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101 2015-12-17 13:29:41
Re: Say the first word that comes to mind... (1,634 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
102 2015-12-16 20:03:27
Re: Say the first word that comes to mind... (1,634 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Ugly
103 2015-12-16 08:31:34
Re: Say the first word that comes to mind... (1,634 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Religion.
104 2015-12-16 03:53:22
Re: Say the first word that comes to mind... (1,634 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Stupid.
105 2015-12-15 12:27:10
Re: Say the first word that comes to mind... (1,634 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
106 2015-10-30 00:56:06
Re: Punctuation (296 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
vern wrote:
ronald quark wrote:Mother of God but you guys have a lot of time on your hands.
Who is this Mother of God person you speak of anyway?
The wife of the Father of God. The sister of God's uncle. A very nice lady.
107 2015-10-28 13:42:17
Re: Punctuation (296 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Mother of God but you guys have a lot of time on your hands.
108 2015-10-24 12:03:33
Re: Punctuation (296 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
I think what you were going for, btw, Simon, is "That that is is that that is not is not is that it it is," which does need punctuation. Right? In that case, the traditional punctuation is:
That that is, is. That that is not, is not. Is that it? It is.
In my opinion, however, it is not grammatical to put a comma before be for the reason stated in my post above. I believe it is only done because of the repetition of the verb. Normally a comma never follows the subject of sentence, even when the subject is a defining clause. For example:
"I, am." is quite odd while "I am." looks quite normal.
So I would punctuate the above conundrum like this:
That that is is. That that is not is not. Is that it? It is.
All the same, it is probably easier to understand with the extra commas.
109 2015-10-24 11:34:36
Re: Punctuation (296 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Simon Morris wrote:
Punctuate this so that it makes sense:
That that is is that that is not is not.
It makes perfect sense without any punctuation because it utilizes two defining clauses. If you used "which," it would need some commas; clauses with "that," (i.e., defining clauses) do not. In this sentence the subject is "That that is" the verb is "is" and the complement is "that that is not." It's a simple as that.
110 2015-10-23 20:43:21
Re: DELETE (55 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Listening to advice like this is the best way to generify ones work. The use of any given word depends on style. Arbitrarily demonizing this or that word and sentencing them to genocide is the work of a robot, not a writer.
111 2015-07-05 13:50:19
Re: Prologue's (37 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
It's a prologue.
112 2015-07-04 21:21:34
Re: Prologue's (37 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
How about Star Wars? It's got a prologue and everybody likes Star Wars, right?
113 2015-07-03 05:30:15
Re: Prologue's (37 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Prologue's what?
114 2015-06-13 12:28:55
Re: Strongest Start 2015 Winners (15 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Hey!
Congratulations to Penang and Leanne. Many thanks to Sol for making this contest. Many thanks to the folks who read and got my quirky story - especially JP, who was very supportive. And many thanks to the judges for their time. I really appreciate it!
Ron
115 2015-05-13 08:25:54
Re: Strongest Start 2015 Finalists (16 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Congratulations to all.
116 2015-04-30 21:08:55
Re: Amber Eyes will be published soon (26 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
I think in each which has a house in the background, the house should be slightly blurred. That would make the image look natural.
117 2015-04-21 07:02:55
Re: Amber Eyes will be published soon (26 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Mariana Reuter wrote:
not based on the book's quality but based on your query letter's quality
Actually, an agent or publisher's decision to look at a manuscript is based on the query letter; their decision to publish your book is most definitely based on the book itself.
118 2015-04-02 00:48:38
Re: Deadline and chapter threes (9 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Wow. March 31, 2014. I guess everybody kind of missed the deadline. . . .
119 2014-12-05 22:24:33
Topic: Reply to deleted posting (1 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Hi,
Just a heads up, Sol: I have received a reply to a book that has subsequently been taken down by its author. Therefore, I have in my profile a reply alert, but when I go to view it I only see "Content Removed or Unavailable" where the book should be. I assume now that the alert will not go away. Something to look into, perhaps.
Ron
120 2014-11-29 23:14:26
Topic: Genre (6 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Hi Sol,
Since you seem to be online, thought I'd throw another one out there. I notice that in the genre list you have "Young Adult" but not "Middle Grade." The two are really rather different genres, and in addition to my own stuff, I've noticed a couple other pieces on the site that are really Middle Grade but under the Young Adult heading. You might even consider "Middle Grade Fantasy," the genre of the likes of Harry Potter and Percy Jackson. It's pretty darn popular these days.
Toodles,
Ron
121 2014-11-29 23:10:49
Re: Searching for non-responded reviews (2 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Thanks!
122 2014-11-29 22:16:00
Topic: Searching for non-responded reviews (2 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Hi Sol,
I noticed that if one wants to search for regular reviews to which they have/have not responded, there is a function to do so; I don't see the same function for in-line reviews, nor do I see any way to know which review you have responded to other than simply going through them and looking. Am I missing something?
Thanks!
