone said: “okay if you started [x] years ago maybe its time to move on and think of a different story and plot to write.” What would you say? And my answers: 1.16. 2.25. 3.THEN, I worked on it constantly. NOW, still constant. This is recent. During the ages of 19-22 I hardly touched it. I wrote rarely then ignored it for months, sometimes a year. 4.THEN, I had two chapters. NOW, I’ve gotten pretty far. 5.Procrastination. Writer’s block. Difficult times equals moratorium. Coming to college, a massive bout of the ‘I’m not good enough!”s, which lasted an egregious amount of time. 6.Nearing 23, I realized, a rare day shall come when one writes something everyone loves! Why not write for me? The chances of getting published...that’s it! If I eliminated the “ifs, ands, and buts,” then perhaps I could get somewhere. So I began... 7.It’s official. Life is way too short. 8.Goal - finish book by the time I’m 26. Difficult but not impossible. I’m confident. 9.Much more. 10.Not dramatically, but a great deal. The original chapters are scrap. My idea has morphed into something quite different. 11.It goes well. My writing has improved a great deal since then. (Which says a lot, considering I’m lousy at it). 12.Never. Yet. 13.Probably. I don’t need to be paid but with an “official” deadline, I’m almost certain I could. It would have to be official though, like a class assignment with consequences should I fail. 14.The longing is deep. 15.Yes. It would be an unfinished task. 16.I need to finish for me. 17.Floating ideas, information that needs sorting. 18.“Shut your pie hole. If everyone was as cynical as you, we wouldn’t have The Lord of the Rings.” (And yes, we must have The Lord of the Rings) Thanks in advance for all your responses! Hope you're getting some writing done and if not, I hope a speedy comeback. Remember, write for you, and someday, if you want, share it with the world. Question #2:Beginning song lines?I need help writing a song. i have writers block and i need another song for the band im in. i have some ideas for song ideas but i need a little help on how to start it. here are some of the ideas1. invent a world you would like to live in 2. write from the point of view of someone with an occupation you'd never consider for yourself. 3. frustration 4. loved one 5. something "perfect" 6. issue you feel strongly about, from a view opposing your own 7. something you could never touch because its too far away 8. people you have fallen out of touch with it would really help if you could help me. it would mean a lot. thank you. - sadie Question #3:Please comment on my novel idea?Sorry, I know we all hate these questions, but I'd love input. I've had a debilitating case of writer's block for the past month, but I've finally happened upon a story in my head that I do like, a feminist dystopian novel. I'm sorry if this is going to be really long...The premise: Project yourself 200 years in the future. As a result of the Conclusion (the last nuclear war in 2048), most people have been wiped off the face of the earth. The world is still radioactive, and so after the Conclusion, a group of politicians, scientists, and select citizens got together to create an underground city, called the City of Home, made mostly of steel that is now rusty and patched together. Also, the radiation affected births: now, there is a new gender. Usually females have XX, males have XY...but the new gender has YY, and they're called dimales. They're the shortest of all genders, have the deepest voices and the widest hips, but no breasts. Their sexual organ is a tube outside the body, and since their natural mate is a male...well, you can figure out how they would reproduce. Females, on the other hand, are all sterile. They're viewed as little more than animals, and the only careers they can have are prostitutes or in the fighting pits, which are basically like dog fighting pits except for humans. Dimales and males go to bet on and watch females fight in the pits, or else they go to the "chick slums", where the prostitution houses are (the fighting pits are also located in the chick slums). Both genders go the the chick slums for a fun night out, and though it's thought of as immature and wrong (like strip clubs are today), a lot of people, particularly 20-30 year olds, do it. When a dimale gives birth to a female, shi simply drops the kid off in the chick slums (and yes, dimales are called 'shi' and 'hir' instead of he/she or him/her). There's not much crime in Home, except against females (who are commonly raped, but that's not considered a crime). Enter main character, Melinda Byrd, a female around 18 with a 4-year old sister named Honey (short for Honora) who means everything to her. Melinda's not really pretty enough to be a prostitute, but she's fast and smart, so she's a fighter in the pits. However, one day she's passing by the Hinterland Regions, which surround the city of Home and are essentially a wasteland, and a grimy man stumbles out. He's a bit insane, but he blabbers about "above", and Melinda realizes there must be a way out of Home. She starts trying to venture into the Hinterland Regions, but one day comes across a man. While fighting with him, she realizes he's Jasper Rand, one of the sons of the Father, who governs Home. Unexpectedly, when