Tag: writing
member name: Beth H.
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May 05, 2007 07:44 PM EDT --
Have you ever been told that you repeat the same word too many times in a paragraph, a chapter, or even in a book?
Repetition can be both satisfying and strong when used appropriately. But it . . .
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May 25, 2007 11:01 PM EDT --
Words. I love everything about them. I love how they look on the page, how they sound to the ear, how they create worlds.
Letter combinations fascinate me. Ck has its own identity . . .
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May 18, 2007 10:41 PM EDT --
Fiction writers are hammered with the admonition to show and not tell.
Writing teachers pound it into us. Books on writing repeat it until we feel we've been beaten. And if we're . . .
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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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May 26, 2007 12:45 PM EDT --
We use words to communicate. We also use them to create. But do our words communicate our intentions? Have we created the feeling or meaning we hoped to foster?
When we use words incorrectly, . . .
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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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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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February 25, 2008 08:03 PM EST --
The warehouse reeked of urine and rat feces. I pressed a sleeve to my nose.
Drugs. My lily-white linen company trafficked drugs. I didn't know who was involved, . . .
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September 22, 2008 05:26 PM EDT --
I need a tag line for something I'm working on and I'm looking for help.
These are similar, but I'm looking for one that strikes a chord. The book title is A Distant Thunder, it's . . .
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June 09, 2007 05:35 PM EDT --
Welcome!
Writer's Life is where you can tell us anything about your life as a writer--what inspires, what drags you down, what makes you laugh so hard that you get a series of humor articles . . .
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July 25, 2007 06:56 PM EDT --
My name is Kay Daniels. Well, at least it is today.
And this is my collection of keys. House keys, car keys, locker keys. One vintage skate key.
These notched pieces of metal hold my memories. . . .
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August 13, 2007 05:14 PM EDT --
This is the image for the week of August 13, 2007.
Write anything inspired by this image--
poetry, short story, beginning of a novel, a feeling or emotion or . . .
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October 01, 2007 07:22 PM EDT --
Our image for this week's writing prompt--
Please join us as we write a
story
poem
. . .
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October 15, 2007 07:27 PM EDT --
This week's image
Join us as we create
a poem
a story
a song
a musing
based . . .
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December 10, 2007 05:46 PM EST --
Our image for this week is not exactly a holiday standard...
Write a short story, poem, musing, or novel opening based on this image. . . .
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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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March 02, 2008 02:17 PM EST --
What can you write based on this image? Share it with us at WriteImage .
A poem, a story, a thought, a question about life. Imagine...
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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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May 26, 2007 01:11 PM EDT --
We've seen them. We've used them. Those words that pull us back from the edge, keep us from laying out our emotions or descriptions in full, unapologetic fashion.
What are these words . . .
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