Welcome to The Writers Bloc, the home base for theOtaku.com's beta-readers and a place for writers to come with questions and learn some new tricks and methods of storytelling, writing, or pretty much anything involving this mutt of a language we call Modern English.

Our Current Pool of Editors and Beta-Readers Includes:

If you have a story, essay, or any written work that you feel could use the assistance of a beta reader or editor, choose a beta-reader from the above list and PM them for availability.

As well, be sure to come visit every now and then to take part in writing workshops and discussions. And of course, if you have your own questions, don't be afraid to ask them here; we're neither teachers nor betters, but peers hoping to help.

The Weekly Schedule:

  • Monday: SomeGuy's Workshop (SomeGuy)
  • Tuesday: Rotating Guest Post (Various)
  • Wednesday: The Wednesday Word (SomeGuy)
  • Thursday: Beck's Workshop (NightBeck)
  • Friday: Updates and Open Questions (All)
  • Sunday: Becky's Writers' Block Busters (NightBeck)

So once again... welcome to The Bloc.

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The Wednesday Word: Prescience

prescience. noun. Foreknowledge; foresight. This is basically a fancy word to describe fortunetelling. Take the Latin for "before" and "to know" and you have prescience. Have an oracle or a 10 year old ...

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The Wednesday Word: Sanguinary

sanguinary. adjective. bloody; bloodthirsty; murderous. Halloween Writer's Jam people might want to take note of this bad boy. sanguinary is pretty straight-forward. Sometimes you want to call som...

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The Wednesday Word: Paterfamilias

paterfamilias. noun. The head of a family/household. While going into words with classic origins, let's scoot over to Rome for a bit. As can probably be suspected from the parts of the word, paterfamilias...

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The Wednesday Word: Laconic

laconic. adjective. Using few words; concise; terse. I know, it's mostly Thursday already. But hey, all things considering, better a day late than absent yet again, right? I'm willing to believe that this...

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The Wednesday Word: Vehement

vehement. adjective. Intense; impassioned; violent. I like this word as a strong word to describe violent or really intense situations. If nothing else, vehement or its adverb form vehemently...

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