they hear voices, he lets her escape, though technically she should be executed for being out there (he isn't supposed to be out there, either, because it's illegal, though he would only be chastised for it). She comes across him several more times and they strike a tenuous bargain; neither will report the other, and once or twice they even save each other when the wild dogs that roam the Regions attack. One day, though, Melinda gets caught, and she's sentenced to either death, or life as a Venturer. She doesn't know what that is, but rather than death, she chooses it. Turns out, there IS a way out of Home that only a few people know about. The earth above is no longer radioactive, but they prefer to stay belowground so they have better control of the city. The Venturers are a small group of people sent above to hunt down and kill the few people who have escaped the city, because the city's afraid they'll return and recruit more people and they'll lose control. Being a Venturer is highly dangerous, though, so only criminals are sent to do it. Inexplicably, Jasper volunteers to be one, and it's revealed that he's fallen in love with Melinda, though this is unheard of (in Home, it's the equivalent of falling in love with a dog, or a rock, since females are barely thought of as human). He's unwilling to let her go aboveground unprotected, so he'll become a Venturer to protect her. Melinda has fallen in love with him, as well. Eventually, though, Melinda will decide that the horrors of the city of Home are too great to live in, and that to protect Honey, she has to leave, not knowing what's out there, hoping to join up with the rebels who escaped Home. She doesn't tell Jasper, since life is good for him in the city, since he's a male, and she wants him to have a better chance than she does, living in the wild. She runs from the other Venturers. While she's out there, she finds the dead bodies of all the rebels; there are none left. Jasper finds her later, though, and together, the three of them escape. They end up, with the Venturers in close pursuit, at the edge of a body of water, which is the ocean. Jasper is killed, but Melinda fashions a boat out of driftwood, and she and Honey sail out into the open ocean, in the hopes of finding something m Well, I'm going to use both "shi" and "hir"...because shi will replace she, and hir will replace her. Brezzia: actually it's funny that you'd say that- with the vampire thing- because actually I'm not into the whole Twilight thing. I just like the name Jasper. :P Question #4:What are your feelings on my novel idea?Sorry, I know we all hate these questions, but I'd love input. I've had a debilitating case of writer's block for the past month, but I've finally happened upon a story in my head that I do like, a feminist dystopian novel. I'm sorry if this is going to be really long...The premise: Project yourself 200 years in the future. As a result of the Conclusion (the last nuclear war in 2048), most people have been wiped off the face of the earth. The world is still radioactive, and so after the Conclusion, a group of politicians, scientists, and select citizens got together to create an underground city, called the City of Home, made mostly of steel that is now rusty and patched together. Also, the radiation affected births: now, there is a new gender. Usually females have XX, males have XY...but the new gender has YY, and they're called dimales. They're the shortest of all genders, have the deepest voices and the widest hips, but no breasts. Their sexual organ is a tube outside the body, and since their natural mate is a male...well, you can figure out how they would reproduce. Females, on the other hand, are all sterile. They're viewed as little more than animals, and the only careers they can have are prostitutes or in the fighting pits, which are basically like dog fighting pits except for humans. Dimales and males go to bet on and watch females fight in the pits, or else they go to the "chick slums", where the prostitution houses are (the fighting pits are also located in the chick slums). Both genders go the the chick slums for a fun night out, and though it's thought of as immature and wrong (like strip clubs are today), a lot of people, particularly 20-30 year olds, do it. When a dimale gives birth to a female, shi simply drops the kid off in the chick slums (and yes, dimales are called 'shi' and 'hir' instead of he/she or him/her). There's not much crime in Home, except against females (who are commonly raped, but that's not considered a crime). Enter main character, Melinda Byrd, a female around 18 with a 4-year old sister named Honey (short for Honora) who means everything to her. Melinda's not really pretty enough to be a prostitute, but she's fast and smart, so she's a fighter in the pits. However, one day she's passing by the Hinterland Regions, which surround the city of Home and are essentially a wasteland, and a grimy man stumbles out. He's a bit insane, but he blabbers about "above", and Melinda realizes there must be a way out of Home. She starts trying to venture into the Hinterland Regions, but one day comes across a man. While fighting with him, she realizes he's Jasper Rand, one of the sons of the Father, who governs Home. Unexpectedly, when they