Process

More Than Tired
Have you ever woken up and felt tired before your feet even hit the floor? I’m not talking about the kind of tired that a cup of coffee fixes.
By Annam M Gordon2 months ago in Writers
You Leave the Conversation Your Mind Doesn’t
You know what happens when you stop caring so much about what people think? Nothing, at first. It doesn’t disappear overnight and you still catch yourself doing it because you’ve been doing it for so long.
By Annam M Gordon3 months ago in Writers
Writing Reflections: The Hunt of Grief
Happy Saturday, Vocalites! I’m back with another Writing Reflections. Last week, I focused on a piece that did not win a challenge, so I thought that this week I would focus on a piece that actually did place in a challenge. Yes, my darlings, I have actually placed in challenges before—fives times, in fact. Not many times, but they are still achievements that I am proud of, and I would like to take the time to see why one of those pieces might have been deemed worthy of praise by the Vocal gods.
By Stephanie Hoogstad3 months ago in Writers
The Woman of 1000 Journals. Top Story - July 2026.
Soon into tracking her journals, Ariana was known to make people guess what number journal she was working on. Five years from when she first started, she was on number 67 (so close…). When she first told me, my only response was “prolific.”
By Ariana GonBon3 months ago in Writers
Sketchy
I’m not an artist, don’t have very good hand-eye coordination, but I enjoy sketching, and I’m using colored pencils these days. It’s been a long while since I used my hands to create an image, somewhere in the twenty year neighborhood.
By Harper Lewis 3 months ago in Writers
Blunt Words, Adventures and A Middle Finger. Runner-Up in The Posthumous Author Challenge.
Andi (Andrea) Corwin, An Author to Remember Vanity Fair, May 2048, Martin Sands I just finished reading the August 2047 piece by Georgia Brown, of Literary Biographies :
By Andrea Corwin 3 months ago in Writers
Thought Process. Top Story - July 2026.
Like every challenge that ever pops up, I was immediately intimidated by Paul's 'Explicate my Poem' unofficial challenge. I've been thinking about this one for days. I genuinely hate picking apart other people's work right in front of them. Makes me feel icky. 🥴
By Sara Wilson3 months ago in Writers
The Biography He Never Wrote
For decades, his work circulated almost unnoticed. A handful of loyal readers praised the precision of his language. Editors admired his discipline but quietly admitted they never knew where to shelve him. His stories were too literary for genre fiction, too unsettling for mainstream realism, too restrained for those who preferred spectacle.
By Alain SUPPINI3 months ago in Writers
The Moment I Couldn’t Answer
I did not notice when it started. It just became normal for me to be the one who handled things. If someone needed help, I helped. If something broke, I fixed it. If people were stressed, I absorbed it. Over time, that became my role. People came to expect it, and I trained them to.
By Annam M Gordon3 months ago in Writers
visiting the asylum
I visited the asylum today at four saw an inmate, we’ll name him Paul then scribbling wildly upon the wall asked I, why do prudence thy ignore?
By John Cox3 months ago in Writers
My Thoughts on Writing Character Descriptions
How much detail do you go into describing your characters? Is it a little or a lot? Are you vague in your description and leave the rest to your reader’s imagination or are you as detailed with your character descriptions as you can possibly be?
By Jasmine Aguilar3 months ago in Writers
Can the Bad Guy be the Mentor to the Good Guy?
In many stories, the protagonist has a trustworthy mentor, ultimately someone who can help them conquer their fears, achieve their goals, and beat the bad guys. The mentor serves the protagonist as a guide teaching them experience and skills that could even save their life.
By Jasmine Aguilar3 months ago in Writers