Merchandise Phrases

[Andy]

Okay, as a lot of you already know, soon we'll start selling YWO merchandise. And to make it more interesting, we need ideas for phrases to put on the shirts and stuff. For example:

YoungWritersOnline.net
(Your Phrase Goes Here)

You get the idea. So we need ideas! Writing puns, clever quotes, maybe a few inside jokes. We intend to use a lot of them, so suggest as many as you can!

You got the Pencil of Inspiration (+5 Creativity)

[Alex]

YoungWritersOnline.net
*Phrase* Alex reffered you *phrase*

=p

I'll come up with more stuff soon >.<

[Phantom]

YoungWritersOnline.net where young writers come together.

YWO where young writers go!

Come to YoungWriterOnline.net we have cookies.
I really like the last one..

[Shaun]

YoungWritersOnline.net
"The only crazy people here are the mods."

YoungWritersOnline.net
"You got the Book of Everything (+10 Knowledge)"
(I like the idea you had there Andy and think a series of RPG influence things like this would be great...now someone needs to come up with a notebook or something)

[Midnight_Moon]

YoungWritersOnline.net
Writing's the Word
(like Grease is the Word, only musical geeks would get it.)

I was thinking like what's on Andy's logo contest entry would be good.

YoungWritersOnline.net
We're Write Outside the Box

[Andy]

I'm writing a novel. What about you?

Pirates and ninjas and squirrels and llamas? Oh, my.

[sXe_Jinxeh]

"Survival by Suicide? WTF?!"

[Phantom]

YoungWriterOnline.net
Lions and Tigers and... Pens?
Oh my!

I kinda stole that idea from Andy ( it is different though)

[jordanisonfire]

Young Writers Online.net
I dare you to go!
Go on!
Aw, you suck!

Okay, that one was a joke. :rolleyes:

Young Writers Online.net
The Cliche-Killers

Young Writers Online.net
Rated "A" For Awesome

Young Writers Online.net
We have cookies!

Young Writers Online.net
l)0 l\l07 \/\/l?173 l_1l<3 7l-l15

(^ Unless you have some 1337-speakers, you're screwed on that one. ^)

[Nyx]

Young Writers Online.net
Where holy llama spit will improve your writing!


:rolleyes:

[Shaun]

Anyone think it would be funny to have something that resembled the Geek Squad thing, only for YWO (like, Critique Squad or some such)...I think so...but that's me.

[Alex]

Crit Squad could be ok

[Andy]

I must say....I find your lack of 100,000 posts in this thread disturbing.

These are going on shirts we will be selling, everyone! The shirts are being designed now. I intend to buy a couple and then post pictures of me on campus wearing them! Post some more ideas. Post a hundred, if you like a challenge. Or I shall come after you or spam your email addresses with offers of free iPhones! :O

[jordanisonfire]

You could go with the old "The Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword" and have a graphic of a pen crossing against a (broken?) sword.

[Andy]

YWO
The REAL young writer's website!
(YWS stinks)--on reverse
Um...no. :rolleyes:

I like the insane one, though. I like it a lot.

[Crocolyle]

YWO
We're young, we're writers, we're online.

YWO
The internet's literary tower of darkness

YWO
Where hacks dare not tread

YWO
Better than Eragon

YWO
Producing anti-Paolinis since 2007

YWO
[Something Creative Here]

YWO
For Writers and Critquers

YWO
Improving Your Writing Since 2007

YWO
Helping Young Writers Everywhere

YWO
Helping Young Writers Since 2007

YWO
What Else Is There To Say?

[Andy]

Crocolyle, you get a thanks and a free coke when we get back to school. :)

[Crocolyle]

You're my hero, Andy

[Nyx]

YWO
Producing anti-Paolinis since 2007



Okay we HAVE to have that. :P

[jordanisonfire]

Even though Paolini will probably have a huge tantrum and sue YWO, we should still have it. xD

[Zombified]

Young Writers Online. Net
The Alternative To Smoking Pot

Young Writers Online. Net
Even Your Mother Approves!