hear voices, he lets her escape, though technically she should be executed for being out there (he isn't supposed to be out there, either, because it's illegal, though he would only be chastised for it). She comes across him several more times and they strike a tenuous bargain; neither will report the other, and once or twice they even save each other when the wild dogs that roam the Regions attack. One day, though, Melinda gets caught, and she's sentenced to either death, or life as a Venturer. She doesn't know what that is, but rather than death, she chooses it. Turns out, there IS a way out of Home that only a few people know about. The earth above is no longer radioactive, but they prefer to stay belowground so they have better control of the city. The Venturers are a small group of people sent above to hunt down and kill the few people who have escaped the city, because the city's afraid they'll return and recruit more people and they'll lose control. Being a Venturer is highly dangerous, though, so only criminals are sent to do it. Inexplicably, Jasper volunteers to be one, and it's revealed that he's fallen in love with Melinda, though this is unheard of (in Home, it's the equivalent of falling in love with a dog, or a rock, since females are barely thought of as human). He's unwilling to let her go aboveground unprotected, so he'll become a Venturer to protect her. Melinda has fallen in love with him, as well. Eventually, though, Melinda will decide that the horrors of the city of Home are too great to live in, and that to protect Honey, she has to leave, not knowing what's out there, hoping to join up with the rebels who escaped Home. She doesn't tell Jasper, since life is good for him in the city, since he's a male, and she wants him to have a better chance than she does, living in the wild. She runs from the other Venturers. While she's out there, she finds the dead bodies of all the rebels; there are none left. Jasper finds her later, though, and together, the three of them escape. They end up, with the Venturers in close pursuit, at the edge of a body of water, which is the ocean. Jasper is killed, but Melinda fashions a boat out of driftwood, and she and Honey sail out into the open ocean, in the hopes of finding something m Holy crap, that was a horribly long summary...I'm sorry for my rambling, everyone. And if you read the entire thing...I bow at your feet. I genuflect. I can't thank you enough. You're an absolute angel! Question #5:GUITAR QUESTION NEED HELLP~~~~!!!?ok well iam in a band and been playing guitar for about 2 years i make KILLER guitar tracks...and were hitting the studio recording or 4 of our owns shit. but im supposed to make a new guitar track soon for our 5 song..but I CANT COME UP WITH ANYTHING its been like 1 week i dont understand all my other stuff sounded good and nowl...everything i make sucks...its kinda like writers block LOL..its soo wierd...fellow guitarist have any of u expeireince this .Question #6:I'm having depression problems again, help?I'm tired all the time, and have been getting more and more crabby.I don't get really excited about anything, and can barely make myself get up in the morning. I've been dealing with the death of a grandmotherly figure for about a month now, and no one had told me she was sick until less than 10 hours before she died. I didn't even get a chance to tell her good bye or that i love her. and then a close friend of mine was hit by a car this morning and no one is telling me anything about him other than that he's awake. I keep feeling like everyone is after me because i'm "not as focused in school" (I have 5 A's and 1 C+) My sister is getting worse, and keeps coming after me for the tiniest thing. Today, it was because I didn't use earphones while listening to music. I didn't use earphones or headphones because i don't have any that actually WORK and i can't find a new pair of headphones that actually fit around my hearing aids without causing feedback or costing a lot. I made sure to turn down the music so only I would hear it. She came into the room, heard it, and then she started screaming at me and yanking my hair. and yes, we are both 14 years old. My only safe haven is at the swimming pool during practice (Soccer season ended), because then i can take out my hearing aids and just detach myself from the world. My teammates understand that although I enjoy having them here, I have personal space issues at the end of the day and would much rather just swim than struggle to understand a simple conversation. That's the only time when i feel like i get any peace. At any other time, I'm in pain for no reason, i'm frustrated that people won't respect my space, I have to constantly figure out how to avoid my sis, and get my homework done without concerning my parents. My parents don't know that i'm having problems, and I would much rather just keep them out of this. They do a lot for me already, and I don't want to feel anymore like a burden than i am right now. Mom's constantly has her hands full with trying to deal with my sis (My sis is a grade behind and can't read anything above 4th grade level, has a 4-year-old's vocabulary, and doesn't understand things mentally like if I do her a favor she should return it or that I want to be able