I don’t want commercial fiction though so please please please no twilight or any other “tween reads”. I want something that makes you stop and think while you’re reading, but is also compelling and can’t be put down when you’re reading it at 12 am. It has to have a message.
- ~Orangeblossom of Willowbottom~

hey guys im stuck on these 2 english questions can anybody please help ? 10points and best answer please help thank so much.

In his “Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech,” ***?ulkner ****?ts writers to act responsibily by writing about “the heart.” What does he ****?t them to do?

a.write about light romance

b.write about subjects that really matter

c.write about medical topics

d.write fiction instead of nonfiction

Which line from “The boy Speaks of Rivers” is written in the present ***?rfect tense?

a.”My soul has grown deep like the rivers.”

b.”I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young.”

c.”I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep.”

d.”I heard the singing of the Mississippi…”
- kelsey

I would really like to go to a sleep away camp in California to ***?rfect my writing skills. Is there any you know of?
- Megan M

I think my mojo has gone with my lack of sleep. Is there any way to get it back?
- Yahoo killed Meppa

It is often said that Language is the poetry of the soul. When you wish to speak of your love for that one special person, what other better way to do so than by speaking out your heart on perfumed paper, and sealed with a kiss? Yes, we are referring to the humble love letter.

Love letters have their firm place in history, the cause of alliances and the reason for wars. Yet, very few delights can compare to the sweet sorrow that one feels, while writing a love letter. The mode of sending a letter across was also quite different earlier. One would use pigeons for the purpose, or simply send it through a trusted friend. Today too, a love letter is rated as one of the topmost ways of saying I Love You. There is something humble, direct and romantic about reading words on paper. More importantly, you can keep on reading the letter as and when you wish, and even sleep with it under your pillow if you desire. Today, thanks to the commercialization of love itself, one can get so many choices even in letter pads. Gone are the days of plain white paper, now it comes in different shapes, sizes, patterns and colors.

Of course not all of us can speak out matters of the heart with such eloquence like an orator. Which is why for the rest of us we can now refer to websites which will help us say what we want the right way? There are sites with ready love letters already put up. All you need to do is copy them word for word, and then post the letter to your love. One cannot deny however that in the face of technology, a handwritten love letter still holds its own place.

Would you like to send love letters? Checkout www.best-quotes-poems.com ’s special section of love letters.


- Shweeta Bhandari

Writers Block…..Go Figure

Have you ever just sat down with pen and paper in hand (although these days its with a laptop) and have totally no idea what to write about? Well, that seems to be happening to me today. I can think of absolutely nothing to say.

Some days I have no problem at all. I’ll be teaching school and all of a sudden I get this great idea for an article; I can sit down and bang that puppy out in just a few minutes. Boy, I love those times. Then there are days like today, I sit in front of the computer screen and stare at that annoying, blinking cursor. It just sits there and blinks at me. It’s like its taunting me, laughing at me because I have nothing to say. The pressure is unbearable. Blink, Blink,Blink.

I suppose I could change it to one of those smiley faces or a dinosaur, but then I would have a smiley face or dinosaur blinking at me.

I guess I could probably not stare at the screen, I can watch TV or maybe read a book. But how is that going to help me write an article? Blink, Blink. Stupid cursor. This really isn’t helping me. I’m so obsessed with this cursor, I can’t let my muse come to me and do its muse thing. Knowing my luck, she’s staring at the cursor too. Well, if my muse won’t come maybe I should mow the lawn or something. No, it will never get that bad. When is there ever a good excuse to mow the lawn? Have you ever been so bored that you decide, “Hey, I’m bored, I think I’ll go and mow the lawn.” I don’t know about you, but I’ve never done that. I can see going out and mowing the lawn if say, for example, my wife comes home and tells me to get my lazy butt outside and mow the lawn. That, in my opinion is a good reason. Being bored, not a good reason.

So, I’m back to square one, although now the cat is blinking at me. Listen, how many times have you had a stare-down with your cat and won? I’ll tell you…Never. You can’t get a cat to blink. Actually, you can’t get a cat to do anything. Well, you can get it to sleep, but how hard is that. Now, all of a sudden the stupid thing gets it into it’s head to blink at me. This is getting out of control. First the cursor, now the cat, what’s next? Now, the light on the phone is blinking. OK, that’s it, I’m done. I guess I just won’t write anything today.

