Tag: new writers
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November 19, 2006 09:05 PM EST --
Okay..I am asking for constructive critisizm. My writing assignment was to create a character only using physicallity, action or speech. (or all 3 combined) I could not use "Thought". I had to . . .
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November 20, 2006 04:37 AM EST --
Graceful deer jumping,
leaving the hunters behind
for another try.
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Giggling girls running,
playing tag, having fun
lost in innocense.
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Sobbing with such pain,
tears falling down . . .
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September 07, 2008 02:44 PM EDT --
By David Wainland © 2008
"It was a dark and stormy night...".
and yes, I admit this start's not right.
But if you choose to dump or toss . . .
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June 30, 2008 12:30 AM EDT --
Being a writer is not easy. It takes blood (those paper cuts really hurt); sweat (laptops get hot after a few feverish hours of working); tears (you try killing your favorite character). All of those . . .
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September 18, 2008 05:11 PM EDT --
I've always kept my writing for myself until recently. Now that I'm looking to write and get published a dilemma has occured. By surfing the forums, reading posts, and joining critique . . .
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January 23, 2008 02:45 PM EST --
A lace curtain moves where there is no wind. Butterflies flutter across the fields alight with the colors of spring.
It's the small things that alert me.
Ah! The warmth has . . .
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June 08, 2007 03:59 PM EDT --
I recently signed up for a free, six-week online fiction writing class. After a year of stalling-- or was it two?-- I needed yet another kick-in-the-pants to motivate myself to sit down and write.
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October 10, 2008 07:11 AM EDT --
This is a repost of my first article written as a Gather member editor of the Writing Essential group, one year ago. I can't believe it's been a year already; where did the time go?
I realize . . .
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October 31, 2008 12:11 AM EDT --
A couple of years ago, I took a fiction writing class taught by Thomas B. Sawyer (a former head writer on Murder She Wrote , novelist, screenwriter, and playwright). He recommended that anyone who . . .
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October 17, 2008 02:59 AM EDT --
In every writing class I've taken, the group was not only expected to complete writing assignments on time, class participation (even in online classes) was expected. That expectation centered around . . .
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January 25, 2007 08:21 PM EST --
Day 92, Spring, 54 Second Age
Jamis,
Do not let them persuade you into believing what you know in your heart is false. You are the strongest, most intelligent . . .
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October 17, 2008 01:58 AM EDT --
Hello Everyone!
For members who were here last Friday on my first day as the Friday member editor, I hope you got a chance to read my post " It's Friday Here at the Gather . . .
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November 07, 2008 06:08 AM EST --
TGIF!!
I hope everyone has recovered from the election hoopla earlier this week. I read some very passionate posts here on Gather and it's great that people were invested in something . . .
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November 20, 2007 10:04 AM EST --
I stumbled upon a website in August, around the same time I found this site, that offers an opportunity for people who like to write- to write. helium.com is a fabulous website, and like this site, the . . .
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July 08, 2007 09:54 PM EDT --
The Kitchen Dance
by Geri G. Taylor
Thick humid air filled my lungs and I stifled the urge to cough. My shoulders convulsed and sent pulses of pain directly to the slice in my arm. . . .
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October 24, 2008 01:46 AM EDT --
You’re staring at a blank screen. You want to write a piece for your blog, for your writing class, or your writing project, but your fingers remain motionless on the keyboard. You know you must . . .
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November 07, 2008 06:09 AM EST --
If you like to write (or read) short fiction, I recommend checking out Glimmer Train Press, an independent quarterly literary journal started in 1990 by two sisters in Portland, Oregon who personally . . .
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January 30, 2009 10:09 AM EST --
Every writer faces challenges as they approach a writing project. Storyline is a major hurdle for some; although many write solely for personal satisfaction, many more would love to be . . .
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October 23, 2006 08:55 PM EDT --
Chapter Six:
The tables had the finest layered style linens; the first layer which was on the bottom was a deep choclate color, the edges were trimmed with a strip of chocolate colored satin. The next . . .
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October 23, 2006 09:02 PM EDT --
Chapter 8:
"Oh the salads look wonderful." Shelly said and stood eyeing the salads that Marla had prepared for today. She remembered ordering the Chinese Chicken salad, the Greek salad, and . . .
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