Young Writers Online. Net
A Website With Class

Young Writers Online. Net
Where You Ought To Be

[Crocolyle]

Young Writers Online. Net
The Alternative To Smoking Pot


True that. My debilitating internet addiction is my anti-drug.

[Crocolyle]

According to the personalized title thread "Mother" actually applies to me since I am the site's beneficent queen. But not really at all.

YWO
Where storytelling isn't a hobby, but a way of life

Front:
We Survive on Literary Nourishment.
Feed Us.
Reverse:
YWO

Front:
Writing
My Anti-drug
Reverse:
YWO

[Shaun]

On a side note, maybe we could have phrases that aren't directly related to YWO? You know, funny sayings and what not. It'd be nice to market shirts to a wider audience since YWO shirts really aren't very interesting to non-YWO folks.

Anyone have any catchy phrases, funny things, etc.?

[Crocolyle]

YWO is Intense.
Like a fire at the circus.

Crit this!
(rude gesture)
%&$#

I am the site's beneficent queen!

I'm not spamming.
I'm posting vital information--
Just very quickly.
Using only one word.

(Picture of Shaun with crossed arms)
"You can trust me.
I'm from the internet."

"You're lucky enough to have joined us for make your own soup night."
(picture of "Dad" from "Deipnophobia Illustrated" on youtube)

Your computer turned my floppy disk into a hard drive!

"I faced my fear of killer howler leeches."
(picture of "Dad" from "Deipnophobia Illustrated" on youtube... or a giant Leech)

Insanity--
The one protection from reality.

(The Crocolyle Symbol, even though I'd be the only one who'd buy it)

QUICK TO MY DARK TOWER OF TORMENT!

[Andy]

Okay, I'm posting all the non-ludicrous and non-lawsuit-inducing ones we have so far.

As you can see, we could REALLY do with some more that can be just about writers and writing, not necessarily the website. :)


YWO-related (without a logo, probably won't make sense)

where young writers come together.

YWO where young writers go!

Come to YoungWriterOnline.net we have cookies.

We have cookies!

"The only crazy people here are the mods."

We're Write Outside the Box

Lions and Tigers and... Pens?

Pirates and ninjas and squirrels and llamas? Oh, my.

The Cliche-Killers

Rated "A" For Awesome

l)0 l\l07 \/\/l?173 l_1l<3 7l-l15 (a chatspeak joke, apparently)

We're all insane.

YOW!

We're young, we're writers, we're online.

The internet's literary tower of darkness

Where hacks dare not tread

For Writers and Critquers

Improving Your Writing Since 2007

Helping Young Writers Everywhere

Helping Young Writers Since 2007

What Else Is There To Say?

The Alternative To Smoking Pot

Even Your Mother Approves!

A Website With Class

Where You Ought To Be

Where storytelling isn't a hobby, but a way of life

We Survive on Literary Nourishment.
Feed Us.


Writing-related



Writing's the Word

I'm writing a novel. What about you?

The Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword

Writing
My Anti-drug

[Shaun]

I'd really like to have a whole bunch of non-YWO based stuff. It doesn't even have to be writing related. If we can create products that appeal to non-YWO folks it will drive more sales our direction.

[jordanisonfire]

It's not chatspeak, Andrew, it's leet! Silly...

[Andy]

More:

Write, write on!

Yeah, write!

If at first you don't succeed, do another draft.

[Crocolyle]

If at first you don't succeed, do another draft.

True words.

[Andy]

Bump!

We're still short on phrases that are NOT YWO-specific. Ones that all writers could relate to would be great. Like, ones about writers' block, pen names, editing, etc.

[jordanisonfire]

That's actually quite good.

[Lykaios]

Writers block? Find some dinamite . . .

Writing must have milkshake.

If you feel like taking a break, think of the rainforest and get writing before all the trees run out.

Words are a series of not-so random letters that are sometimes made into not-so random writing.

English: Colour, American: Color, French: Couleur. So . . . That's why I'm confused . . .

YWO - U Wot? Can i rely lern ritin? (<That was agonising to write.)

