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Metaphor01 - a creative writing project
2008-06-04 14:02:00 Ceea ce imi doream de mult timp s-a intamplat partial. Azi, 04.06.08 a luat nastere blogul metaphor01.wordpress.com, inceputul unei comunitati de creative writing, ceva ce pana acum nu era de gasit. Vom incepe cu incetisorul, catinel, cine vrea poate trimite texte la lxmicu @ gmail dot com sau la adresa canofthought. Waiting.....
By: Can of Thought
Somali Hospitality
2008-05-24 16:26:00 Somalis are renowned for their hospitality. Though in their breast lies an indomitable spirit, sculpted by the asperity of their surroundings, Somalis are generally a pleasant people with a keen eye for generosity and are known to indulge in the pleasures of conviviality. In the vast arid countryside, where the nomadic settlers roam, hospitality is of ...
Light Still Arriving
2008-05-10 02:17:00 After the last child reached for the golden ring and descended from painted wooden horses, after the music stopped playing and the world stopped spinning, the shops closed their doors and the crowds returned home, and Damien Fry waited alone. A hundred lights swayed in branches overhead where glistening rain slipped past to beat his shoulders ...
Light Still Arriving
2008-05-10 02:17:00 After the last child reached for the golden ring and descended from painted wooden horses, after the music stopped playing and the world stopped spinning, the shops closed their doors and the crowds returned home, and Damien Fry waited alone. A hundred lights swayed in branches overhead where glistening rain slipped past to beat his shoulders ...
Creative Writing 101
2008-05-06 00:00:00 What is Creative Writing? Creative writing is anything where the purpose is to express thoughts, feelings and emotions rather than to simply convey information. I?ll be focusing on creative fiction in this post (mainly short stories and novels), but poetry, (auto)biography and creative non-fiction are all other forms of creative writing. ...
Kurt Vonnegut?s 8 Basics Of Creative Writing: Tips For Marketing Your Busin
2008-04-24 02:49:00 The real estate industry, any business for that matter, could take note when searching for marketing ideas and strategies. American author and icon Kurt Vonnegut’s “8 Basics of Creative Writing” provides a few nuggets of wisdom that carry over nicely from his intended target-book readers to consumers. Kurt Vonnegut’s Marketing Advice 1. Use the ...
By: deansguide
Creative Writing for Cookbooks
2008-04-18 12:46:00 Yes, this post is actually a writing post related to cookbooks. My mom has been working diligently on a family cookbook for months, and is now ready to have it published (going the self-publishing route for quality and ease of ordering/delivery to scattered relatives across the country). It's almost done except for this blank space at the front of the book, typically reserved for a foreward.Of course, I recognized an opportunity when one was presented. Instead of crafting a sappy and contrived ode to families, I decided to take a different approach altogether...what follows is my contribution to the "Ross Family Cookbook". I hope you enjoy my foray into the world of recipe writing.- - -The Ross Family Cookbook | Foreward by Bryn RobinsonThe foreward is meant to offer the reader a different perception of the book about to be read. But hell, this is a cookbook, not The Illiad, and since a) most people skip over this section of a book anyways, and b) I haven?t read this book at all, ...
Creative Writing and Writing Jobs
2008-04-14 05:49:00 Anyone who writes for a living is a writer, I believe. Sometimes I wonder, however, how much of my job is really writing and how much is marketing? Most of what I do as a web writer is work for hire- someone tells me how long the work should be and what it will be about. Sometimes I cam given keywords to add, and more often than not I am given a title. So, when I put it all together, can that be considered writing or marketing? After careful consideration, I have come to the conclusion that it's writing. I am not a marketer by trade, and yes, writing strictly-defined articles can be considered creative writing.What you write, even if you are given a very detailed guide about what to write, is extremely colored by your own skill and attitude. You can make anything funny, sad, sympathetic or straightforward and unbiased. The particular path you take is a footprint you leave behind. Sometimes I think that having to work within such tight constraints and still being able to make the ma...
Creative Writing Prompts - 5 Top Ways To Fuel Your Creative Writing With Pr
2008-04-10 15:59:00 If you've struggled for direction and ideas in your creative writing lately, then creative writing prompts could be just the boost you need. A prompt is simply a few words or an idea that give you a starting point for your creativity to expand from.It's like being a kid and getting a lift from your parents to an adventure playground or theme park. Once you're there you go off and have a wonderful time, but you need that lift to get there in the first place.So here are 5 great ways that using creative writing prompts can add fuel to the fire of your creative writing today:1. Writing prompts are quick and easy to use.Have a stock of prompts ready to call upon when your writing is feeling a little stuck, and they become like the tasty energy boosting snack you have between main meals. You don't need hours of planning beforehand, just grab a prompt and off you go.2. There's no expectation or pressure.When you embark on a major writing project you have all kinds of hopes and expecta...
