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Reinventing Poets
My high school creative writing teacher was a legend in our agricultural corner of the county. Well, she was to me. She drove a red Volkswagen Beetle and had two black and white French bulldogs. And she was an honest writer.
Emma Kate ColemanPublished 9 months ago in WritersBecoming a writer
I can't remember the first piece I ever wrote. I expect it was a Christmas story involving elves and a lot of "And then"s to link my ideas. I expect I was at school and it was a task set. I really don't know.
Rachel DeemingPublished 9 months ago in WritersLosing My Vocal V-Plates
The first piece I wrote for Vocal was called The Squinch. Here it is: I'd come out of a long spell of not writing very much at all (don't ask how long), so I was very rusty. I knew it.
L.C. SchäferPublished 9 months ago in WritersA Software Craftsman's Journey to Becoming a Storyteller
When we speak of firsts, a sense of nostalgia brushes against our hearts. It's the delicate and fragile memory of an original creation, the kernel from which the tree of experience grows. For me, that nascent memory takes me back to a Medium article. This treatise tackled the rather cerebral topic of "Understanding Inheritance with C#." If this sounds like a no-nonsense technical document aimed squarely at programmers, you're not wrong. It was precise, unembellished, and intensely pragmatic—much like a well-written code.
Abnoan MunizPublished 9 months ago in WritersThe G.O.A.T. of Football
In the quiet village of Soccerdale, nestled between rolling hills and lush meadows, lived a most unusual hero – Leo, the Goat of Football. While the world celebrated human football players as the "Greatest of All Time," in Soccerdale, the term took on a whole new meaning.
Samuel Zigwai TimothyPublished 9 months ago in WritersMoving
On a 30-year-old piece of yellowed paper, printed on a dot matrix printer, is the first "story" I ever wrote. It's only seven lines long. Written by an 8-year-old, the most impressive thing about it is that all of the words are spelled correctly. It wasn't even written for a "writing" assignment. I wrote it in computer class.
Kelly BelmontPublished 9 months ago in WritersWhen I Began
Late nights, early mornings, a rooster crows... I have had insomnia for as long as I can remember. I always would stay awake long into the early morning, when my siblings would be waking up to go to school but I would get stay home to play all day in my childhood bed which resided in a small office turned Harry Potter-esque closet of a room. What kept me awake? I rarely ever had a nightmare, and if I got scared of the dark I would turn on a night light.
J "Griffin" RoomsPublished 9 months ago in WritersNews Worthy Influenced Writing
Creative writing assignments are wonderful homework exercises unless you allow a parent into the private conversation. Back in grammar school when I brought books like “Black Sunday” and “The Fifth Horseman” into class for the USSR program, better known as unsustain silent reading where forty-five noiseless minutes, everyone read, and the activity demonstrated news influenced my intellectual foundation.
Marc OBrienPublished 9 months ago in WritersNigerian Media Landscape
In a bold shift, Nigerian youths are revolutionizing the nation's media landscape, reclaiming the narrative from traditional news outlets accused of distorting facts. This surge comes as a response to concerns that mainstream media has been influenced by powerful interests, contributing to societal challenges.
Isheno EbenezerPublished 9 months ago in WritersA Funny Idea I had Recently
So I have read a fair few hundred books in my time, thousands, millions, every book written so I think I am the most valuable source of information on good and terrible books. No, I’m just kidding. But I do love to sit and read a book with a cup of coffee every now and then. So I have read loads of books and I have furtherly enjoyed some more than others. But that is how it goes for the general reader, you have your favourite genres, writers and tropes. For me…personally… It's a dystopian future book that has my heart, or a fantasy world where you need to go on a dangerous adventure to save the world, anything with magic that makes me so absorbed in the book I feel like the main character and if I’m feeling frisky you can’t go wrong with a spicy enemies to lovers romance trope.
Terri AllenPublished 9 months ago in WritersSafety Concerns for NYSC Corps Members in Northern Nigeria
Sending NYSC Corps Members to Northern Nigeria, where security is uncertain, has sparked a serious debate. People are questioning whether it's right to risk lives for what some call an unimportant national service.
Isheno EbenezerPublished 9 months ago in WritersAnd the Winner of The Emotional Moment in Nature Challenge Is...
Hello, everyone! Submissions to The Emotional Moment in Nature Challenge closed yesterday. Thank you to the creators who participated. I had a wonderful time reading your flashku!
Cendrine MarrouatPublished 9 months ago in Writers