Tag: wombats
member name: Beth H.
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July 14, 2007 03:50 PM EDT --
I always wanted a book-lined study or library where I could write and read and dream. I've finally got one. And a couple dozen Writin' Wombats have moved in with me.
Welcome . . .
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July 18, 2007 04:59 PM EDT --
There be a writing contest afoot.
Read the ever-changing rules by the Writin' Wombats First Quasi-Semi-Annual First Paragraph Competition Administrator. He also goes by WWFQ-S-AAFPCA. PCA . . .
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July 21, 2007 12:59 AM EDT --
Version 2
Trouble pursued me with a vengeance—with clear intent and cool precision. I peered around the corner. TweedleDee and TweedleDum pursued me, too. Only, their weapons . . .
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June 08, 2007 08:12 PM EDT --
Help us write the first chapter of a novel.
How? It's simple. Just add on to what others have written.
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The plot of this story began in Build a Plot. Please . . .
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October 29, 2007 06:27 PM EDT --
Dorian sat up in bed, heart racing, fists clenched.
He knew he was in his own room--sunlight edging past the lined drapes lit up his fancy armoire, a gift from an equally fancy former lover. . . .
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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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December 31, 2007 05:28 PM EST --
Yes, some of us loved the National Novel Writing Month so much that we decided to have our own special writing month.
January can be slow, but it has a whole day more than November had. So during . . .
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November 02, 2009 09:27 PM EST --
We just finished another Wombat writing contest. Thanks to Administratrix Vivian for her hard (and torture-inducing) work.
And thanks to all the entrants. As always, a great job . . .
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June 10, 2007 02:19 PM EDT --
This is a group effort for writing a first chapter. Anyone is welcome to add to the story.
This is, however, merely an appended version of the chapter. Please follow the thread . . .
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December 20, 2007 02:59 AM EST --
We cover so many topics on writing and reading and on wide-ranging subjects of interest to us. We don't hide from the difficult and nothing is sacred. Differences of opinion . . .
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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 24, 2008 03:40 PM EDT --
I usually pose a writing question to jump-start our talk. But this time, I'd like to go beyond writing. Or around it.
This time I've got a life question for you.
What one . . .
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July 01, 2008 07:33 PM EDT --
Seeing my Maltese waiting at the door when I get home almost always makes me smile.
Catching the funeral scene in Steel Magnolias almost always makes me cry.
Guaranteed emotion prodders, both . . .
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July 30, 2008 10:58 PM EDT --
So yeah, the Roman numeral for this post gave me the title and topic. But, might as well make use of it.
Let's talk a bit about how we create sexy characters & sensual settings--
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October 01, 2008 12:27 PM EDT --
We've all tried to encourage one another in our writing--with suggestions, with resources, with bullying. We each also listen to the inner voice that demands we write or nudges us to begin a . . .
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July 31, 2009 12:25 PM EDT --
Have you ever created a major character with a disability? How important was the disability to the story line? Did you write the disability on purpose, maybe because you had experience with . . .
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September 21, 2009 07:03 PM EDT --
I've come across advice for balance from several sources recently. One encouraged balance in writing. The proper mix of dialogue and action. The blend of description weighed . . .
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January 30, 2008 09:46 PM EST --
Creaking doors. Whispering wind. Cool jazz in a hot nightclub.
Twigs snapping underfoot, waves crashing onto rocks, cars swishing by on a rainy night.
A woman whose laughter sounds like . . .
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February 26, 2008 08:37 PM EST --
Imagine that your favorite manuscript has been optioned for a movie. After the rejoicing and the phone calls to the acquaintances and relatives who said you'd never make it, you settle . . .
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April 03, 2008 09:17 PM EDT --
We've explored the dark side, so it's only fair we turn to the light.
We like our heroes to be good and decent but real, too. So we give them flaws. Weaknesses. Strange habits. . . .
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