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When you have to create an art piece with an inspirational quote on it. So you choose "Life before Death, Strength before Weakness, Journey before Destination" and center it around a bridge 4 glyph.

When you are at Johnny Carino's and you misread handmade parmesan as handmade parshmen.

Disclaimer: I did not make this. I take no credit. My cousin showed it to me and I saw it wasn't on the Shard, so I posted it.

I don't know if this was already posted, but it was too good to resist!

The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!

I know that this is only cosmere characters, and I'm not yet familiar enough to try this, but what if someone rapped as Alcatraz? This would be my first two lines: This is the best real rap that you have ever heard, but wait, I need to stop and say something absurd... Rutabaga would have to be in there several times.

So, kind of out of the blue, but when I think of modern fantasy races, I think of Artemis Fowl, where fairies use laser guns and stuff. Just throwing out an idea that could create more cool ideas.

I'll try my hand at this. The Well of Ascension: The Hero of Ages: Alcatraz vs. The Evil Librarians: I'll probably be back with more soon.

So a C, an E-flat and a G walk into a bar. The bartender says, "sorry, but we don't serve minors." So E-flat leaves, and C and G have an open fifth between them. After a few drinks, the fifth is diminished and G is out flat. F comes in and tries to augment the situation, but is not sharp enough. A D comes in and heads for the bathroom saying, "Excuse me. I'll just be a second." Then A comes in, but the bartender is not convinced that this relative of C is not a minor. Then the bartender notices B-flat hiding at the end of the bar and says, "Get out! You're the seventh minor I've found in this bar tonight." E-Flat comes back the next night in a three-piece suit with nicely shined shoes. The bartender says, "you're looking sharp tonight. Come on in, this could be a major development." Sure enough, E-flat soon takes off his suit and everything else, and is au natural. Eventually, C, who had passed out under the bar the night before, begins to sober up and realizes in horror that he's under a rest. So, C goes to trial, is convicted of contributing to the diminution of a minor and sentenced to 10 years of DS without Coda at an up scale correctional facility.

Elemancers... really?

So, there's Brisingr, and (from Kung Fu Panda) the Sword of Heroes.

That was really good! I enjoy that much more than the stuff we read at school because we aren't forced to read it and it is your way of letting your feelings loose! That said, I fail at writing poetry, so...

That is fascinating. It reminds me of preservation and ruin's perspective in Mistborn The hero of ages. An idea I have would be to have one of the immortal's heroes is doomed by their the other immortal but escapes their power somehow??? It would take some work and I have no idea what you have planned for this. I think that a perspective of mainly the immortals would be really bland, so another element would be pretty essential.

My first book was during 5th or 6th grade. It sucked... I have completely thrown it away, as it was completely hopeless, but it was experience and gave me more ideas. It helped me get better at making a story and it also just gave me the thought process required. So if your first story is trash, rewrite it or leave it for something better. That's okay. Just remember to learn from your mistakes and read lots of books. As I've gotten more serious in my book (the one in my signature), I've read others' books and tried to learn from them. I take ideas that I really enjoyed from them and make improvements in my head on their work. By improvements, I don't mean typos; I make note of sentences that don't flow right and reword them in my head. I think of ideas for characters and always try (and fail) to see the plot twists before they come. (For sentences that don't flow, Sanderson has by far the least that I've found. Yay for Brandon!) Also, have a plot in your head and constantly improve it. Writing on the spot is okay for practice, but that's what made my first book terrible. In my current one, I have a well-developed plot and I'm constantly making new connections between people and events. Never discount ideas. I still have my first idea in my head, but not on paper. I've come up with some other weird ideas (one by a dream) and started writing a different book that I've left alone for a while. My current book was started around the same time as my first. It was just a tiny part of the story that comes at the end of the first book and beginning of the second. Finally, just write. It's the fastest way to get better and it's easier to keep track of ideas when you have stuff written down. Unfortunately for me, it's also the hardest part. I find it soooo hard to sit down for a half hour and crank out a few pages. Hopefully, you'll find it easier. Good luck!

So, Miles Dagouter was a compounder and was able to access his healing ability tenfold. Would that be possible for someone like Wax, whose allomantic power is an alloy of his feruchemical power? If Wax stored weight in iron and made it into steel, could he access that weight and multiply it?

I think I found one in The Alloy of Law: On page 202, Wayne and Marasi are discussing Marasi's pulser power. Wayne says, "Sure, but maybe sometime you want a certain day to come along sooner. You want it real badly, right? So you can burn some chromium, and poof, it's here!". It also says, on the same page, "I've..." She looked embarrassed. "I've actually done that. Chromium burns way more slowly than bendalloy." It should say cadmium, not chromium. Chromium wipes another allomancer's metal reserves. It may have something to do with later in the book, as I haven't read past. I think it is a mistake, though.

I'm in Twin Falls Idaho.

I What did Obi-Wan tell Luke at the dinner table? You must use the fork! Did you know that diarrhea is genetic? It runs in the jeans. Which birds hang out by the ceiling? The Raftors. A man walked into a bar. There were a bunch of steaks hanging down from the ceiling. He asked the bartender what they were for and he said that if he could grab one, he could have free drinks all night. The man thought about it for a second, but said, "Nah, the steaks are too high." 3 men walked into a bar. You think one of them should have seen it. C, E-flat, and G go into a bar. The bartender says, "Sorry, but we don't serve minors." So E-flat leaves and C and G have an open fifth between them. After a few drinks, the fifth is diminished, and G is out flat. F comes in and tries to augment the situation, but is not sharp enough. D comes in and heads for the bathroom, saying, "Excuse me; I'll just be a second." Then A comes in, but the bartender is not convinced that this relative of C is not a minor. Then the bartender notices B-flat hiding at the end of the bar and says, "Get out! You're the seventh minor I've found in this bar tonight." E-flat comes back the next night in a three-piece suit with nicely shined shoes. The bartender says, "You're looking sharp tonight. Come on in, this could be a major development." Sure enough, E-flat soon takes off his suit and everything else and is a natural. Eventually, C sobers up and realizes in horror that he's under a rest. C is brought to trial, found guilty of contributing to the diminution of a minor, and is sentenced to 10 years of D.S. without Coda at an upscale correctional facility. I LOOOOOVE PUNS!!!!!

This is my first line in my book, but the big problem is that the action happens in the 4th line.

Good, captivating start! Next, figure out the details. This kind of sounds like Legion (Brandon Sanderson), and I would read that for inspiration.

A supersonic ketchup gun! (don't ask me why)

Would you and anyone else care to name the books that you have published? I would love to read them and meet other authors!

I wonder what the new secret project is. I think it is Al--... I shouldn't say anything.

The one in my signature that I am too lazy to retype.