By: Write How To
In Peace, May Thou Rest
2008-03-19 18:45:00 boaters sunset Whenever I close my eyes I see her. Her ageing face, pleasant with a few incipient delicate wrinkles; her skin, dark against the resplendent multicoloured stole gently resting on her shoulders; her wizened eyes still bearing the same reprimanding look that she had always effortlessly maintained; her greying hair neatly tucked away under the ...
Somali Cultural Weddings - Gaaf
2008-03-18 00:26:00 As the sun plummets down the horizon, the joyous people of the village depart company after the Gelbis to prepare for the more interesting part of the ceremony and the festivities continue through the night. Demonstrative of the happy times they are having, everyone in the village as well as the neighbouring settlements ...
5 Easy Ways To Get Your Creative Writing Juices Flowing
2008-03-17 08:41:00 Writing an article doesn?t just mean putting down thoughts into words then typing and writing it. You have to capture the interest of your readers and get them to keep on reading. To send your message across you have to get the attention of the reader and have a firm grasp of their interest and ...
Somali Cultural Weddings - Gelbis
2008-03-10 18:50:00 The Gelbis (escorting the bride to her new home), as I said earlier, is the occasion that marks the commencement of the wedding ceremony. And this (above left) is how it starts, with the women slowly making their way to the hut ululating, drumming and singing songs of praise and various wedding songs ...
Creative Writing Tips - Does The Name You Chose Suit Your Character?
2008-03-06 12:35:00 Creative Writing Tips - Does The Name You Chose Suit Your Character? by: Nick VernonHow do you choose a name? Do you put down the first name that pops into your mind? Initially thatÂ’s what I used to do, until someone pointed out to me that there are ...
Unique?s Tale of Beardless Adam
2008-01-01 23:48:00 Meet Adam. A clean-cut guy who is also a full-time Muslim. He prays, he fasts, he showers twice a day, he’s good to his mother and makes duaa for his deceased father. He is quite charitable, not only spending 2.5% of his salary on zakat, but also another 3.5% on sadaqah. He doesn’t date or ...
By: Unique Muslimah
The Forgotten Virgin Land
2007-12-25 08:13:00 I am a virgin land. My soil is rich and pure. Untouched, unspoken, never set foot upon. My land stretches out for miles. Green meadows with vast purple lavender stems reflect its brilliant colours upon the mighty purple-blue sky. Shady trees sway with pride, dancing gleefully with the clean, unpolluted air. Birds roam peacefully, their song echoing through ...
By: Unique Muslimah
The First Bubble
2007-12-12 20:44:00 Report: Expat Writers, Expat Living, South Korea Author: Peter N Orange (UK) *NB: Written in 2001 As I went to sleep I felt sick with fear, it spread through me like a cancer attacking me from all sides. It was horrible ? a moment when I was striped naked of all but my own existence. I called ...
The First Bubble
2007-12-12 20:44:00 Report: Expat Writers, Expat Living, South Korea Author: Peter N Orange (UK) *NB: Written in 2001 As I went to sleep I felt sick with fear, it spread through me like a cancer attacking me from all sides. It was horrible ??? a moment when I was striped naked of all but my own existence. I called ...
Distance Learning Creative Writing Unleash Your Creative Potential
2007-11-26 00:00:00 Distance learning creative writing is fast becoming a trend today. Creative writing can be described as any writing directed towards the goal of accomplishing some intended purpose. Creative writing is different from general writing - general writing may not have any purpose from the point of view of accomplishing some goal. Creative writing certification will ...
fable or fairy tale
2007-11-20 17:20:00 do you know the difference? take a look at this i don't know about you, but i find them enjoyable as well as thought provoking to read. it would be fun to rewrite one or two for the modern era....
By: WriteWay
The Institute of American Indian Arts' New Media Arts & Creative Writing
2007-11-13 08:00:00 Sponsors "Fiction into Film"
new short story
2007-11-04 00:17:00 i've been trying to discipline myself to write to a word limit, and have just completed my latest challenge...a 2000 word story about something i know nothing about... it's called Mrs Bale's Diary (which UK readers may register as a...
