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Congratulations to all of the winners. It was great fun reading all of the entries.

Thank you to all who gave me a pat on the back or a big cyber-hug. Your comments mean so much to me.

I'm glad I didn't give up, I may have, had it not been for the wonderful encouragement.

Yes it started a couple of weeks ago. To access the challenge the critique circle and a few other spots you need to have at least a gold membership. It's a little less expensive than the 500 or platinum membership. They were faced with having to do something or face closing the site down. I know the...

Shann learned to write in first grade. But as she aged, she realized she hadn't learned enough. She decided she needed to learn something new everyday. Shann learns to write when she enters first grade. Now that she is older, she realizes she still needs to learn. She decides to vow to learn somethi...

I can't believe I said something that insensitive. She must have thought I was the rudest person in the world. I promised myself I would think before speaking, so much for my New Year's resolution. I'm amazed I'm capable of saying something that insensitive. She must think I'm the rudest person aliv...

The tenses bounce around like a ping-pong ball. I think some of the commas are messed up too. Millie—my bride of sixty-seven years—teases me (How do you get it to quote? Oh well I'll paste and copy for now.) I'd write it this way: Millie, my bride of 67 years, teases me; she insists each puzzle be s...

Can you put the proper use of verbs on list? I have sit and set down pat, but lay and lie confuse me, especially in their different forms. I've tried and tried to figure out an easy way to remember, but that is one that just won't sink in.

The exclamation of "Agony, I'm in agony" feels "off" to me. Would anyone really say that? was my tongue in cheek way of showing an exaggeration. Of course she wouldn't say that, but I was going for a bit of irony in the lesson. I overdid those few words because that was the point...

Jan dragged into her respite after a day at the saw mill. She kicked off her shoes and stared at the fridge. “I need a Jolt and a hunk of cake,” she muttered. She stumbled into the living room and exclaimed, “Agony, I’m in agony.” She dragged her foot closer to her face. Jan was surprised her nephew...

No the words would be different, but it would tell basically the same story just in a totally different way. I'd add characters, and dialogue, where in the poem there was some of that, but I'd want it to seem like a story instead of a poem.

I have a poem I wrote about a year ago that would be perfect for this week's challenge. However I have a very difficult time with meter and line length. Would it be breaking the rule that everything must be something written this week, if I took the same premise as my poem and turned it into a story...