Tag: writing fiction
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December 29, 2008 12:05 PM EST --
As the title states, this is a rough first draft that hasn't even been proofread. It hasn't been edited in any fashion. However, I feel that it is important for me to get whatever constructive . . .
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January 01, 2010 12:35 AM EST --
Jericho’s parents always argued about money; specifically, how his father spent it. To his ten-year-old mind, his mother complained constantly about her practicality with money while Lee, . . .
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May 29, 2008 05:41 PM EDT --
I am looking for reccommendations among the published fiction and poetry writers here at Gather. I've been on the search for a genuine online writer's circle, off and on for some years now. During . . .
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February 26, 2009 10:13 PM EST --
You know how sometimes you go through old notebooks and find half a story that was never finished? This is one of those but what was there is pretty good in my opinion. What do you think?
Accident . . .
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May 28, 2008 09:49 AM EDT --
This wino was dumpster-diving in the alley, brittle and bent like a dead plant. Not unusual.
Mrs. Darcy always goes out before daylight to water her red geraniums. . . .
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December 06, 2009 04:21 AM EST --
Waves lapped gently against the shoreline far below as Bess Halthrope stood on the cliff top. She was bare footed and wearing a dress that barely kept her warm against the coolness of the coming night. . . .
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March 07, 2008 01:15 PM EST --
Michiko Kakutani hated it, Jonathan Lethem loved it, and both read the same book and reviewed it days apart in the New York Times. How often does this happen? Almost every time. The critics, our culture . . .
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May 06, 2008 01:48 AM EDT --
You'll Survive
It was an unexpected pleasure to look on in amusement as your fairytale life turned to dust, while you looked on in total despair . This time, it wasn't . . .
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October 22, 2008 04:01 PM EDT --
Here is an incomplete listing of those contests that I am aware of for November. Love to hear if you enter. Best of luck to all!
11.01.08
Enchanted Words Contest
Happily Ever After contest . . .
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July 31, 2008 11:49 AM EDT --
In giving my manuscripts their yearly tune-up, I discovered that I use and overuse many unnecessary words, such as little, somewhat, rather, quite, very. A little noisy, somewhat noisy, rather noisy, . . .
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December 13, 2007 01:04 AM EST --
Ok writers, let's have some fun. I just had a random wild thought and I've decided to run with it. I want to write a cliffhanger series here on gather. It will be about a pair . . .
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March 12, 2009 02:31 PM EDT --
Sabrina controlled her mothering instincts by jamming her hands in the back pockets of her jeans. His one-syllable first name guaranteed this would be a first and last date so she couldn’t afford . . .
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July 14, 2009 09:30 AM EDT --
Several people have asked for tips on dialogue. I worked on character development first because I think the better we know our characters the easier it is to keep their voices consistent . . .
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November 01, 2007 04:09 AM EDT --
So my first day and NaNoWriMo showed me just how "fixed" my computer is. I got somewhere over 100 words. They were crappy words admittedly, but the start of a novel often is strained (That's . . .
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June 01, 2008 03:39 PM EDT --
Here is a listing of contests that I am compiling regarding various art forms. I am not making a career out of this but as I come across contests I will update it for the year. Deadlines fall within this . . .
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November 12, 2009 03:48 PM EST --
Day 11 started off hard. I was overtired (only had around 2 hours of sleep all night) and that didn't help at all. Through the day that progressed to headaches, dizzy spells and feeling like blacking . . .
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November 17, 2009 11:14 AM EST --
I managed to get behind on my updates for varied reasons, but here's a recap :)
Day 13 started out incredibly slow. Took a lot to get through it, but I wound up with 3,364 words at the end of the . . .
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October 12, 2007 10:08 AM EDT --
I got picked up yesterday morning along with a bunch of my peers and then dropped right back off at the grocery store. I was a little disappointed and I was looking spiffy and new and I just . . .
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March 13, 2008 07:50 PM EDT --
In The Art of Subtext , Minneapolis novelist Charles Baxter has gone well beyond other books on the writing of prose fiction. Baxter believes that fictional techniques work when they are rooted in basic . . .
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March 18, 2008 05:05 PM EDT --
Crossroads: 1969 (N/A) John W. Cassell traveled to Europe in search of America and to understand this it helps to be a Child of the 60s -though in a sense we are all Children of the . . .
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