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Critique Me! Challenge #9 - Looking Around 6 Replies
The writer is the person who is standing apart. - Page 97 Bird by Bird. "Think of those times when you've read prose or poetry that is presented in such a way that you have a fleeting sense of being…
Tagged: writers, skill, writing, written
Started by Mrs. Flinger. Last reply by Julie Kang 8 minutes ago.
Critique Me! Challenge #8 - Plot 25 Replies
Page 55 of Bird by Bird, "All you can give us is what life is about from your point of view." Plot is the main point of your story. Every blog post is a story, however short or long you create it. W…
Started by Mrs. Flinger. Last reply by Angela D. Glascock Feb 5.
Critique Me! Challenge #7- Dialog 80 Replies
"Good dialogue is such a pleasure to come across while reading, a complete change of pace from description and exposition and all that writing." - page 64 Bird by Bird Today post a dialog between ch…
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Started by Mrs. Flinger. Last reply by KristinaBrooke (Mom on the Rise) Jan 31.
Critique Me! Challenge #5 - The Job 59 Replies
"Re-create for us your first job, your first "real" job, your last job. Tell us details about your first day, or last day. Not generalities like, "My boss sucked" because we've all learned from Dooce…
Started by Mrs. Flinger. Last reply by KristinaBrooke (Mom on the Rise) Jan 27.
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Look Around You Challenge
The writing challenge is to be in the space I occupy day after day and write about what I see while trying to find something positive in it. The space between myself and the window to my right is what I see
more than anything. Well, that's not true. First I see my screen, the
blank slate that beckons me, teases me, calls me, and receives whatever
I put out there. My screen, large enough for my "experienced" (read:
much nicer adjective than old) eyes to see, reminds me of the universe
in a way
Posted by Debby Carroll on February 8, 2010 at 12:31pm
The Point I'm Trying to Make * {W}rite of Passage * Challenge #8
In May of 1996, or maybe at that point it was June, someone advised my mom to put in my sister’s obituary that she died of an aneurysm instead of telling the truth, which was that she chose to die.
My mom, confounded and not wanting to discuss my sister’s death with anyone, agreed to this story and instructed me not to tell anyone. Well, I had already told people. And people find things out. But then I was expected to start lying. Now, I don’t think anyone really though… Continue
Posted by Angela D. Glascock on February 2, 2010 at 2:30pm
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Posted by Mrs. Flinger on February 2, 2010 at 11:51am
Agnes
“Good morning, Agnes”.
“Good morning, dear,” she smiled at me. “What’s your name?”
“It’s me, Agnes – Martha,” I reminded her gently.
“Oh yes, of course…” I could see the look of confusion on her face. The struggle behind her pale blue eyes as she tried to remember who I was.
“How did you sleep, Agnes?” I asked her, keeping m… Continue
Posted by bubbleboo on January 30, 2010 at 12:29pm
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