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- Thu Jun 03, 2010 6:43 pm
- Forum: Results and Highest Rankings
- Topic: Highest Rankings for WRITER'S INSPIRATION/BLOCK
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10940
- Thu May 27, 2010 12:00 pm
- Forum: Results and Highest Rankings
- Topic: Winning Entries for THE WRITER'S LIFE
- Replies: 22
- Views: 20090
- Thu May 20, 2010 11:06 pm
- Forum: Results and Highest Rankings
- Topic: Highest Rankings for THE CRITIQUE
- Replies: 16
- Views: 16310
- Thu May 13, 2010 10:34 pm
- Forum: Results and Highest Rankings
- Topic: Highest Rankings for THE MANUSCRIPT
- Replies: 17
- Views: 15931
- Thu May 13, 2010 9:54 pm
- Forum: Results and Highest Rankings
- Topic: Winning Entries for THE MANUSCRIPT
- Replies: 26
- Views: 24474
- Thu May 06, 2010 11:23 am
- Forum: Results and Highest Rankings
- Topic: Winning Entries for "The Writer's Skill"
- Replies: 23
- Views: 21607
- Thu Apr 29, 2010 11:12 am
- Forum: Results and Highest Rankings
- Topic: Winning Entries for "The Reader"
- Replies: 34
- Views: 29493
- Thu Mar 18, 2010 1:58 pm
- Forum: Results and Highest Rankings
- Topic: Winning Entries for "Hmph!"
- Replies: 19
- Views: 17635
- Mon Mar 08, 2010 10:22 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: #8--Writing Out of the Box
- Replies: 94
- Views: 125622
Or (purely personal preference on my part) written from the fire fighter's POV. Or...from the POV of the child but in the voice of a memoir--written when that child is an adult. I lose patience very quickly with stories written in children's voices; unless they're done well, I feel as if I'm being ...
- Mon Mar 08, 2010 7:56 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: #8--Writing Out of the Box
- Replies: 94
- Views: 125622
- Wed Mar 03, 2010 8:30 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Jan's Writing Basics #4: Overusing Exclamation Points
- Replies: 62
- Views: 77243
- Wed Mar 03, 2010 8:13 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Jan's Writing Basics #3: Choosing a Tense and Sticking to It
- Replies: 81
- Views: 152114
Out of 33 challenge stories, I wrote only four of them in present tense. Maybe I should try it some more. Mary Elizabeth stood, straightened her dress and apron, and strode outside to the barn. The morning chill enveloped her while she milked the cow and fed the horse, but her concentration centered...
- Tue Mar 02, 2010 10:05 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Jan's Writing Basics #2: Beware of Adjectives and Adverbs
- Replies: 129
- Views: 268422
Slinks into class and slips into a corner seat hoping the teacher won't notice her tardiness. Exhausted from an afternoon of plodding through a stack of barely comprehendible essays, Jan yanked off her boots at the door and shuffled into the kitchen. Diet Coke and chocolate cake. “Ow!” She turned he...
- Thu Feb 25, 2010 10:59 am
- Forum: Results and Highest Rankings
- Topic: Winning Entries for Phew!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 15267
- Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:56 am
- Forum: Results and Highest Rankings
- Topic: Winning Entries for Ohhhh!
- Replies: 32
- Views: 30673