By: WriteWay
A Sea Change
2007-10-30 13:29:00 Dear readers, There hasn?t been much activity on this blog for the past few weeks for so. And I have a good reason for this, or at least I believe I do. The past few weeks have been somewhat hectic and, in the greater sense, life transforming. As of the past Saturday, I am no longer ...
CREATIVE WRITING Get Started Writing Fiction
2007-10-16 07:43:00 You want to write. You want to tell a story, create unforgettable characters, entertain and awe readers. You dream of being a writer. This is the book for you!
By: The Mall Blog
(57) Creative writing by Victor Hugo
2007-10-09 09:38:00 On one occasion, Victor Hugo wanted to know how the sale of his book "Les Misérables" was going. So he sent a telegram to his publisher. It said : "?". What was his publisher's response?ANSWER: !
By: exQUIZZme !
brick wall
2007-10-08 19:32:00 i've hit the wall. just cannot make any progress with a new short story i'm trying to put together. it's promising, too. but i've ground to a halt after about a thousand words. does this ever happen to anyone else?...
By: WriteWay
A nomadic Experience 2
2007-10-01 21:39:00 A Nomadic experience 1 I woke up from my sisters hut. Beside me, stacked in some corner or hanging from the boughs were Sati, Sallad, Bocor, Hadhuub, dhiil, etc. ? the very finest of a Somali nomad?s handmade utensils (I will explain these in another post hopefully in detail). Being my first time sleeping on a ...
i won...i lost
2007-10-01 12:25:00 i won...the flash fiction contest i mentioned a few posts ago. gave me such a lift. shows the value to morale of giving it a go occasionally. my reward is to have my work published on a website for two...
By: WriteWay
Copywriting is not creative writing
2007-09-27 15:58:00 Copywriting is all about writing for businesses, writing to sell.There can and often is an element of creativity to it, but it's not creative writing, and I find myself often explaining this to people who call or e-mail asking about our "creative writing services." Copywriting is NOT the same as writing fiction, a novel, poetry or a play.To give all of us more insight into this distinction, I asked Dawn Goldberg, Chief Writing Officer of Write Well U, to give us some insight into how to write with voice, which is a key part of many kinds of writing, especially the more creative pursuits.1. Good writing comes from the heart. Writing from the heart and letting the real you shine through is crucial to a strong voice. The reader gets a great sense of you, the author, and what kind of person you are. Maybe you have an irreverent voice and you're always railing against the status quo. Maybe your voice is comedic, and your readers laugh right along with you as you tell tales of office po...
Copywriting is not creative writing
2007-09-27 15:58:00 Copywriting is all about writing for businesses, writing to sell.There can and often is an element of creativity to it, but it's not creative writing, and I find myself often explaining this to people who call or e-mail asking about our "creative writing services." Copywriting is NOT the same as writing fiction, a novel, poetry or a play.To give all of us more insight into this distinction, I asked Dawn Goldberg, Chief Writing Officer of Write Well U, to give us some insight into how to write with voice, which is a key part of many kinds of writing, especially the more creative pursuits.1. Good writing comes from the heart. Writing from the heart and letting the real you shine through is crucial to a strong voice. The reader gets a great sense of you, the author, and what kind of person you are. Maybe you have an irreverent voice and you're always railing against the status quo. Maybe your voice is comedic, and your readers laugh right along with you as you tell tales of office po...
a novel way to spend six months!
2007-09-23 20:10:00 try this out if want to produce a novel in realistic timescale... i'm doing it.hope to meet you there. go for it!
By: WriteWay
a novel way to spend a month
2007-09-21 19:23:00 i'm not sure how to react to the idea of having a national novel writing month... apparently, we're all encouraged to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30. if you're keen, you can sign up from 1 october,...
By: WriteWay
flash fiction
2007-09-10 11:40:00 this is a new area for me and i'm not sure if i want to go there.i suppose it's a natural progression from the literary beauty of a charles dickens, to a 500 word piece of flash fiction written for...
By: WriteWay
Competition
2007-09-02 19:07:00 i'm amazed at how many fiction competitions there are.i signed up to a writers website and now get two or three messages a day telling me about new contests, mainly for short story writing.i suppose it could be a waste...
By: WriteWay
Fiction competition
2007-08-23 21:01:00 i've always been a huge fan of the sherlock holmes stories, so when i discovered that portsmouth council is running a detective fiction short story competition, i just had to throw my hat in the ringi've got about a month...
