Tag: writing
group name: roundtable
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December 05, 2007 09:42 AM EST --
"When old words die out on the tongue, new melodies break forth from the heart; and where the old tracks are lost, new country is revealed with its wonders"
His childhood: . . . more
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March 31, 2008 12:49 PM EDT --
The past two days, I was completely quiet, much to the relief of my husband who could spend the weekend peaceful on the couch with the remote; no wife pestering him for the mall, to check out spring . . . more
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November 15, 2007 03:52 PM EST --
I’d just finished reading about Rose’s prompt and thought hard about a way to contribute in it. Maybe a short story, a poem, an essay – what should I write? Finally, I decided to share . . . more
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August 15, 2007 10:46 AM EDT --
One thing in common
What do writers have in common? My guess is that we could come up with any number of unique responses to that question.
Writers read.
Writers write.
Writers observe.
Writers dream . . . more
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October 30, 2007 02:52 PM EDT --
I have complaints,
with my heart
you wish
which is apart?
A pain echoes nearby
a thought that beats
a set of floating desires
always ruling me
You are innocent, I know
I am alone, you . . . more
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August 02, 2007 09:10 PM EDT --
I find as a writer, that an old dictionary is a great tool.
In fact, the older the dictionary, the better.
Now I have two very old dictionaries that I use, but I have others that are not so old, and . . . more
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May 07, 2008 02:37 AM EDT --
I kissed countless memories embedded
In her unconditional love of gold,
Felt her divine womb, she encircled
I still feel that tender maternal fold.
I remember her soft hands weaving . . . more
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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 . . . more
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August 06, 2008 12:36 PM EDT --
Day 1: "Our dog'll ‘ave your cat," said the neighbor. And indeed, their dog did have a reputation--teeth like shrapnel, and eyes as piercing as the air-raid sirens at night. But . . . more
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January 07, 2008 01:53 PM EST --
This article is my word of caution: take any writing advice, including mine, with a grain of salt. There are no rules; there are only actions and consequences. Educate yourself on the consequences so . . . more
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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. . . . more
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August 31, 2007 10:39 AM EDT --
Hello All,
I'm working on a story that uses flashbacks. In The Snows of Kilimanjaro, Hemingway uses a couple of different techniques. He breaks the page with asterisks, uses italics, and starts the . . . more
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November 03, 2007 12:35 AM EDT --
It wasn’t a usual morning. The sunlight peeped through the blinds forcing Maria to open her eyes. The queen size bed looked bigger than she remembered. The cool breeze made . . . more
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November 13, 2007 10:33 AM EST --
I know, like any other writer, how frustrating it is when you want to write something and nothing rings a bell. Sometimes you have a beginning not an end. Sometimes the . . . more
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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 . . . more
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July 05, 2007 05:06 PM EDT --
Are you a Canadian writer, whether published yet or not? Would you like to be? Or, even, are you just doin' what needs doin' to get through a creative writing course?
Do you have . . . more
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March 18, 2008 10:59 AM EDT --
Once upon a time there was Annie.
Six years old, a pretty face, with eyes that reminded one of the oceans, and lips like rose buds.
Living in the outer house with her mom, Annie took . . . more
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February 19, 2008 12:03 AM EST --
It was a new day. For Sierra, it was time to explore a new land up on the Magic Faraway tree.
"The Land-Of-Whatever-You-Want will be coming tomorrow." Moon-Face . . . more
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December 27, 2007 03:54 PM EST --
Lately I have become jealous of unpublished writers,still living their lives in their own imagination or working on their craft. Last week, I stole a few moments to work on a new novel that . . . more
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February 22, 2008 04:56 PM EST --
Sometimes a phrase somewhere can bring out a story. I was reading John Beck's article and this line " .... soft, qualitative something which brings smiles and tears" hit me . . . more
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