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Why Writers Need To Have a Social Media Presence
In today's digital age - everything is online and in our hands. Everything from grocery shopping to dating is done through the power of our phones and many of the decisions we make in our daily lives are directly linked to the advertisements and posts we see and interact with online.
By Elise L. Blake3 years ago in Writers
Storm In A Magic Teapot
Introduction This is for the first part of Gary Ragnarsson's Challenge that you can read here, the Storm In A Teapot one I have a magic teapot. It's the morning of December 27th and I am having a hot cup of tea, looking out of the window at the snow falling. The milk was frozen in the bottle when I brought it in this morning and had to scoop it out with a teaspoon and let it melt into my tea.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 years ago in Writers
I Don't Set Goals, I Make Plans
I don’t usually set goals. Goals can be missed, that’s why I have switched to selecting targets. Targets are things that cannot be missed. Or if they are missed, you are forced to ask the question of why you missed, how far off target you were, and what you can do to not miss the target again. This change in mindset is why I have switched to making plans. I realize that all may sound pretentious. However, this outlook has come from experience. It comes from what I learned both from playing sports and when I worked in sales. This mindset has taken over many aspects of my life. To the point that now when someone asks me about goals, I avoid using that word to describe something in the future. Looking at my life over the last few years, the occasions when I do use it is in the past tense. And most often my use of goal is to communicate what I did in simplest terms, as targets or plans can carry negative undertones. This is more due to the limitations of our language, and word association.
By Atomic Historian3 years ago in Writers
This Year, I Won't Poison My Daughter
With the Vocal challenge deadline looming, I was immersed in my story. The only thing better than reading a fantasy tale is the feeling of writing one. The world I had created floated before my mind's eye like a virtual reality headset. I watched scenes play out, twiddled with the action, fine tuned my characters' voices. I slashed wordy passages as if repelling noisy intruders.
By Sonia Heidi Unruh3 years ago in Writers
𝒫𝓇🏵𝓈𝑒 ＆ ℂ☯𝕟𝕤𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖
Briskly, I walk into a fresh chapter as the calendar dives into yet another labeled set of hours, days... months...religiously counting down. Opportunities dwindle and slip away; they wait for no one. Who can blame them when their knocks go unanswered. The mountains we climb in search of that pinnacle of success can never be reached when we hide our thoughts...our voices. Increase the volume, time to be heard. -LDubs
By Lamar Wiggins3 years ago in Writers
Vocal Getting Hot ‘n’ Heavy with Commitments…
*When ya go-to writing platform asks for more* Vocal Media, I gotta hand it to you for stepping up. You went there. Everything you did last year demonstrated you wanted more from this relationship. Said you wanted to be more attentive and responsive to my needs. Said you were determined to keep it fresh. The culmination of this is the creation of a challenge (your 200th to be exact—Woot-WOOT!) to 'amp things up' in the writer development & delivery department.
By The Dani Writer3 years ago in Writers
My Writing Journey for 2024
Publish or perish. Although this phrase was birthed by academic writing, I don’t take this aphorism lightly. Writing is a vital component of the humanities, and the humanities endure, defining what it means to be human. I’ve always had a dream of publishing: at first it was a book of poetry, then perhaps a collection of short stories or even a novel. In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Mark Antony says, “The evil that men do lives after them;/The good is oft interrèd with their bones” (Act III scene II). This line resonates with me; I don’t want to be remembered by the mistakes I’ve made in my life or by the mundane or morose anecdotes that may be passed down. After I watched the animated Disney movie Coco, I don’t want to be forgotten by my family.
By Barb Dukeman3 years ago in Writers