By: WriteWay
Persist
2007-08-22 20:17:00 it pays to be persistent.it took a month, but i finally got a reply to an email i sent to a literary agent confirming that, yes, they are accepting submissions. so...never give up!
By: WriteWay
Creating Characters
2007-08-21 23:52:00 Its been a while, so I thought it was about time I put up something else about writing. I went and assembled another report from a series of articles in Randy Ingermanson’s Advanced Fiction Writing e-zine. This one is called “Creating Characters.” He gives some great ideas on how to make you characters not only ...
By: Story Hack
further education...
2007-08-12 12:09:00 well i've finally plucked up the courage to sign up for an open university course in how to write a play.i've already written one, so it may be a strange thing to do.but actually, it might work out perfectly in...
By: WriteWay
Into the void...
2007-08-07 20:43:00 so here i am....first crime novel completed; first stage play written.... er....what now? do i now concentrate on marketing myself, or do i go all poetic and tragic and just get back to work in splendid isolation to produce another...
By: WriteWay
Just finished...
2007-08-02 14:16:00 ...the first draft of my play, working title...'beached'.four couples on day one of their beach holiday.the story is based on the simple phrase that 'nothing lasts'...and i try to communicate that through their interactions with each other, and with their...
By: WriteWay
Writing a play
2007-07-26 19:39:00 Part of my 'further education' is to make myself a better writer, though i don't suppose any writer ever stops wanting to be better.i'm pushing myself a bit harder at the moment, pushing ideas around for a play which combines...
By: WriteWay
The writer, and the child, within
2007-07-23 11:49:00 i sorted through some old photos and came across a grainy black and white image of me, as a young boy.i remember doing the poetry thing in my early teens, full of angry thoughts and emotions that needed an outlet,...
By: WriteWay
Writing blogs - 1
2007-07-13 16:28:00 Link: Manage Your Writing: Write for diagonal readers. Found this interesting blog today....
By: WriteWay
Writing about death
2007-07-12 10:51:00 My book begins with a death and I try to describe briefly what the sensation is like.The victim is suddenly hit on the head.It's so hard to know whether I'm using the right words.This is how it looks at the...
By: WriteWay
I want to be a better writer...
2007-07-06 20:52:00 The problem I've got is that I don't know whether my stuff is any good or not. So I'm looking to learn, as well as share ideas and experiences. So if you're a writer, an agent, a publisher, a reader,...
By: WriteWay
Creative Writing and Random Stuff
2007-06-24 17:03:00 I'd like to think that I've improved my writing skills after blogging consistently, close to a year. I don't know if anyone actually reads my drivel but I write mainly for my own pleasure. I consider this my journal and re-read some posts to remember what I've done. I also read my posts again to check my spelling and grammar - I am a bit obsessive about it!I like to read blogs which are well written. I like it even better when what is written is witty, humorous, and packed with anecdotes. About Every Little Thing is one and I enjoyed her sense of humor. I actually read every word and was rewarded with a punch line more often than not. Lis' site is hot in the MyBlogLog community, and I can understand why.Besides good writing, I am also a fan of Random Good Stuff - the blog that delivers what its title says. I'm a subscriber, and though I don't watch every video but I have found some 'random stuff' which are worth the download time.RGS is for 'when you are bored - Random Pos...
By: Wahseh!
Writing Podcasts
2007-06-22 19:57:00 Recently I started looking around for podcasts geared toward writers and writing. Here’s a few: Creative Writing Podcast @ American Writers - Some great audio essays on topics important to fiction writers. Holly Lisle On Writing - She’s got some great ideas, but unfortunately she seems to have stopped doing these. However, there are five up for ...
By: Story Hack
Creative Writing for Homeschoolers
2007-06-04 16:39:00 By Mimi Rothschild One of the best ways for homeschoolers to express themselves is through writing. Writing is an important skill to have no matter how old you are or what industry your in. I encourage all of our Jubilee Academy homeschoolers to continue to write outside of homeschool. One way to have ...
Cary student arrested for creative writing - Virginia Tech fallout
2007-04-29 10:27:00 This comes in the wake of the Virginia Tech Massacre. A student with straight As across the board, a GPA of 4.2, a place on the school wrestling team, and a plan to join the marines was arrested on Tuesday for creative writing. 18-year-old Allen Lee, of Cary-Grove High School in Chicago, was given an assignment ... |
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