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Steal From Yourself: The Prompt - Return to something you wrote years ago and use one idea, image, character, or line from it to create something entirely new. It's time to dig through your old writing and steal something. Find a story you abandoned, a poem you haven't read in years, a half-finished draft, or something your younger self was very proud of. Somewhere in there is a line, character, image, idea, or tiny detail worth taking. For this challenge, take that one thing and give it another life. Drop an old character into a completely different story. Turn a forgotten line into a poem. Take the best idea from your worst draft and finally do something with it.
By Denise E Lindquist2 days ago in Writers
Artists Arenāt Lottery Tickets
I have spent much of today trying to publish a single article. I have edited it, revised it, corrected transcription errors, adjusted the formatting, and submitted it repeatedly. I have tried to work out why a platform keeps rejecting my submission without clearly identifying the specific passage, link, or other element that needs attention.
By THE HONED CRONE2 days ago in Writers
My Collection of Horror Stories is FREE to Read in Time for Halloween
A few years ago, I published a short collection of horror stories called Chilled Short Paranormal Horror Stories . I wrote these stories over time getting inspiration from urban legends, lore, as well as my own nightmares and whatever dark and spooky things my mind has decided to conjure up.
By Jasmine Aguilar4 days ago in Writers
Talking Hearts Cards. Top Story - October 2026.
Author's Note: I picked the cards and answered them first. He didn't answer them at the same time. Later he answered them, sometimes after I shared mine, some of the answers brought humor, and laughter, as this exercise always does. FYI: the photo above is not us. ššš¤£
By Denise E Lindquist5 days ago in Writers
When Music Memory Makes The Point
Who remembers this one then? Because I most certainly do; that's for certain. I wrote about the latest that's been happening concerning our current house move in THE WAITING GAME, which Vocal published seventeen days ago; it was only a short three-minute read, but seventeen days on from that story, and it has forever reminded me of a song from 1985 that has stuck in my head ever since. This one particular song replays over and over again, every time I stumble past a packed and sealed box... which is currently every single minute of every day, typically because there isn't any room in our house that doesn't contain... boxes... small boxes, medium-sized ones, and extremely large and heavy boxes, labeled neatly for when the time eventually arrives for that move.
By Jonathan Townend6 days ago in Writers
Parisian diaries. Top Story - October 2026.
Bonjour tout le mondeāhello, Vocal fam! Iām writing to you from the French countryside, at a beautiful writersā residency in the Champagne region. This opportunity first came to me in March 2025. Itās something Iāve been waiting for, fantasizing about, and obsessing over for a long time. Now Iām here.
By Natasha Collazo7 days ago in Writers
Dad
A rupture as in a pipe or Ā a rapture: į¼ĻĻĪ±Ī³Ī·ĻĻĪ¼ĪµĪøĪ± translates to āwe will be caught upā Ā and as this was happening, as we became closer in age, mind, temperament, Ā as I shared your mirrored image mirroringā Ā a rupture became a rapture and that look of discomfort frozen on the face I kissed.
By Gerry Thibeault9 days ago in Writers
