February 2013
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WriteWorld: What's Your Point of View? →
writingbox:
Objective - the story is told only through action and dialogue. The reader doesn’t get any insight into the characters’ thoughts or feelings.
First Person - the story is written from one character’s point of view using ‘I’, ‘me, ‘my’; I did this, I said that.
Second Person…
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The night is starless and humid.
writeworld:
Writer’s Block In one sentence is the spark of a story. Ignite. Mission: Write a story, a description, a poem, a metaphor, a commentary, or a memory about this sentence. Write something about this sentence. Be sure to tag writeworld in your block!
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WriteWorld: Writing Sites for Posting Work Online... →
writeworld:
Anonymous asked: I don’t think you answered my previous question. Do you or your followers know of any quality writing sites? I want to post my work online and receive good feedback.
Here’s a decently long list:
Anobiumlit
Authonomy
Booksie
Burrst (endorsed by K)
CritiqueCircle (endorsed by
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How to Interview People
fuckyeahcharacterdevelopment:
totalrewrite:
There are things that some writers will never be able to understand. A straight writer will never be able to experience the emotion that goes into a girl coming out to her parents. A writer who was homeschooled will never be able to understand the pain of being bullied in the schoolyard. A male writer will never truly understand what a woman feels...
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Disability Contacts
fuckyeahcharacterdevelopment:
Here is the compiled list of people who wrote in yesterday saying that they are willing to be contacts for character reference. A great big thank you to everyone on the list for being willing- you may message me anytime asking to be removed from the list if you so choose (additions are also welcome). Followers, remember to be polite and respectful.
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“The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the...”
– Mark Twain (via sarahangelwrites)
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“Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it.”
– Truman Capote (via sarahangelwrites)
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“There is probably no hell for authors in the next world — they suffer so much...”
– C. N. Bovee (via sarahangelwrites)
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“It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn’t...”
– Robert Benchley (via sarahangelwrites)
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“Being a poet is one of the unhealthier jobs—no regular hours, so many...”
– Elizabeth Bishop (via sarahangelwrites)
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“PROOF-READER, n. A malefactor who atones for making your writing nonsense by...”
– Ambrose Bierce, “The Devil’s Dictionary” (via sarahangelwrites)
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“Why do writers write? Because it isn’t there.”
– Thomas Berger (via sarahangelwrites)
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“You don’t write because you want to say something. You write because you have...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald (via sarahangelwrites)
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“Plot is a map and I begin with it. It is what made me admire the novels of the...”
– John Irving (via sarahangelwrites)
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“Fantasy is the impossible made probable. Science Fiction is the improbable made...”
– Rod Serling (via sarahangelwrites)
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“A story consists of someone wanting something and having trouble getting it.”
– Douglas Glover “The Enamoured Knight” (via sarahangelwrites)
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“Being a writer is like having homework every night for the rest of your life.”
– Lawrence Kasdan (via sarahangelwrites)
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“Writing is no trouble: you just jot down ideas as they occur to you. The jotting...”
– Stephen Leacock (via sarahangelwrites)
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“Becoming a writer means being creative enough to find the time and the place in...”
– Heather Sellers (via sarahangelwrites)
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“An author is one who can judge his own stuff’s worth, without pity, and destroy...”
– Colette (via sarahangelwrites)
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“Write your first draft with your heart. Re-write with your head.”
– From the movie Finding Forrester (via sarahangelwrites)
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“Like most—maybe all— writers, I learned to write by writing and, by example, by...”
– Francine Prose (via sarahangelwrites)
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“I’d rather be caught holding up a bank than stealing so much as a two-word...”
– Jack Smith (via sarahangelwrites)
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“A great writer reveals the truth even when he or she does not wish to.”
– Tom Bissell (via sarahangelwrites)
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“Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn...”
– Jules Renard (via sarahangelwrites)
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“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to...”
– Scott Adams (via sarahangelwrites)
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“To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it’s about, but the inner...”
– Truman Capote (via sarahangelwrites)
January 2013
20 posts
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“I try to leave out the parts that people skip.”
– Elmore Leonard (on writing)
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“First, find out what your hero wants, then just follow him!”
– Ray Bradbury (via sarahangelwrites)
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“There are two kinds of writer: those that make you think, and those that make...”
– Brian Aldiss (via sarahangelwrites)
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“The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.”
– Tom Clancy (via sarahangelwrites)
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“Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe, shine...”
– John Jakes (via sarahangelwrites)
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“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”
– Ben Franklin (via sarahangelwrites)
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“Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it’s addressed to...”
– Ivern Ball (via sarahangelwrites)
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“Writer’s block is not a real thing. You can be a writer, and you can be blocked....”
– Chuck Wendig, “25 Lies Writers Tell (And Start to Believe)” (via sarahangelwrites)
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“The easiest thing to do on earth is not write.”
– William Goldman (via sarahangelwrites)
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“A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.”
– Karl Kraus (via sarahangelwrites)
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“Easy reading is damn hard writing.”
– Nathaniel Hawthorne (via sarahangelwrites)
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“Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.”
– E.L. Doctorow (via sarahangelwrites)
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“Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and...”
– John Steinbeck (via writingbox)
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“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
– Maya Angelou (via sarahangelwrites)
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“If there’s a book you really want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then...”
– Toni Morrison (via sarahangelwrites)
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“Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very’; your editor will...”
– Mark Twain (via sarahangelwrites)
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“Love is easy, and I love writing. You can’t resist love. You get an idea,...”
– Ray Bradbury (via sarahangelwrites)
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“Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.”
– Unknown (via sarahangelwrites)
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Sorry for the self reblogs, guys, but I just don’t have time for new content and these are good quotes. Hopefully I’ll add some new stuff soon, but until then, this will have to do!
December 2012
22 posts
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little-missy-fishy:
Plot twist: We are all robots and any robots we create are really humans
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