to use the bathroom and sleep in my bed without my sis coming into the room). My mom also runs a business so she's on the phone and I don't want to bother her because she's falling behind in paperwork again. My dad is busy being a lawyer and is always tired/grumpy when he comes home and my sis would put him in a worse mood with her stupid spoiled attitude. they let her get away with everything because she's a devil in disguise and they are just too worn out. I have to play the part of the optimistic, funny, perfect, smart daughter that will grow up to be a doctor or another lawyer (i don't want to though) I just don't want to waste energy on fighting. I just want to cry all the time, but i can't because then I feel like a weak coward. There are also times when I want to punch someone, but then i remember that i'm a Christian pacifist, and so i bottle up my emotions inside. I used to be able to like church, but now my mom joins me and she is forcing my sister to go along. All my sister ever does there is complain like she is being tormented, pinch and insult my mom, and act like a total snob. I am really at the point where i can't focus now and I almost lashed out several times today because My friend was in an accident and all i wanted to do was go home. I tried writing, but i have a huge writer's block that has lasted a year now. Today was the first day in several months that i actually drew something that i liked, but it was just a cartoon picture of my friend for a get well card. I also love playing my trumpet, but can't bring it home on the weekends because my teacher locks all of the doors after 1st hour so he can go to the middle school to teach the 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. I'm just really miserable and really need some sort of outlet. I don't want drugs, I don't want my parents involved, and I am considering talking to the counselor at the high school but i'm afraid that he will tell my parents. just to clear up on some confusion, my sis and I are twins. We are both hearing impaired and went through an oral program when we were little. I succeeded, but my sis ended up getting held back a LOT. She's made up most of it when she went to a different program that worked with both oral and sign language and is now in a hearing school like me. Yes, we have different attitudes, and I think it's because of how we were treated as kids. (We were both teased a lot, and although I could ignore them and move on for the most part, my sis is still stuck. and i'm the only one who can actually understand what she is going through for the most part) Question #7:Geography. [Help meh, puh-lease]?I have to do a project for Geography. I like to get thing done quick, and right now, I have writers block. I like muh writing to sound intelligent, but not to smart, you know? Basically, I have to write 5 paragraphs telling you why you should visit the:1) Grand Canyon 2) Channel Islands 3) Arches Utah 4) Yellowstone 5) Death Valley Could you either help meh with reasons to come, or help meh all out write a paragraph about any of them? Puh-lease. [: Question #8:How should I write this in my story?I'm sorry about pestering you guys with this! I just wanna get over this stinking writers block! As I said before (if you saw my last question), my story is called "The Dragon of Willow" and it's a fantasy story.The plot is about, a simple bartender named Arthur on a search for his son Marcus, who has been kidnapped for two reasons: 1:Because they (the villains) think he has something they want to use to destroy the world (He doesn't have it. Arthur does.) and 2: Marcus apparently can use magic, they think that can be useful somehow. Along the way, Arthur ends meeting a dragon by the name of Angel who can shapeshift into different forms (a mouse, a dove, a human, a horse enc), and Angel falls in love with him (although Arthur doesn't love her back. He's married.), and a sly thief named Magwon who has a connection with one of the bad guys. Marcus escapes the place he is being kept at, thanks to a strange old man he met who was in the same cell as he was. Marcus starts to grow in his powers, and after being nearly killed by an asassian (who would eventually become his girlfriend and even later wife, she also has a connection to one of the bad guys) travels to a distant land for more training if he can find it. Anyway, to make a long story short, Marcus eventually runs into his father Arthur (with Marcus being almost a fully trained Mage and his father a Master Swordsman). And Marcus, Arthur, Magwon, Angel, and Marcus' girlfriend all band together to stop the main villian whom I address as The Master (no, not Doctor Who's "Master" don't worry!). They eventually win, Arthur is crowned king over the city of Willow, Angel lets Arthur go (alongside Daniel her old lover) and eventually finds love again- this time a member of her own kind!, and the story ends with a double wedding, with Marcus getting married to his girlfriend, and Arthur getting remarried to his wife Emily (she had left him earlier in the story, because she thought Arthur was cheating on her with Angel. He wasn't, it was a misunderstanding.) Then, they start to repair the ruined city. Phew! That was long! Sorry about that! Anyway, here are the things I'm trying to figure out: 1: The item I mentioned earlier that the villains want, is a mystical medallion called The Dragon Medallion. It look like a simple brinze medallion with the figure on a dragon on it. What I want to know is, what should the medallion do? (the best thing I can think of is, you can make a dragon bend to your will) and what should I do with the medallion in the end? You can't destroy it, otherwise you'll end up killing all the dragons in the world. So what should I do? 2:What should I name Marcus' girlfriend? 