Feeling amazed, humbled, and so very glad to be back. Thanks so much for the comments... it's such a privilege to be part of this community!
Congratulations, everyone... and special congratulations to Lisa, for quite honestly one of the best stories I've ever read.
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- Thu Jan 20, 2011 1:50 pm
- Forum: Results and Highest Rankings
- Topic: Winners for ONCE IN A BLUE MOON
- Replies: 14
- Views: 14875
- Thu Jun 10, 2010 2:08 pm
- Forum: Results and Highest Rankings
- Topic: Winning Entries for The Editor Challenge
- Replies: 24
- Views: 24293
- Thu May 13, 2010 12:38 pm
- Forum: Results and Highest Rankings
- Topic: Winning Entries for THE MANUSCRIPT
- Replies: 26
- Views: 25221
- Thu Mar 18, 2010 12:21 pm
- Forum: Results and Highest Rankings
- Topic: Winning Entries for "Hmph!"
- Replies: 19
- Views: 17852
- Tue Mar 09, 2010 2:17 am
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: #8--Writing Out of the Box
- Replies: 94
- Views: 132842
I think if this were a Challenge topic, at least half the entries (if not more) would be woeful tales of tragic fires. All the more reason to think out of the box, when the word has easy and obvious associations! From List 1: Tragedy Warmth/love Desire Losing job Elijah Olympic torch From List 2: &q...
- Mon Feb 22, 2010 4:59 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Dialog #2
- Replies: 52
- Views: 114882
Jan, excellent lessons on dialog! So true, everything you've said! I love writing dialog, and my favorite parts of my own fictional writings (not for the Challenge) are very dialog-heavy. It's made the Challenge more of a challenge for me, in fact... because by the time I've done all I need to do to...
- Thu Feb 18, 2010 3:38 pm
- Forum: Results and Highest Rankings
- Topic: Winning Entries for Ohhhh!
- Replies: 32
- Views: 31237
- Mon Feb 15, 2010 1:03 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Jan's writing basics #5a--An interesting word
- Replies: 21
- Views: 28925
- Thu Feb 11, 2010 3:44 pm
- Forum: Results and Highest Rankings
- Topic: Winning Entries for GRRRR
- Replies: 23
- Views: 23321
- Mon Feb 08, 2010 5:08 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Jan's Writing Basics #4: Overusing Exclamation Points
- Replies: 62
- Views: 80217
Wow, Jan! A lesson on overuse of exclamation points! That’s great!! Seriously, I think that our media/internet-obsessed culture encourages textual screaming. Just a few days ago, I realized I had written a Facebook message that said something like: Hi, Sue! Wow, it’s great to hear from you again! Yo...
- Thu Jan 28, 2010 1:16 pm
- Forum: Results and Highest Rankings
- Topic: Winning Entries for OOPS!
- Replies: 29
- Views: 27352
- Wed Jan 20, 2010 12:17 am
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Jan's New "Class"--Writing Basics
- Replies: 115
- Views: 140165
Congratulations, Jan, on another wonderful class and a great response from everyone! I like the salsa analogy. Where I live, salsa is a culinary art form, and I'm a salsa connoisseur. I love it so much, I sometimes forget it's just a condiment--it's supposed to enhance the taste of the food, not ove...
- Tue Dec 01, 2009 1:05 pm
- Forum: Page Turner Writing Contest
- Topic: We've Got Our Winner
- Replies: 20
- Views: 22404
- Tue Dec 01, 2009 1:38 am
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Jan's Poetry Class--Villanelle
- Replies: 23
- Views: 32367
- Tue Nov 17, 2009 3:29 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Jan's Poetry Class--TRIOLET
- Replies: 58
- Views: 67127
This is another poetic form I'd never heard of, though I can think of other poems that use that sort of repetition. It seems to me that this form lends itself to reflective/melancholy poetry... though others (most notably Steve!!) have already proven that isn't always the case. Maybe I'm just in mel...