Tag: writing
group name: famousfirsts
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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 . . .
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March 23, 2008 12:57 AM EDT --
The examples are taken from Nora Roberts, but the technique applies to all fiction writing. All writing, period.
In Second Nature, one of two long novellas published in Nora Roberts 2003 re-issue . . .
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November 04, 2009 09:20 AM EST --
Oh my heart breaks and is about to pop. I cannot give my heart; I am afraid. On this morn, this early November morn, I am afraid; outside, soft evergreens fill my nostrils with balsam . . .
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July 29, 2006 11:11 AM EDT --
Beneath the oaks
sunlight splashes
like dappling on a pony.
Even the very old
no longer recall the days
when the horse drawn carriages
. . .
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June 16, 2008 02:40 AM EDT --
You're at the computer, reading and typing in a cacophony of joy. You're on Gather, of course.
In your own space, your own time. Suddenly, your cat jumps up to the keyboard, steps on the . . .
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July 18, 2008 07:26 PM EDT --
I did not think of the pain
his mother felt when they cut
him from her womb nor the pain he felt as
Brutus betrayed him.
I only thought of crisp Romaine squares exploding . . .
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October 18, 2006 12:44 PM EDT --
Two and a half years ago I paid ten bucks to peddle Avon door-to-door. I started writing stories the week I started selling cosmetics. I don't know why. When people ask, I tell them I wanted to remember . . .
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July 09, 2008 12:13 AM EDT --
Welcome to Wednesday Writing Essentials.
Today we have summer fun writing prompts.
Feel free to copy these images in your article, using a caption of Kathryn's . . .
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December 11, 2006 04:22 PM EST --
I just received my December issue of Adoption Today. My story, Accidental Joy, is on page 56, along with a photo of me and the gang! This is my first print magazine byline! Yay!
I want to thank Gather . . .
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July 04, 2007 09:44 AM EDT --
Today, July 4th - I will be Featuring the strongest of articles that relate to a holiday. Not just Independence Day, USA - but Canada Day, any National Holiday, or any other holiday, anywhere, of your . . .
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June 24, 2007 02:16 PM EDT --
What's up this Sunday morning, I wondered as I arose, achy, tired and blue; so much work I've done, so much yet to be done.
Outside the black maple stands tall and the Japanese maple is . . .
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June 24, 2007 08:59 PM EDT --
The First Time I Understood the Power of Zen or as Billy Jean King would say "staying in the Now"
I had always thoroughly detested doing the dishes. I think it might be that I never got . . .
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June 29, 2007 10:51 PM EDT --
Home Invasion
I was the victim of a home invasion earlier this evening but please don’t be concerned, I was not harmed. In fact I can even laugh about it a little now.
Two . . .
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June 27, 2007 12:44 AM EDT --
On Wednesdays, I will be featuring the strongest of the content that comes into the group. The group's stated genres are the following: fiction, poetry, memoir, creative non-fiction, . . .
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May 06, 2009 03:01 PM EDT --
Mommy,
It has been more than seven years since you died, 11 years since I last saw you, and more than 40 years since I last lived with you. So much has happened, and I can barely contain the sadness . . .
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April 23, 2008 03:37 AM EDT --
Welcome to Wednesday Writing Essentials . Today, April 23rd is OPEN.
April 30th: GET READY FOR MAY DAY - articles about May Day - Spring OR COMMUNIST May Day may be Featured.
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March 10, 2009 10:03 PM EDT --
Kasryn,
Can you do me favor? You know a lot of people. I need help.
I was at VA last week. I saw Russell. I am Lunch Ladies at VA and was serving pasta. Russell didn't see me.
I very . . .
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April 09, 2008 03:47 PM EDT --
When I started my blog at WordPress ( http://www.nancyluckhurst.wordpress.com) not quite three weeks ago, I knew I wanted it to be about writing and books. I didn't want to bore people with ramblings . . .
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August 01, 2007 05:08 AM EDT --
Today, strong articles on some of the following topics will be Featured:
Wednesday, August 1: Creative Non Fiction; Essays about Writing or Publishing; Dramatic Scripts: Playwriting; Memoir . . .
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June 30, 2007 01:00 AM EDT --
(Summation below third image)
Raiding the Larder:
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