3: How should I kill The Masters second-in-command? I'm not going to make him fall to his death, that's clique! 4: How do I make sure Angel (or any of the characters for that matter, but especially Angel) doesn't end up a Mary Sue? I'm going to have Angel tell a little of her backstory, about how she'd fallen in love with a young human named Daniel, about how Daniel broke her heart and told her they couldn't be together no matter how they wanted to (a Dragon and a Human getting together!? unthinkable!!), and how years later she'd gotten her revenge by destroying the city and killing him. How can I make sure I'm not making her Emo/Mary sue? Question #9:Horrible writer's block--need serious help?I've tried everything! I'm writing a ficitonal story in my free time and I'm about 3/4 done with it but I haven't written any progress in months! It's driving me crazy. For awhile I just went back and revised, cleaning it up thinking that maybe if I didn't write progressively something would click as I went back and re read it but no. Nothing has come to me. And throwing it away or not finishing it is not an option, I've spent too long working on this to just give it up. It's also 100+ pages, that's not something you just shrug your shoulders and say "oh well" on. Please help, any suggestions are appreciated!Question #10:English help please? Short Narrative Stories?i have to write 4 short narrative stories.They have to be about meeting a new friend, something good you have done for another person, a situation which involves peer pressure & about a fear that you have accomplished. could you please help me with ideas to write about. i have writer's block and have no idea what to write about it would be greatly appreciated if you could help. :) each story has to be about 1 1/2 pages in length thanks alot, It really helped what idea for a story for peer pressure could I do? like what shld it be abt, what happens? Question #11:Do you think this is a good story so far?I am 13 years old and want to become a better writer. Please tell me what you think about this story so far. Thanks to anyone who answers!!! :-)"Hey Dawn, are you doing anything tonight?" I look over my shoulder as Lauren jogs to catch up to me. "Umm…not really just homework I guess…why?" I began to quicken my pace as we walked together on the sidewalk. I began to put all my focus on watching two butterflies fly around in front of me. "Well if you weren’t doing anything I was wandering if you wanted to go to the mall later." "Well I guess just let me drop my stuff at my house and tell my mom… I froze. I could feel a lump in my throat and tears getting ready to fall down my cheek. "Hey are you like ok cause you just turned like really pale and won’t move." Lauren glanced at me with a worried look. "Uhh…ya…I’m fine I just have a little bit of a head-ache. I just need to rest a bit. How about we go to the mall tomorrow?" "I guess that would work. So all see you tomorrow. I’ll come pick you up at noon ok?" "Ya ok see ya tomorrow." I hurry towards my house at the end of the block. It feels like I have walked a million miles while I finally trudge onto my porch. I hurry to unlock the front door thankful my aunt doesn’t get home until 6:00 tonight. I run to my room slamming my door shut and let the pain and the memory engulf me. "Mom, I’m home!" The house was silent as I stepped inside. Suddenly it felt cold and dark like know one has been inside at all today. I could here my footsteps echo as I look around for a sign from my parents. As I entered the kitchen I saw a note taped on the refrigerator door. Dear Dawn. I’m sorry I couldn’t be home when you got back from camp this summer, but I had to go to the hospital today. Your father had another heart attack this morning. It was only a minor one, nothing to be concerned about at all but I didn’t want to worry you until you got home so I left you this note. I should be back around 3:00 this afternoon. I left you some left over spaghetti from last night for you. Hope to see you soon!!! Love, Mom I could feel panic rise in my chest as I took in what the note said. My dad had another heart attack and my mom wouldn’t tell me until I got home! Second, it was already 4:30 my mom should have been home an hour and a half ago. I wander where she could be? I was suddenly going to drive myself to the hospital when there was a knock on the door. I quickly moved to answer it hoping it was my mom even though I knew she never knocked since it was her house. My thoughts and hopes were crushed when I opened the door. A police officer was standing on my porch. "Hello miss, are you Dawn Flora?" "Umm…yes how may I help you?" "I am very sorry to be the one to give you this news but your parents Mr. and Mrs. Flora have been killed in