Tag: writing
group name: thewritersreview
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July 26, 2007 04:44 PM EDT --
Few stories are so familiar..As usual I am going to start this story that once there was a beautiful woman who was fallen in love and attracted towards a very particular man..Of course she was married . . . more
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July 02, 2008 01:55 AM EDT --
A cut-n-paste from my earlier writing, but prompted to publish at Gather thanks to KEO and her writing prompt .
On the beach to the Baltic Sea , a saltwater body that eventually divests . . . more
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September 20, 2007 01:34 AM EDT --
I perused and read this site for the last month, being the inquisitive and curious type. Yesterday, I said to myself what the heck; these nice and friendly people will appreciate and like you; join up . . . more
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October 29, 2007 05:32 AM EDT --
In 2009 there will be no more free television signals. Analog television, that is those televisions which pick up signal through the air like radio, will go static in 2009, ending the first era of television. . . . more
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April 14, 2008 05:42 PM EDT --
I have been dreaming lately..a lot. Of things that seem to be speaking to me, reaching out, giving me messages. I'm not frightened of them, just somewhat curious.
The feelings that some of them . . . more
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February 14, 2008 01:43 PM EST --
My Art Journal Project stalled yesterday. Well, it did and it didn't. You see, I slept in. You can read about why, if you'd like. Sometimes we think we're stalled. . . . more
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January 14, 2008 07:31 PM EST --
Few stop to consider it, but each day we continue onward into a contract, unsigned and unspoken, with a very large group of people. For those of us whose language of consequence is English, be that consequence, . . . more
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January 19, 2008 06:41 AM EST --
A while back I received an email from a young man who was all in a tizzy to get his work out to the awaiting public. So incredible was his works of fiction it would make The Lord Of The Rings seem like . . . more
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January 28, 2007 02:15 PM EST --
Our daughter Elizabeth came to me five months ago today. I was just coming in with the eggs. She had just finished washing the breakfast dishes. My husband Ezra was out in the barn with our sons . . . more
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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 . . . more
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February 19, 2007 01:15 PM EST --
I propose to publish a series of pieces that together I will call Guidelines for Writing Fiction. In this, the first in the series, I will discuss point of view (POV).
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November 07, 2007 05:27 PM EST --
Freelance writing is a balancing act. Picture yourself walking a tightrope between your writing life and your other life, holding a stack of plates in your arms. Then, imagine throwing those plates high . . . more
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May 31, 2007 10:45 PM EDT --
On October 26, 1991 twenty-year-old Clare Abshire met the love of her life at the Newberry Library in Chicago. She planned the meeting. She had spent endless hours with Henry DeTamble since she was a child. . . . more
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November 01, 2007 10:31 AM EDT --
I recently had the privilege of interviewing bestselling author David Baldacci. Mr. Baldacci's new book "Stone Cold" will be released on November 6th. He will also be hosting . . . more
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January 17, 2008 05:29 AM EST --
At 6:30am I stand in total darkness in my front yard. Tiny drop of water slam into leaves that haven't fallen yet, and then those drops crash into the leaves on the ground. Daylight should be showing . . . more
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October 22, 2007 12:48 AM EDT --
Every writer needs an editor. No exceptions! Just for starters, there are several stages of your writing in which you might need an editor to help:
* Clarify your concept
* Plan and organize your material . . . more
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March 02, 2007 04:17 PM EST --
For the first three years I owned a computer, the phrases most logged into the search engine were “literary agents” and “how to find one.” Occasionally I dropped . . . more
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May 29, 2007 08:16 PM EDT --
Beyond mechanics, what makes good writing or, writing good?' Mechanics are often considered a necessary but not sufficent component of good writing.
What types of writing do you prefer?
Fiction or . . . more
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February 08, 2008 11:43 AM EST --
This was on NPR's Talk of the Nation, yesterday - Six-Word Memoirs: Life Stories Distilled
Once Ernest Hemingway was asked to write a full-length story in six words. His response was: . . . more
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March 20, 2008 12:23 PM EDT --
When Bev heard the front door open and shut, she called down the stairs, "Did you bring the mail?"
A gust of cold air raced past her and she shivered. Winter had lasted too long this year. . . . more
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