Blue orange anyone?

[jordanisonfire]

We Accept All Faiths (Except Llama)

[Andy]

Bump! Shaun's time will free up soon, which means new shirts.

Submit your phrases! :vader:

[jordanisonfire]

Aah, you demand too much, Andrew. Donate, submit to SBS, submit your phrases... all of which I can't do, except for the last, of course.

[Zombified]

Write stories not war declarations

Writing: The Solution to Insanity

Pick up that pencil and write!

Don't you have a novel to write?

Dad wants me to be a doctor
Mom wants me to be a lawyer
I want me to be a writer

Pencil for writing manuscript; 85 Cents
Notebook for holding ideas; 2.00 Dollars
Getting a story published; Priceless

Man...I like the last one a lot!

[jordanisonfire]

Great idea on the last one, Zomb.

[Andy]

Anyone want a YWO skateboard? :laugh:

http://www.zazzle.com/custom/skateboards

[jordanisonfire]

I don't skateboard. I snowboard... slightly. If you could get YWO skis, I might consider it. 8p

[Nyx]

Hah, I thought Jordan would skateboard, kind of a random assumption in the back of my head.

And I need new skis so I would consider YWO skis. :P

[jordanisonfire]

Snowboarding is way better than skateboarding. And skiing is even better!

Okay, new phrase:

If you're looking for my novel, it's over there in "awesome" section.

[Shaun]

Keep'em coming guys. I'm going to be creating a load of new t-shirts on Saturday!

[seikoXchan]

YWO
My anti-drug.

YoungWritersOnline.net
Who will conquer?

YoungWritersOnline.net
The blue oranges have returned.

YWO
txtrs bwre!!1! [texters beware] That was painful to write. :(

YoungWritersOnline.net
has t-shirts. Enough said.

YoungWritersOnline.net
We have the weirdest family ever.

YoungWritersOnline.net
The reason why we wake up in the morning.

YoungWritersOnline.net
Love it or leave it. <-- My fave. :D

[Shaun]

Thanks everyone for the suggestions thus far. Feel free to make more. I've gone through all of them and selected the ones I think will work best for both YWO stuff and non-YWO stuff. I should have a load of t-shirts up and ready to go tomorrow, depending on when Andy gets online to give me the "OK' on various shirts, since I'm still a bit unsure of the direction for some of them. There'll be a heck of a lot of new stuff over the next few days.

Remember, if we don't have something you want in the store, tell us!

[Crocolyle]

Getting a story published; Priceless



You get paid for that one.

But that's just the frosting. ;)

EDIT:

Maybe

"Seeing your name in print: priceless"

[Shaun]

Several more shirts up. It's in the product line "Random Phrases". Only two phrases, but there are white and black shirts, male and female, and you should be able to customize the type of shirt to anything you want (except you have to choose dark colors for the black shirt one and light for the other due to the text being different colors in each).
I'll hopefully have a load more up as I go. It takes me forever to get this many variations just for two shirts...

[jordanisonfire]

Haha, cool. Why don't we have the YWO Ambigram Logo as our site header-thing? I think it looks better. Or do we want it to look professional?

[Andy]

We want a first-time visitor to be able to read the site's title without too much difficulty. :)

[Andy]

Or, weed out the LITERATE ones who think that our handwriting's horrible.

[Shaun]

Or why don't we have Carr do more ambigrams for things like SBS and what not :P

[Crocolyle]

I'm not spamming.
I'm posting vital information--
Just very quickly.
Using only one word.

might work better as

I'm not spamming.
I'm posting vital information.
Just very quickly.
Using only one word at a time.

[Shaun]

...well then, Mr. Picky, I'll get right on that :glare:

Edit: Fixed

[Crocolyle]

Ah. That pleases me mightily.

[Shaun]

What pleases me mightily is when YWO people suggest more funny non-YWO non-writing phrases to be put on shirts :P

[seikoXchan]

How many publishers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Three. One to screw in the lightbulb, and two to hold down the author.

[jordanisonfire]

Skills learnt from using a computer: typing fast on a keyboard
Annoyances recieved from using a computer: procrastination
The internet: AWESOME!

