Marcia Said:

creative ideas for valentines day gifts in a long distance relationship?

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I had that problem two V-day's ago. But I just wrote a card. Anyway, I have a couple. They aren't wonderful, but you asked for them. ... A picture of just you in a heart-covered frame. i'm sure he'd love your worst picture. Send him that. With whatever you're sending, you shouold so do this- Get a letter, put on lipstick, and kiss the letter. That'd rock his socks!!! Really, you should do it. Then he'd kiss it, and not tell you, but it'd make him so happy! I had another one... oh! You could make little heart-shaped cookies and send him those. They's keep. Hope I could help. May you and ur bf have a wonderful Valentine's Day! bye!

Wallace Said:

Creative Writing Help?

We Answered:

As far as the conflict I think you have an idea staring you right in the face you just don't see it yet. Her mom is dragging her all over the place to help animals but that daughter doesn't seem to want to go, there's your conflict. It could be that her mom wants her to follow in her footsteps and become a vet but the daughter secretly wishes to be oh I do know, an account. (guess I know lame example but I think you get my point)

Not knowing more about your character's having a hard time coming up with names. What I can give you though is a couple of resources that I've used when I was having trouble coming up with names:
http://www.namenerds.com/uucn/plant.html
http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com…

Not really sure how to help with the zebra's name, although I did ask my apartment manager if I could get a pet cow and name it Spot. She said no, but maybe that'll give you inspiration.

Olga Said:

What is it like to travel by long-distance train?

We Answered:

Remember that you can write your storyline over the space of 4-5 days if it's a cross-country trip because old fashioned train travel still takes a lot of time.
Especially up here in Canada. I once travelled by train from here to Vancouver and it was almost 4 days.
But it was an awesome way to see the country, so that is something else you can use for your story. What the country(U.S. or Canada) looks like through the picture window of a train.
And you meet the most interesting people and I do mean INTERESTING!
I met a fellow that had lost his thumbs in a freak accident but the doctors had transplanted his two big toes to replace them. I met pro sports personalities, two of which had played for Stanley Cup winning teams, I met WWII vets with stories that made me bawl like a baby, there was a woman with terminal cancer who was just travelling by train because it was the cheapest way to see Canada before she died, and I even met Canadian musician Bruce Cockburn.
So, the stories you can write about a several day train trip are only as endless as your imagination.
So, grab your pencil and paper, lean back, close your eyes, and put yourself in the window seat of a train travelling from nowhere to nowhere, and write til your hand falls off LOL

God Bless and thanks for reading.

Jeanette Said:

please proof read my creative writing! lvl 2 English?

We Answered:

It's really great, and you have such great descriptions!
Welldone!

First Flight

The sun was slowly dropping beyond the horizon as I walked home after an exhausting day. It wasn't the first time that I've stared at the busy evening sky, but this time, something caught my eye. A speck of light flew across the golden sky entering a blanket of orange blaze. It brought back a beautiful memory. A memory that I'll never forget.


I was so excited to be in the air, alongside soaring birds. While the plane was still on the ground, it seemed like sitting on a double decker bus, except the windows were round and small. I waited and waited, impatient for the plane to move. It felt like half an hour, but it was only 10 minutes, until finally a noise came from the four huge engines. It was a soft grinding noise. The plane was taking to the foot of a seemingly endless runway. I looked outside the window and saw jet planes plunging towards the ground safely. I thought to myself, "what are the odds that the plane will crash?"
As we arrived at the foot of the runway that many planes have also takeb off from, I could see it battered with black scars. It wasn't paint - they were tire marks left behind by the mighty beasts.

Suddenly, the enormous engines started to roar wildly. Rivers of petrol had been pumped into the thirsty engines. The roaring thunder could've been heard from miles away! We started the acceleration. The vibration could be felt throughout the plane as it raced down the endless runway.

I began to see the top of buildings. The city looked like Lego blocks from above. It was a magnificent sight. We flew into a sea of fog not knowing what was ahead of us. Have we been blinded? As we flew higher and higher I began to see something, but this wasn't just an ordinary something. It was pure white cotton, shining like angelic light. In the distance, the sun grew bigger.

I continued to stared at the peaceful and beautful sky until the sun dropped into the horizon. As the moon appeared, it began to play hide and seek with me.
I was shattered. And not knowing my surroundings, I drifted off to sleep as the plane flew into the mysterious fog.

Michael Said:

english creative writing help!?

We Answered:

Alright. I am going to give you some pointers on my side. I won't write the sentence for you, but I am definitely going to give you some advice.

First of all decide what point of view you want it from. Do you want to be the narrator from the outside point of view, do you want to be the girl herself observing the scene, or do you want to be someone watching the girl.

Perhaps you could be the painter/photography to this picture describing the girl. Describe the folds of her clothing, the beauty of the scene (or lack there of) try and describe what the house might be, is it her home? Is it a barn? Is it something that means anything to her? Or means nothing to her at all?

You have the power to create whatever you want with this scene. Observe all points of view and try and find what makes YOU happy, don't ever write what you think the professor wants to hear.

Mayhaps she is an alien, a character from Jane Austen, a writer herself, a foolish girl, a serious girl, a sad girl... Why is she in the field?

QUESTION why she is there in your description. This can be a very fun activity. Play with words and sentence structure as well. If you use a good deal of long winded sentences with little breaks and punctuation you can always startle your read by certain tools. Like interupting. Use short small sentences to interject.

It can be very fun. :)

Sherry Said:

Creative writing of a storm?

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I don't think typing out the name of the sound it makes is a good idea. Just put "The raindrops (note: one word) cascaded down, crashing on the tin roof."

Take a look back at your writing and see how many sentences you started with "The" it's not good as you have nearly every sentence starting with that.

Actually, I read on and can't go any further. Every sentence almost starts with "The" and so it pains me to read.