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    King Kong (2005)

    Re: King Kong I thought the beginning and end of the film was terrible....the middle of the film when they were on skull island was good.
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    Fifth Element, The (1997)

    Re: The fifth element - do you like it? I thought it was complete trash.
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    Dark Star (1974)

    Re: Dark Star It's a low budget, corny, trashy movie.
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    Hello!

    "Brady shook his head; there were so many emotions going through his head at the sight of this." I don't like that sentence...it sounds a bit awkward. There's a much better/more creative way of wording that.
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    a new piece...please critique!! :P

    "I hated the hustle and bustle of city life, but to gamble to that extreme was terrifying, enticing, but terrifying." Should be: I hated the hustle and bustle of city life, but to gamble to that extreme was terrifying. Enticing, but terrifying. Other than that, I think it was decent.
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    Has Robert Jordan Ever Actually Met A Woman?*

    The reason they are deeply irritated is because he exposes them.
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    Has Robert Jordan Ever Actually Met A Woman?*

    His portrayal of women is fairly realistic (if we're talking about american women.)
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    Writing and submitting your stories -- Questions for K. D. Wentworth

    Hello Kathy. I just want to know what would give me a better chance of getting my short stories published - submitting them to a magazine, one at a time. Or trying to get a collection of them published as one short story book. The latter is what I really want to do... Thanks.
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    Submitting Short Stories

    Anyone who has a short story published, your advice would be greatly appreciated here. I want to know what would give me a better chance to get published - submitting short stories to a magazine, one by one. Or trying to get a collection of them published as one short story book. Thanks.
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    The Raft & film adaption (from Creepshow 2)

    I first saw the screen adaption of The Raft many years ago as a small boy (in the film creepshow 2), and have watched it several times since then. I recently got hold of an old copy of The Skeleton Crew (a collection of King short stories), so that I could read The Raft. I found that the screen...
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    Stephen King's DarkTower series

    I've only read the first one - The Gunslinger. I wasn't very impressed. It was a complete bore until about the last 1/4 of the book.
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    Continuing from the prologue

    THAT, was amazing. I hope you push yourself to complete this novel.
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    Self assembling nano technology

    I read about this in Michael Crichton's novel, "Prey"
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    best way to improve creative writing skills?

    I agree with kelpie also. Being a great writer is the same as being a great scientist or baseball player, in the sense that you may work hard and be extremely determined, but if you don't have the natural ability you will never be "great". Do you think that Sir Isaac Newton was the greatest...
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    best way to improve creative writing skills?

    What do you feel is the best way to improve your writing skills? I guess trying to read alot is one way to learn. I also like to view a peice of scenery, whether it be real life scenery or a photograph, and try to describe what I'm looking at on a peice of paper. In other words, you try to...
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    ever worry about this?

    I just wanted to know if you worry about your ideas being stolen when you post your work in the "critique" section? I guess it's not too much of a concern most of the time because you're only posting small fragments of stories, like one or two paragraphs. But what if you wanted critique on a...
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