On Writing.....
I've been struggling to write a sci-fi book for some time, and was particularly stuck at one point where there was quite literally nothing happening on the page. I expressed my concern at my literary ineptitude to a friend of mine, whose reply helped thoroughly.

He said;

"In many things in life, when your subject is dull you can either; a) Set fire to it, b)Blow it up, c)Take its clothes off, or d)add ninjas."
This was swiftly followed up by a long frown and additional advice of
"Don't do 'c' if you're writing about someone's Gran though."

It's proven useful a few times.
(Ryushin, Fri 21 May 2010, 3:56, 2 replies)

So clearly you need to add naked exploding ninjas
ON FIRE!
(oball needs Satan more than he needs me, Fri 21 May 2010, 7:24, closed)

I'm sitting here writing a paper of "Organisational Culture and Change"
I might take your mates advice and see how the tutor reacts......
(The_Mighty_Spleen, Fri 21 May 2010, 10:15, closed)