a car accident early this after noon as a drunk driver ran a red light." I could feel my knees hit the ground as I take in what the officer just said. My parents are gone. Dead. Never coming home. "Are you ok miss is there any one we can call to come and take care of you?" I didn’t even know what I was saying but some how I managed to tell him to call my aunt Nikkie. I also managed to give him his number. I told him I would be fine as he went to call my aunt. I went up to my room clutching my mother’s last note to me as I began to cry and feel the pain I had been holding back. I woke up feeling a little better. I rolled over to the other side and I suddenly felt that my pillow was soaking. I had apparently been crying in my sleep. I look at my clock on my desk- 1:00 a.m. in the morning. P.S. The part between "Hey Mom" and "I had been holdind back are suppose to be in italics for the memory. Hope you enjoy!!! :-) Question #12:Atheists, why is human-animal intercourse immoral?I don't like stating this every time I ask, but I'm non-religious (although I wouldn't describe myself as either atheist or agnostic), just for all the paranoid posters out there who think I might be posing as religious.1) I posed this same question to atheists yesterday, and I got a surprisingly amount of mixed responses. This is what I asked, "Bestiality is widely considered unacceptable because animals supposedly cannot give consent. But they can, just not with a common language. Suppose a pet owner who has owned a loving animal for several years suddenly decides to get down and dirty, and the animal does not object, should it be legal?" About half replied that it's OK as long as the animal doesn't object and knows its owner for a long time, and half think that this is never acceptable. 2) Morality often is independent of degree of religious thinking. While there might be more examples of religious conflict and oppression in history, state atheism (which has always resulted from radical left-wing movements) can be just as bad, with a good example being the Khmer Rouge and the Cambodian Genocide. That said, since all morals and laws are relative (man simply decides what is right and wrong), a guiding force is then required of man's rationale to decide whether murder of innocent people is immoral or not--a huge stumbling block for some. Hitchens once said that if we all study secular writers such as Spinoza and Paine, we would all be better off. But why should we feel compelled to study them instead of highly controversial yet more anti-religious people such as Marx and Nietzsche? What do you think? 3) Should very extreme or violent pornography be illegal if it causes a small percentage of the population to actually act out their fantasies and rape and murder? 4) Is it immoral to do nothing when someone else is suffering or being oppressed by a third party (when your action can stop it), regardless of whether or not you think the sufferer deserves it? This might extend beyond the individual and pertain to whole societies. For example, does a powerful nation like America have any obligation to stop genocide, however strongly Americans might be against it? 5) What are your personal goals in life? What do you consider to be a wasted life? Question #13:RHH: Hip Hop Survey........?1) Which element of Hip Hop can you relate with the most?2) For those of you that write rhymes, have you ever had writer's block? When you couldn't think of any new material to write, if so what are some things that inspired you to get back into writing? 3) Which DJ in your opinion is the best at scratch battles? 4) When is an MC considered past their prime? 5) Who has a bigger influence on Hip Hop, DJ Kool Herc or Africa Bambaataa? 6) Your Hip Hop Song of the Day? Question #14:B&A: survey for you all?(i promise its a fun one)? various subjects?1- will you answer my previous question?its in my profile#2-do you prefer having you work on paper or on the computer or both? #3-on sabrina the teenage witch why is hilda being punished to care for salem for keeping salem worm-free? #4-how many writing project are you working on? #5-is your projects a trilogy? #6-what page are you on in your project? #7-i'm writing a story and the wife/mother dies how should the family/friend react? #8-whats your favorite old tv show? #9-whats your favorite new tv show? #10-when writing a story/stories about a witch and theres a male witch should he be a witch or warlock? #11-on sabrina the teenage witch who do you think sabrina should have ended up with harvey or josh? #12-on full house is there anyone in particular that you think joey should have fell in love with? #13-when writing stories about witches what are some good spells do use? #14-do you think writing fanfictions are a good method on improving your writing? #15-what is the best method on introducing characters to a story? #16-i'm writing another story about 2 familys whose mother/father each get a divorce what would be a good reason for each of those divorces? #17-what tv shows on fanfic.net are your favorite to read? #18-what got you into writing? #19-what gives you your motivation and inspiration? #20-do you believe in writers block? #21-whats your favorite food? #22-for another story of mine what are some crimes my characters could