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- Tahtimbo

Every writer experiences the pain of writers block sometime in their life. There is tons of reasons this could happen, from lack of sleep, stress, or for any other in a list of hundreds of reasons. It is practically impossible to track it down to one reason, so beating writers block can be quite the challenge. Here are some ways you can put into your daily routine, that helps block out writers block.

1. Write every day, as much as possible. This can cure even the most challenging time of writers block. Always have a notebook at your side, and write about what you do, as you do it. Write down the little details. Also be sure to write down ideas for writing whenever you get them, so you don’t forget on your way home.

2. Kill stress. If you are having a hard time at work, find some way to make it easier. Bouts of stress are one of the biggest causes of writers block, and can be really hard to fix. Meditate if you need to. Clear your head. Take a nap. Heck, even take a day off if you need to.

3. Don’t force yourself to write. You don’t have to write the next 2 chapters right now. Take a break from writing. Go on a walk. Leave it until the next day. If you have a deadline, extend it a day or two. Even something as simple as a coffee break can recharge your energy and relax you, so you can finish up that paper you have to write.

4. Read, read, read. Picking up a book and sitting down to read for a good hour can really give you a lot of good ideas on how to finish up your book. Even if you do something as simple as reading one of your old writings, or reading the last chapter you wrote, you can definitely get out of writers block.

5. Change location. Changing your scenery can change the way you are thinking, and easily knock you out of writers block. Go to a cafe. Watch animals at the zoo. Even just sitting on a bench in a park can have an amazing effect on your writing.

6. Shut the world up. Any sound can make it really hard to think, and keeps the ideas from churning up. If it’s your family making a racket, invest $2 into ear plugs. If it’s traffic outside, change your location. Nice quiet cafes work wonders.

7. Go to a writers workshop. Refreshing your writing skills is an amazing cure for the worst blocks. There is many one day workshops that only cost $20 to enter, for all levels of writing skill. I remember that once I was writing a short 30-page story, and on page 15 I ran out of ideas. I went to a workshop, and that day I finished up my rough copy.

No matter what trick you use, writers block is still dreadfully difficult to cure. Some writers go months at a time without a single idea. Sometimes we mistake writers block for an inability to make decisions while writing, and rely on others to tell us what to do. That is never a good idea, as it mixes up different story’s into one blob of a bad book. Just sit down, and think through what you have written. If it is an information article, go and research some more. If it’s a story, think: ‘What would the character do?’ If you just plain can’t come up with an idea, write about what you did that day.


- Justin

I have a bad case of writers block!

I need to show you what it means to be who you are,
I’ve been living a lie and I want to make things right.
You see my heart separates every time I let you in,
So now look at me and tell me where should I begin.

I am a maniac who is in his right mind,
So tell me how can I leave myself behind.
I smoke, I drink, I try and be someone I’m not,
Cause in the end, it’s the only god damn thing I’ve got.

I have my girlfriend she is losing time,
She’s dwelling on me when I was in my prime,
Well today I sit before the jury of a court of loneliness,
That’s right I am on trial for taking to the rest.

Hey love affair wont you sing me to sleep,
I want to see what I’m like in my dreams.
Will any mirror reflect my own face,
I figure it out, am I really such a disgrace.

I hurt, I bleed, and I have seen everything,
So what makes the difference between you and me.
I guess I can admit that in this world I mean nothing,
I can’t wait till you relies this to.
- ØFFAFØ (SPREAD THE LOVE)

I want to write this story where a woman who was once a ‘nightwalker’…in other words, serviced other men, but changed. However, her family never forgave her and she spent many Christmases without them. One year she is determined to resolve their problems and have a cozy Christmas again. I wanted to contrast her old memories of Christmas with the present narrative in the books through two or three flashbacks–is that too many? Can flashbacks ruin a story? I also want to tell about her fall into prostituion without making it a long story. How can I work it into a narrative? This is how I’m working my flashbacks in now, BTW: She is drifting in and out of sleep on a cold December night, and relives various memories of the happy Christmases. Is this too chintzy?
- BudgieTweet

I’m thinking it might be my severe lack of sleep, but it would still be nice to know the answer for future blocks.

Yeah… Should I stop trying to write and get some sleep?
- Sarcastic Conservative