Tag: writing
group name: writelyapplied
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July 31, 2008 08:01 PM EDT --
Today I launched my second blog at Today.com. I mulled it over, thought long and hard...does the world really need another blog on writing? Well, I don't really know. There are so many great writers, . . .
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August 05, 2008 01:28 AM EDT --
"The key question isn't "What fosters creativity?" But it is why in God's name isn't everyone creative? Where was the human potential lost? How was it crippled? I think therefore . . .
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August 07, 2008 10:47 AM EDT --
Well I will be taking a much needed break with the family before school starts. I want to welcome all the new members that joined in the past few days and Welcome any that considering joining while I'm . . .
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January 04, 2009 01:52 AM EST --
One of the most interesting people I can think of is Edgar Allan Poe. I don't know if it is his life or his writing that intrigues me the most but intrigued I am. If I had my own Tardis I would step . . .
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October 08, 2009 12:09 AM EDT --
Causing Trouble
Greetings, Gather Writers! No, your eyes are not playing tricks on you – I'm not Kimberly. Kimberly is recouping from the surgery. I'm here to help her out this week. . . .
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October 01, 2009 06:44 PM EDT --
Last Month, Reader's Digest presented a one-page article entitled "13 Things Your Child's Teacher Won't Tell You." I'd like to respond with things that I want to tell these teachers.
1.) "If . . .
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August 16, 2009 01:28 AM EDT --
Though I will try to forget, I will always remember the way you would look at me.
Waves of tremors would run the length of my spine, knowing that I was trapped within the confines of your gaze.
I . . .
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November 17, 2008 01:11 AM EST --
We are always told to show not tell, yet new writers often have a hard time understanding the difference. And apparently, so do professional writers.
I found this example of tell in a book by . . .
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September 03, 2009 11:31 AM EDT --
Thursday Writing Essential prompt:
I must admit to being a bona fide news junky. I watch it. I listen to it. I get updates e-mailed to me and texted to me. There's just something completely . . .
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August 04, 2008 12:12 AM EDT --
Like other construction worker, we creators of word worlds own toolboxes filled with necessary implements. We have hooks to hook the reader, glue to glue their attention, a feather or two to . . .
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February 12, 2009 03:29 PM EST --
Will you keep your fingers crossed for me? I just received what might be the final proof copy of A Spark of Heavenly Fire. If it's okay, by this time next week, I will be a published author. If . . .
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September 21, 2009 05:37 PM EDT --
I went to college to become a high school English teacher. I love reading and writing and wanted to teach teens the joy.
A "little" problem developed. I do not know the difference between a . . .
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October 08, 2009 06:04 PM EDT --
Thursday Writing Essential 's prompt:
Show us what you believe. Tell us a story in (prose or poem form) with or without trouble and with or without the formula presented above.
Include . . .
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October 05, 2008 12:54 PM EDT --
Yesterday was my gatherversary. I was going to write an article reviewing my year as a gather member, starting with my joining to enter a crime writing contest and ending with my finding a publisher for . . .
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September 11, 2009 11:08 AM EDT --
I asked for critique for this piece, and was rewarded with some helpful observations. This is the first revision. (Unknown, at this point, if more is needed. Let me know. And I will come back, even . . .
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September 27, 2009 01:16 PM EDT --
Friday Writing Essential Prompt #1:
M&M Candies "Melt in your mouth, not in your hands." Miller Lite "Tastes great, less filling." Describe yourself (or your writing) in ten words or fewer. . . .
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October 27, 2009 12:11 AM EDT --
Hi, fellow writers. I'm filling in for X Tabber for today. Nothing's wrong. The editors for Gather's Writing Essentials volunteer their time, and sometimes other things just call them away for their . . .
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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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November 02, 2009 11:00 PM EST --
One of the guest stops on my Daughter Am I blog tour is the Second Wind Publishing Blog. I talk about a fan letter (well, fan email) I received, and cite a quote by John Cheever, “I . . .
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October 17, 2009 07:15 PM EDT --
When America was merely thirteen rebellious colonies of England, a ship crossed the ocean to dock in Newport News, Virginia. Before it reached the port, a storm hit and sunk it. I don't know what happened . . .
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