Tag: writing fiction
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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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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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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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August 20, 2008 01:26 AM EDT --
Dialogue (unless your novel manages to avoid it entirely) is something both difficult and essential to get right. It serves two key purposes in fiction: it furthers the plot, and helps the author . . .
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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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May 23, 2008 12:27 AM EDT --
Anyone from the east coast will raise their eyebrows slightly when I mention where I was born, so if asked I generally say, "New England". If they continue to press, I answer, "Connecticut", . . .
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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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November 08, 2008 12:23 PM EST --
An odd thought struck me this morning: what if people actually like my books? Over the past few years, I've racked up hundreds of rejections. I told myself the agents and editors were only . . .
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August 02, 2008 02:38 PM EDT --
“Today’s the big day, Izzie! Are you ready?“
“Yes, Momma. I have my special dress on, just like you wanted!”
"Your father has missed you a lot, you know. . . .
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August 09, 2008 01:40 PM EDT --
This year I think I'm doing a fantasy. (I have two novels - one a fantasy, one a suspense that are hounding me to be written.) This would be my first fantasy with my comfort zone being the mystery . . .
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September 26, 2008 02:09 PM EDT --
When I was young, I read omnivorously. Even after I developed some taste and could tell the difference between good and bad writing, I wasted many a lovely summer day reading trashy novels (Judith Krantz, . . .
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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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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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May 30, 2008 11:28 AM EDT --
10:13 in the morning. I'm waiting for the phone to ring. Mother's house was always immaculate. Aunt Peggy is outside, now, looking at the hydrangeas, wondering . . .
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March 24, 2008 01:27 AM EDT --
An anonymous tip sent this reporter to Santa Fe for lunch at Pink Adobe. Surprise! Right next was Britney Spears's party of twelve. Special orders flew; sensational food . . .
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April 14, 2008 04:32 PM EDT --
Attention: All Writers
Vestal Review is looking for submissions to publish in an anthology of stories called, "Short on Sugar, High on Honey. Bittersweet Love Stories?". Stories . . .
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July 13, 2008 01:37 PM EDT --
Including animals in your fiction can add layers of complexity to your work. I recently noticed that nearly all of my many, many works in progress have at least one animal somewhere in the . . .
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August 12, 2008 04:03 PM EDT --
‘Miserly Murgatroyd mated madly. He planned it that way.' She scratched through the second sentence and wrote instead, ‘ It happened accidentally.' She stared at the . . .
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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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