Starred posts

Neil Fein

Jul 22, 2014 17:01

@MattЭллен - magnificentnose.com/2014/07/22/what-the-pig-saw

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KitFox

Jun 18, 2014 18:42

jumps up and down WRITERS, LOOK AT THIS!

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cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Jun 10, 2014 17:44

  `Nancy jumped when she heard a key in the door. She scrambled to cover everything up and ended up tying the comforter like a giant hobo bandana.

 “Hey,” Bill said as he pulled his key out of the lock.

 She came out of the bedroom wringing her hands and trying to hide her guilt. “Bill! Hey! Um . . .”

 “I forgot my wallet. Tried to buy a whole bunch of donuts and coffee at Max’s.” He grinned sheepishly.`

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Paul A. Clayton

Jun 10, 2014 17:44

sites.google.com/site/paulclaytonplace/a-story-exercise I did not really finish and was not certain where it was going (and it fits the topic poorly and is extremely short).

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Matt Эллен

Jun 10, 2014 17:43

caught off guard

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KitFox

Jun 10, 2014 17:41

Caught Off-Guard

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Matt Эллен

Jun 10, 2014 14:33

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Paul A. Clayton

May 13, 2014 17:39

The fear of the crowd has beset me
But still I will speak if they let me
So critique my rhyme
For just one more time
Before all my fears come to get me.

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KitFox

May 13, 2014 17:30

I liked to play concertinas
And drink some cold oranginas
But not anymore
As I told you before
I'm still just thinking of penis.

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KitFox

May 7, 2014 17:08

Bitter

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BESW

Jun 30, 2018 11:02

The eight most-terrifying words a writer will ever hear: "Can you write a short bio about yourself?"

Tweeted by BethElderkin on June 29, 2018 at 5:40 PM

meer2kat

Apr 29, 2014 17:50

“It’s time,” an urgent voice whispered. The ladiesmaid put together a small bag of her things and threw it towards Marianne. Marianne looked once more at the fireplace by her bed, grabbed her petticoat, and started towards the door. Thus began Marianne’s journey into the night.
“God with you, m’lady,” she heard as she slipped in to the stairway.

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Matt Эллен

Apr 22, 2014 18:23

last candle

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Monica Cellio

Apr 22, 2014 17:56

He stands in the dining room, lit faintly by the glow of streetlights through the windows and, more immediately, by the dying flames of the Chanukah menorah. Last night, so eight candles -- plus the helper candle, the one that does all the work so the others can stand tall and pretty and proud.

The menorah is one of many craft projects that the kids brought home from school, wood and glue and paint full of more love than skill, but he wouldn't trade it for the fanciest wares in the window of Goldberg's, a shop he's never ventured into. He thinks back to when he brought such projects home…

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Pravesh Parekh

Apr 22, 2014 17:54

Here is mine:

She looked at the candle's flame. It flickered in the silence of the night. Flickered like the last leaf on a tree in Autumn. Flickered like Hope. She was sitting in a small room, the walls closing in on her. "How much longer?" she wondered. It was the last candle left with her. She had thought about it but had decided that it was time. Since the time she was a little girl, she had always been afraid of the dark. Her thoughts rolled back to a few days before when she had awoken to the sound of strange men in her room. She had tried to scream but they were quick to silence her…

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BESW

Jun 18, 2018 22:04

Thread about time and writing I don't have any pretensions that this is gospel truth but here are a few things I thought are worth keeping in mind especially if you're struggling with limited time (h/t primary caretakers of small children)

Tweeted by aliettedb on June 18, 2018 at 8:18 AM

BESW

Jun 16, 2018 22:33

Zadie Smith, with one of the truest sentences ever written: "It's an unfortunate thing, but it turns out that the perfect state of mind to edit your own novel is two years after it is published, ten minutes before you go onstage at a literary festival."

Tweeted by KristopherJans on June 14, 2018 at 9:51 PM

Matt Эллен

Apr 1, 2014 18:08

I had a go

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Neil Fein

Mar 25, 2014 17:55

The pot been steaming hot this morning. I'd special-ordered the beans and made the pot this morning, and had been looking forward to that first cup. As it brewed, the smell captivated me, like coffee from home. Before I escaped.

When the email came in, I thought it would take me just a few minutes to reply to it. But I ended up checking this and verifying that, and a few minutes stretched into an hour, and soon it was time for lunch and I was still researching background for the spreadsheet meant to accompany the presentation I was putting in the email reply. Ah, the glorious life of a tel…

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BESW

May 3, 2018 22:35

"Contract Red Flag Alert: Perpetual License for Derivative Rights," by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware.

BESW

Apr 19, 2018 12:23

Shout-out to the typos that make it through three rounds of content edits, copyedits, and two rounds of proofreading. I am inspired by your dedication and tenacity.

Tweeted by calixofcoffee on April 17, 2018 at 9:33 PM

BESW

Jan 5, 2014 06:28

We'll follow beloved characters through the lousiest and laziest worldbuilding and plots, but the greatest worldbuilding and plotting falls flat if we don't care for the people we're reading about.

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Monica Cellio

Dec 31, 2013 23:17

@BESW ooh, Grammar Hulk! Let's try that one, for the irony. :-)

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KitFox

Dec 31, 2013 14:12

Hats.

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wax eagle

Dec 31, 2013 14:12

(but mostly hats)

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KitFox

Dec 31, 2013 14:05

Hat for you, and hat for you...

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BESW

Dec 31, 2013 03:37

There was a period where I subsisted largely on Ovaltine spiked with Nestlé Mocha Syrup...

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Neil Fein

Mar 19, 2018 20:25

If I did this right, we should get meta questions posted to this room.

BESW

Nov 19, 2013 03:36

Well, the way to do something well is to start doing it poorly and learn.

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Matt Эллен

Nov 12, 2013 18:16

I'm content at the discontent of those who want my content

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Piomicron

Mar 3, 2018 17:26

fictionpress.com/s/3321860/1/A-World-A-Part

Matt Эллен

Oct 3, 2013 16:26

The NaNoWriMo site is open for business :D

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Standback

Oct 1, 2013 18:42

@RhysW: "Oh, yes. This here is MY copy of Scrivener. And this is the demo copy I use to proselytize with!"

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Standback

Oct 1, 2013 17:06

(Man, I'm not a chat regular. Keep forgetting how hard it is to deliver an intro here :P)

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KitFox

Sep 20, 2013 20:22

We went to college together about thirty years ago.

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KitFox

Sep 17, 2013 17:51

I've got some lube you might like.

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Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

Sep 17, 2013 17:44

Chives Barker. Like Clive Barker, only his stories have more layers.

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BESW

Jan 29, 2018 08:32

Fun fact: Raymond Chandler was 51 when he broke out with The Big Sleep. Before the depression he was an oil company exec. I know it can seem like every writer is like 28, but they aren’t, and it’s not too late for you.

Tweeted by sarazarrbooks on January 29, 2018 at 1:24 AM

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

Aug 6, 2013 17:38

Wow, Achievement unlocked: physiological response!

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Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

Jul 30, 2013 17:15

@Retrosaur you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave. -- without finishing the exercise.

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Monica Cellio

Dec 13, 2017 21:56

For anybody who's interested, some Worldbuilding folks are doing collaborative fiction over here: