I'm too afraid they'd go all Hunger Games teenage love angst with it, adding a multitude of uninteresting teen characters (because omgz, Twilight) and such.

I don't think it was, um... how shall I say this.... fully confirmed, but this scene here:

Hmmm, they seem to tease a lot.

I actually see this as a good thing. I fell out of Smallville when it became the band of HEROES crime-fighting and stuff! I prefer a more focused world.

1. both of my parents and my husbands parents are dead.

I didn't find her at all "hysterical" as the poster above suggested. Or whiny. I was genuinely entranced by her conflict. What would have been horrible and cliche would be to have her magically be GREAT at everything while wearing midriff-bearing leather and kicking everyone's ass without taking a moment to think…

Like shootin' fish in a barrel.

using the "but they do it too, wahh wahh wahh," response makes you look like a douchebag. Just sayin

Because P.S. I love you and Amelia rocked so fuckin' hard.

Gina Torres. OMG. I just got a girl boner at that thought.

I'll never forget the time that my husband's cousin said, "Hey, you need to watch this movie that my new wife made me watch. It's called 'FIREPROOF' and it will blow your mind!"

Can we have Wil Wheaton make the geek version of this? I would watch the shit out of that.

Or Word Art. Mmmmmm.... Fancy default blue....

I'm glad I had 3. I can't imagine having to deal with coursework and dedicate yourself to writing at the same time. It would have sapped my energy!

Most MFA programs are 3 years, I think? I've heard of some that are 2, but it was nice to have three. 2 years of coursework and 1 dedicated to thesis. :)

The best way for SOME to learn is through full-on reading and emulation. The best way for SOME to learn is through classes. Paid or free. The best way for SOME to learn is by reading craft books.

Genre, I feel, can be more difficult to write across the board. I've taught creative writing classes and students often want to write genre. So, I let them. And they realize about halfway through a big project that they have no idea WTF they're doing or HOW to write what they want to write.

I think I just threw up in my mouth at #1.

I felt the same way. It gave me flashbacks to a time when a man I thought I loved tried to get me to engage in that sort of behavior. And yay if this female character wants to go along and be treated that way. So many of us find it both demeaning and abusive. I feel like I have to shut up about it, though, because…