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The Crush Of Dreams. Top Story - November 2025.
The weight of daydreams Crushes like stone, I’m not ready For this crucible - This is what I first felt when I finally finished a project I’d been working on for some time, a screenplay, and then sent it off, screaming into the void where it promptly disappeared. A completely expected outcome. Of course, this is how it would go. Logically, I know that completing the work is just the beginning of working to get it seen, read, and, god-willing, purchased. But oh, how the land of imagination connects two faraway points so neatly.
By Sean A.11 months ago in Writers
Someone Is Walking Around In My House. Top Story - November 2025.
Anne Bernays and Pamela Painter — What if? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers prompts — The Exercise —You're taking a shower in your house or apartment. You are not expecting anyone, and the front door is locked (the bathroom door is not). You hear a strange noise in a rooom beyond the bathroom. Now, take it from there for no more than two pages. This can be in either the third or the first person. Don't spend any time getting into the shower; you're there when the action begins.The Objective - To tell a convincing story centered on speculation and terror.
By Denise E Lindquist11 months ago in Writers
Do You Want People to Separate You From Your Art?. Top Story - November 2025.
Roman Polanski, Kevin Spacey, Michael Jackson, Caravaggio, Richard Wagner, Woody Allen, J.K. Rowling, T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Virginia Woolf, R. Kelly, Miles Davis, Carl Jung, Francis Bacon, and Jackson Pollock.
By Paul Stewart11 months ago in Writers
Solving a Character Dilemma . Top Story - November 2025.
Sometimes writing character conflict can be hard. Understanding why a character has a strange and irrational fear of something can be especially challenging.
By Jasmine Aguilar11 months ago in Writers
Days of Indian Summer. Top Story - November 2025.
Although the exact origins of the term are uncertain, Indian Summer was perhaps so-called because it was first noted in regions inhabited by Native Americans, or because the natives first described it to Europeans. Or, it had been based on the warm and hazy conditions in autumn when Native Americans hunted.
By Novel Allen11 months ago in Writers
How Dark Chocolate Helps With Writing. Top Story - November 2025.
As writers, there are several things we depend on in order to create a story worth reading: inspiration, continuity, creativity, concentration, etc. While at times, everything seems to flow, at other times, we become stuck. What happens to the character next? What rhyming word completes the stanza best? Why can't I think of something more interesting to write?
By Janis Masyk-Jackson11 months ago in Writers
Goodbye to all that. Top Story - November 2025.
Being released from prison is something that ought to be celebrated. The end of a sentence, the end of captivity, the end of a regrettable time in anyone's life, should they have the misfortune and/or poor judgment, to have found themselves incarcerated. Job done, the price paid, all square with The House (to quote a line from the movie: The Green Mile).
By Raymond G Taylor3 months ago in Writers
When Can You Call Yourself a Writer?. Top Story - November 2025.
Let’s face it, we have all asked ourselves the same question: when can we call ourselves a “writer”? After all, when we tell our friends and family that we are writers, some of the first questions that we get back are things like, “Oh, what have you written?” and “Where can I read your stuff?”
By Stephanie Hoogstad11 months ago in Writers
No More National Novel Writing Month. Top Story - November 2025.
For many years now, in November, I would write 50,000 plus words for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). Each day, I would write. It wasn't important to edit as I wrote, because I knew in a month or two it would be time to edit.
By Denise E Lindquist11 months ago in Writers
The Taklob. Top Story - November 2025.
Today is the day! I have roughly half of the book written, so I figured it’s time to share some excerpts so y’all know I’m not just blowing smoke up your asses about this book thing.
By Guia Nocon11 months ago in Writers
He Always Wants to Go Home!. Top Story - November 2025.
The challenge ended and I am sending the tips out to the stories I liked, which is every one of them. I was completely blown away by this collective creativity and the different takes the authors provided on the prompt.
By Lana V Lynx11 months ago in Writers
A Discovery in a Bus Shelter. Top Story - November 2025.
I met my first publisher at a bus stop. Yes, I am as busy with the challenges as any of you out there in Vocalland. I have also had more contracts added to my teaching schedule, papers marked and to come on the docket, and I think I may have beaten back a slight cold that set up shop at the back of my head and on my chest. I know that I should rest and restore myself to better shape so that I can keep tapping out these pieces. But I feel compelled to talk about a man who changed my plans for my literary career, especially since I did not think I had one.
By Kendall Defoe 11 months ago in Writers