commit? #23-does writing holiday episodes for my stories(they're all to be tv shows) make them more interesting? #24-how often do you write?and how long? #25-i'm thinking about developing a plot for a tv show of a tv show like wizards of waverly place hannah montana sonny with a chance icarly suite life on deck would that be a good idea or not? #26-Who does hilda on sabrina the teenage witch marry at the end of season 6? #27-Why does Hilda and Zelda move to the Other Releam at the end of season six? IT WAS TO KEEP YOU ENTERTAINED AND HAVE SOME FUN AND YOU GET 10 POINTS WHOEVER HAS THE MOST INTERESTING ANSWERS I'LL WILL ANSWER UR OPEN QUESTIONS IF U ANSWERED THIS AND IF U WANT POST A SURVEY/QUESTIONS FOR ME AND I'LL ANSWER IN ADDITION DETAILS hannah:your answers were good and funny!thats for the laugh and i don't been that in a bad way don't answer question #1 bc i already picked an answer AFTER this question was posted please answer all the questions i luv 7th heaven too! Question #15:short story about 2012 writers block?Gathered around a fire pit set deep into the forest, a man aged with wrinkles sits on what seems to be the highest stump with children gathered all around, eyes filled with wonder.“Grandpa, do we have to listen to your stories?” “Why do you have to be such a baby? Grandpa’s stories are cool.” “Now kids, your old Grandpa Midas used to tell me these stories when I was just a kid, open your imagination. Dad, can you tell the kids The Chronicles of Disaster?” “Now that was one of my favorites. Kids, gather round.” The clear light of day just begins to settle into the depths of the cool winter night. “Have you ever heard of the day the earth will end?” The sun fades away, like a candle in the wind, bringing nightfall upon the forest. “This story goes back thousands of years, to 2012 when people still lived on Earth. Now this land was a bit different than ours, the land was isolated. This caused separation between cultures, people from different lands rarely interacted with each other, but in this case it wasn’t their decision to make. Before the discovery of water on the moon, people couldn’t even travel past Mars. Their knowledge was very limited. As time progressed people began to worry about the year 2012.” “But Grandpa, Why was the year 2012 so important? “It was the year in which the first woman with an imaginary Chinese beard was born” “It was the year that the Mayans and Egyptian’s calendar had ended. Their calendar went all the way back to 2012, no later. So scientists predicted that since their calendar ended, the world would end too.” “As I was saying, nobody knew what was going to happen in 2012, all they knew was that something was coming, and that something was going to change life as they knew it. Many people created bomb shelters under their homes others knew their fate and turned to religion. Then the day came, New Years Eve 2011. Though New Years was normally celebrated, this day was no holiday. 10….9….8...7….6….5….4….3….2…..1.” “Well Grandpa?” “What happened?” “Well the Mayans were right, the world did end but nobody is exactly sure how. Some say it was a meteor that hadn’t deteriorated in earth’s atmosphere, others say that it was a tectonic explosion from the earth’s core, some even say that it was God, that he broke his covenant to man, promising that he would never destroy their humankind ever again.” “So the world ends there? Poof? That’s it?” "No, in fact thats just the beginning." Next I want to write about how a large group of people had a rocket ship and went to live on the moon and how those children with their grandfather are on the moon as hes telling the story but how should i piece it all together? haha ignore the chinese beard part my friend put that in without me knowing XD Question #16:need help with my short story? writers block?The Chronicles of DisasterGathered around a fire pit set deep into the forest a man aged with wrinkles sits on what seems to be the highest stump with children gathered all around, eyes filled with wonder. “Grandpa, do we have to listen to your stories?” “Why do you have to be such a baby? Grandpa’s stories are cool.” “Now kids, your old Grandpa Midas used to tell me these stories when I was just a kid, open your imagination. Dad, can you tell the kids The Chronicles of Disaster?” “Now that was one of my favorites. Kids, gather round.” The clear light of day just begins to settle into the depths of the cool winter night. “Have you ever heard of the day the earth will end?” The sun fades away, like a candle in the wind, bringing nightfall upon the forest. “This story goes back thousands of years, to 2012 when people still lived on Earth. Now this land was a bit different than ours, the land was isolated. This caused separation between cultures, people from different lands rarely interacted with each other, but in this case it wasn’t their decision to make. Before the discovery of water on the moon, people couldn’t even travel past Mars. Their knowledge was very limited. As time progressed people began to worry about the year 2012.” “But Grandpa, Why was the year 2012 so important? “It was the year in which the first woman with an imaginary Chinese beard was born” “It was the year that the Mayans and Egyptian’s calendar had ended. Their calendar went back to the date 2012, no later. So scientists had predicted that since their calendar ended, the world would end too.” “As I was saying, nobody knew what was going to happen in 2012, all they knew was that something was coming, and that something was going to change life as they knew it. Many people created bomb shelters under their homes others knew their fate and turned to religion. Then the day came, New Years Eve 2011. Though New Years was normally celebrated, this day was no holiday. 