Tag: wombat
member name: Beth H.
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August 30, 2007 07:56 PM EDT --
Writin’ Wombats weren’t even a twinkle in creator Lisa’s eye when she presented what she thought would be a final rant about the First Chapters Contest on May 9th, 2007 (First Chapters, . . .
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November 13, 2009 09:46 AM EST --
We write feverishly, picking out words and rhythms and patterns. We're up at all hours, psyched about a character, a plot line, a deeper motivation. The words pile up. Our excitement . . .
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December 08, 2009 10:25 PM EST --
We just looked at character flaws and talked about what was too much in a character. Now my question is, have you ever purposely just let it rip, written a character, a scene, an entire . . .
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December 01, 2007 05:22 PM EST --
I crushed Og's skull today. He tried to take back the animal I'd just stolen from him. But my sons need to eat, need to survive.
When my sons are older, I will tell . . .
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December 08, 2007 04:41 PM EST --
A soft night--gentle and quiet and tender.
They stroll the sidewalks, listening to silence. Snow muffles every trace of traffic. No horns or screeching. No squealing. . . .
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November 08, 2007 01:34 PM EST --
Offically submitting version TWO for my entry.
Version Two
Benedict staked out a holy spot near Michelangelo's Pieta. His favorite Vatican killing ground, the Sistine Chapel, . . .
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May 09, 2008 10:05 PM EDT --
A Buddha by an air conditioner, ranting about an online contest, births a writing phenomenon.
Sounds like a salacious story from a cheap tabloid.
But it's not cheap and it did happen and the . . .
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March 02, 2009 07:55 PM EST --
I tease Pat S. about writing a novel together since we have similar tastes and sensibilities. We even name characters--who live centuries apart--with near identical names.
So... Could you co-write . . .
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December 04, 2007 12:04 PM EST --
Here's your chance to brag. And your opportunity to confess.
What are they, those strengths and weaknesses your carry into every new writing project?
What do you do well? Are you . . .
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June 11, 2008 09:43 PM EDT --
No deep questions this round. At least not from me. Instead, I'd love to see us each create a scene, a feeling, an action. Maybe a character. But not just some bland anyman . . .
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January 15, 2009 11:35 PM EST --
Okay, looks as if we're interested in talking about critique. Thanks, Wendy, for the topic starter.
We could go many ways here. Share your opinion on critique--how do you like to receive . . .
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February 13, 2009 10:59 AM EST --
Favorite fictional characters. We all have them. Or maybe there's just one. One character you could visit again and again and never tire of. One whose secrets are still not . . .
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March 19, 2009 05:51 PM EDT --
Judi's looking to title two more of her Mer stories and that made me wonder how each of us comes up with titles for our novels.
Do you know the title from the start and work the story . . .
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June 01, 2009 10:38 PM EDT --
Thomas G. Foster, from How to Read Novels Like a Professor --
All of which brings us to the Law of Narrative Diction: By their words shall ye know them. Word choice and placement and . . .
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October 03, 2007 06:50 PM EDT --
We've been around the world, under the seas, and explored the heavens. Is there any place too tough or peculiar for a Writin' Wombat?
How about our own inner spaces? Those . . .
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August 31, 2007 01:24 AM EDT --
Hello, Wombats.
Did someone move the party and not tell some of us?
Everyone fall off the boat??
Too much sun and seafood today???
Where's the party?
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November 07, 2007 06:04 PM EST --
Here it is. The handy-dandy links list of contest entries for the
WRITIN' WOMBATS FIRST QUASI-SEMI-ANNUAL DAN BROWN TRIBUTE FIRST PARAGRAPH COMPETITION
Hereafter called . . .
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January 08, 2008 11:29 PM EST --
Moods. We've all got 'em. And we probably milk them for attention in our 3-D lives. But what about another kind of mood we're all familiar with? What about the mood . . .
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