Cynus

Candy to Heart Teary (Would that work? Changing a letter and shifting it over? Or does this count as changing three letters?)

I'd say my dreams are pretty strange, yes. The person below me loves studying history.

This has been solved, at least well enough for my needs. Thanks, Escapist!

I sometimes do for Solstice. The person below me is already ready for winter to be over.

Not ridiculously early, but earlier than I'd prefer, certainly. The person below me thinks Valkyrie is a genius! (Thanks, Val. I needed a new name)

Excellent! I'll send you the information promptly.

One can only wish. The person below me had a long day at work.

Generally. Sometimes I don't catch the mistakes until after I post, but I usually look it over before hand. The person below me likes my new avatar.

I'll do another, also from Korea, in order to get the ball rolling again. There's a man at Yatap station in Bundang, South Korea. We called him the pigeon man, for some very obvious reasons. He was in his sixties, homeless, and would run around in the plaza above the subway station, charging groups of pigeons and screaming wildly. If he saw you watching he'd charge you next, but then he'd pull up short and stick out his tongue, closing one eye and looking you up and down, analyzing you. The man spoke six languages: Korean, English, Japanese, Arabic, Farsi, and Russian, all of which I witnessed him speaking personally with people who spoke that as their native tongue. Some days, he'd buy you ice cream with the money people would give him. . . New Question: Have you ever had an unplanned but lengthy conversation with a stranger in a public place, and how did it go?

Not really. I'd prefer a pastry of some sort. Maybe cake? The person below me saw a movie today.

Only metaphorically. My characters are extensions of me and I just wrote an emotional fight seen in which there was a lot of head hitting. The person below me is trying to focus on writing but keeps getting distracted.

I own many board games, and a few video games but definitely not many. There aren't many I really enjoy. The person below me likes Klingon Opera.

Jacob sensed another presence in the library with Oberon and approached slowly, hoping he’d be able to avoid drawing attention to himself long enough to get some additional information. Oberon rarely spoke to anyone other than to issue orders, and he had been meeting with this presence for longer than he had ever spent with one of his soldiers. He had kept his distance from Oberon since learning of Ethan’s death. He had needed some time to himself to process the news, and certainly wanted no

Nope, no singing gay stripper telegrams for me today . . . Yes, it's one of my least favorite chores. I'm willing to take it out, but I hate gathering it. The person below me prefers Indian to French cuisine.

There are two major sides to the spectrum. George R. R. Martin defines these as "architects" and "gardeners", and I'll tell you a little about both, though most people fall somewhere between these two extremes. Gardeners are writers who start writing as soon as they have an idea. They get it down on paper quickly, and then nurture it, slowly expanding it and cultivating it until it blossoms into the story it's meant to be. Although for many people who use this strategy the writing goes very slowly, there are some who are able to do this very quickly. Rarely does a gardener move on to the next part of their story until the part they're working on is perfect. And advantage to gardening is that the story often feels more seamless because they're taking the time to make sure everything is in place before they move on. A disadvantage would be that they take a monumental amount of time to move on. Ever hear people complaining about when the next Game of Thrones book is coming out? Yep, George R. R. Martin considers himself to be a gardener. Architects like to plan everything out before they begin. They meticulously outline and plot everything before they even write a word on the story itself. Some do this mentally, but many people who are extreme architects will take the time to plot it out on paper (or some other medium). An advantage to this is that the architect normally works through consistency issues and plot holes quicker than a gardener because they find them sooner. A disadvantage to architects is that they tend to be more rigid in their plots and sometimes aren't willing to bend when they need to. This can sometimes make them predictable if they aren't careful. As I mentioned before, most writers fall between these two styles, using some aspects from either side, and you likely will as well over time. Each writer develops their own style, and finds what works for them. When you're just starting, however, it can be useful to look at what has worked for other people in the past and attempt to employ their strategies. One strategy is to "just write", which is gardener 101. Go ahead and try it, as others have suggested. It may work for you. It may even work really well and you'll have already found the beginning to your style. But if it doesn't, I suggest trying to outline. I suggest mapping out your story so you have a framework on which to build. If gardening doesn't work for you, you might need some trellises on which to grow your roses. Or your thorns if you're writing dark. And yes... having stats of the main characters at the beginning is really distracting. Don't do that. Let your characters' traits be discovered throughout the story. Let it be explained in the moment, when it comes natural. I can't completely advise you on first person, as I'm not sure I have the right answer there. If you're writing in third person, however, think of your readers as observers. When you notice a person, you don't always notice everything about them at once. You might see their hair color or style of their clothing from across a room, but you won't see their eyes until you're face to face with them, and you won't notice the freckles either. Describe slowly and naturally. It's something I'm still working on as a writer, but that's what the craft is all about. You learn as you do. Now go write!

Long story as to why I finally got one, but yes, I unfortunately do. The person below me hates feet.

I say 'good morning' at almost every time of day, just to screw with people. An unusual greeting doesn't bother me much. The person below me likes black and white movies.

Nope. Never been to the Eastern United States. Been all over the west, though. The person below me would love to visit every country in the world, including the dangerous ones.

It can only get longer. I don't have as much time for reading as I'd like to. The person below me wants to try hang gliding.

When I lived in Eastern Seoul and would walk around at night, it was mostly the same as the rest of the city, but one night we walked past the local high school where a number of people were exercising on and around the track. A group of high school students was walking around the track, and one of the young men was completely naked. No one in the park seemed to think this was a strange thing... Same Q

Thor stood stoically in the middle of the village green as the helicopter came in for a landing. The wind generated by the blades battered him and the honor guard of soldiers standing nearby, but they remained standing at attention, their eyes focused on the helicopter, knowing the important passenger it bore. The helicopter touched down, and immediately a trio of soldiers stepped out and took up a defensive position next to the door. A tall man with long gray hair and an even longer gray be

Do they have to be real feathers? If not, I have several statues of birds in my room. The person below me collects something.

Dark Souls 3 Same Q.

Icheon, South Korea. (Not to be confused with Incheon, although I liked it there, too) You're 45 minutes to an hour from Seoul, so you can get to the big city if you need to, but Icheon itself is a small town nestled in rolling, green, forested hills and surrounded by rice paddies. From a natural perspective it's pretty much amazing, but there's so much more. It's one of the primary centers for high quality ceramics in East Asia, and there are hundreds of pottery shops there which you can get lost in for hours. The rice is the best in the nation, and the people are small town polite, if a bit more reserved than the population of Seoul. Also, you're only a skip away from many different historical sites which are fantastic to explore. And the food there is astounding... I could go on forever. Same Q