I know it sucks.

[Crocolyle]

I'm too busy surfing the internet to come up with up with anything witty...




(that's my witty statement)

[Jack]

Youngwritersonline.net

-"One Site to Rule Them All"

-"I'm with the Maker of Worlds"

-"Surival by Storytelling"

Ok, that last one is pretty obvious. I'll come up with more later.

[Shaun]

Thanks for the suggestions, Draxzar!

[lango]

"Fast, before Majyk crits you."

"Newbies beware of the Bowie."

"I reject your story and publish it as my own."

[Shaun]

I like that third one, lango. We need an image to go with that. Like a stick figure with a book with "By You" crossed out and "By Me" written in :).

[lango]

Haha indeed Shaun, I'd buy that. Specially considering I love stick figure shirts.

[Majyk]

I can draw that if you need someone. Which reminds me... What happened to the other stick figures I drew for the phrases? Those still going to be used?

[Shaun]

I can draw that if you need someone. Which reminds me... What happened to the other stick figures I drew for the phrases? Those still going to be used?

Holy crap, I completely forgot about those :o.

Can you send them to me via email? And certainly you could draw the other too :P. My email is arconna @ yahoo dot com.

Thanks for reminding me. I feel like such an ass...

[Majyk]

I didn't want to bother you if you were just busy, but I was wondering what happened to them :p. I'll send them to you tomorrow (I'm not going to be home tonight).

And I'll see what I can do with the other one.

[Alice Glitterhorn]

(I can't believe someone didn't already say this, but...)

YWO
Beware of Attack Critics!

(Just thought I'd mention it.)

[Majyk]

(Should I be posting this in this thread, or... I don't know. Tell me if I should move it.)

Drew this quickly last night. Not sure it's very good, but...

http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/pp12/Nitier/scan0001-1.jpg

Once finished, there will be what looks like words on the under paper, "by you" crossed out under "by me", and the whole thing darkened with pen. Now, my sister thought the piece of paper the figure is writing on looked like a bad drawing of a book, but it's supposed to be the top page of a manuscript. What do people think? How should I fix it, and is there anything I should add/change?

[Shaun]

Hey Majyk, maybe that would be a bit big for this and hard to understand. Could you make it something smaller so the whole book fits into the image and you could have the stick figure holding the book and writing "By Me" (w/ the crossed out "By You" obviously)? I think that would be better for getting the imagery across.

[Shaun]

Well, it's time for some new shirts everyone!

First things first, some quick notes:
I will be lowering prices on a lot of stuff in the Zazzle store, primarily on t-shirts. I think we're overcharging right now, so I'll drop the prices a bit and sacrifice the extra royalties (it's the right thing to do). New shirts will be at the new prices, and I will be working on reducing prices for everything else later.

Also, you can select different shirt styles if you don't like the one I use for default (just click the link for shirt style in the interface). You can also change some of the colors and what not.

In any case, here goes:
Tree Shortage ("If you feel like taking a break, think of the rainforest and get writing before all the trees run out."
Men's (White) (http://www.zazzle.com/tree_shortage_light_colors_tshirt-235663920171494155)
Women's (White) (http://www.zazzle.com/tree_shortage_light_colors_tshirt-235105175416989346)
Men's (Black) (http://www.zazzle.com/tree_shortage_dark_tshirt-235617590228630805)
Women's (Black) (http://www.zazzle.com/tree_shortage_dark_tshirt-235070500173664915)

Too Busy For Witty ("I'm too busy surfing the Internet to come up with anything witty...")
Men's White (http://www.zazzle.com/too_busy_for_witty_tshirt-235303925664066148)
Men's (Black)( (http://www.zazzle.com/too_busy_for_witty_dark_tshirt-235156527059228138)
Women's (White) (http://www.zazzle.com/too_busy_for_witty_light_colors_tshirt-235395915103225963)
Women's (Black) (http://www.zazzle.com/too_busy_for_witty_dark_tshirt-235694519818598466)

Thanks!