10….9….8...7….6….5….4….3….2…..1.” “Well Grandpa?” “What happened?” “Well the Mayans were right, the world did end but nobody is exactly sure how. Some say it was a meteor that hadn’t deteriorated in earth’s atmosphere, others say that it was a tectonic explosion from the earth’s core, some even say that it was God, that he broke his covenant to man, promising that he would never destroy their humankind ever again.” “So the world ends there? Poof? That’s it?” and i dont know what to write next. im thinking about having a really big group of researchers travel to the moon with their families to make a new world on the moon which has been discovered to have water on it thus availabke for living things. any ideas on what to write next? Question #17:Do you have Inspiration?Okay, so I have a Youtube channel:Click Here I make videos on there at least 2-4 times a month. But recently, I've been having a bit of writers block, and I can't find any inspiration for any new sketches. I feel as though I'm losing my creativity. Do you know where, or how I can find some inspiration for videos? Or do you have any ideas? Question #18:compare and contrast topic help?I have to write a 4 page compare and contrast paper and i cant think of any topics that will take up 4 pages. I need help ASAP its due in 2 days. Total writers blockyes i do need a little bit more help, it is a good topic Question #19:Should I share the contents of the book I'm writing with the internet?So here's the deal - I'm writing (or trying to write) a fantasy book - it started out as a whim two years ago where I just wrote a couple chapters in a fantasy setting without any preconceived plot or anything. Since then I've added two more chapters, and all four of the chapters have been edited and changed multiple times, but the main thing I've struggled with is creating a plot - because once I reached the fourth chapter, I kind of hit a point where I realized that I wouldn't really be able to progress any further without a solid idea of what I was doing - i.e., a plot, a conflict, motifs & themes, characters, twists - the whole deal. I've been pretty busy with school and stuff, and have had an impenetrable case of writer's block when it comes to figuring out a good plot and conflict, so the going has been really slow - so I created a website a while ago to host my book, a blog about the book, and various other content. The whole site is password protected, and to become a member and access it you must sign up, and I have to approve it. I did this to protect my book and ideas from theft and plagiarism.But here's the thing - this meant that I only added trusted friends and relatives. And frankly, they've been pretty bad at contributing to the site and providing ideas, and getting anywhere with my plot has been really slow. I feel like if I was to open up my book content to the huge community of fantasy-minded people on the internet, that I could get some really good feedback and ideas. Here's the question though - do I need to worry about my original concern, i.e. intellectual theft of my book content / ideas? After all, I only have 4 chapters of the book so far and some vague plot ideas - I doubt someone could really do much with that. So is there anything I need to worry about? Or should I go ahead and share my content with the internet (or maybe do so but after taking certain steps to guarantee the safety of my idea content etc.)? Thanks so much - I will give 10 points. Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of. What if I was to share only the content of the chapters themselves, without sharing the plot ideas? Someone would be able to copy the events of the first couple chapters, but its not like those contain any significant story details, and it's not like they'd be able to steal my writing style. idk, thoughts anyone? Question #20:HELP! Writer's block?? :(?But I have writer's block! I have my first paragraph done... but the essay needs to be like 4 to 6 pages! I have no idea how to start! :(Maybe if someone could help me figure out what to right for each paragraph.. as in for one paragraph talk about this.. in another talk about this... conclude talking about this.... In my essay, I have to make a claim. Or take a position, It has to be a real, debatable claim about a significant issue. I chose Universal Health Care in America. I chose to be for Universal Health Care. If anyone could help me at all, that would be great! Thanks in advance! Please help! (I'm just asking for some help.... I'm not asking you to do my paper for me but to help me get started.. so if you don't want to help.. don;t leave rude, idiotic comments. It's not necessary.) ** Powered by Yahoo Answers Click link above for correct copyright license. |
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