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- Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:18 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Jan's Master Class--SUSPENSE
- Replies: 57
- Views: 72476
Carol, you should feel free to ramble at any time--you're one of my most valued contributors! I love the epilog, and it really makes me want to read the book. Is it available? Thanks so much, Jan, for the license to ramble! It's great to be able to discuss these topics! I've never tried to publish ...
- Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:36 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Jan's Master Class--SUSPENSE
- Replies: 57
- Views: 72476
Ah, suspense... another subject I could discuss at length! I hope to keep this short, but will I? Can I? Stay tuned! Great Expectations is not my favorite Dickens novel--but it’s probably his best-known, and it’s virtually a textbook on suspense. Central to the novel is the question, Who is Pip’s be...
- Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:26 am
- Forum: Results and Highest Rankings
- Topic: Winning Entries for ASIA
- Replies: 17
- Views: 14727
- Thu Mar 05, 2009 12:20 pm
- Forum: Results and Highest Rankings
- Topic: Winning Entries for Europe
- Replies: 18
- Views: 16020
- Mon Mar 02, 2009 2:01 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Jan's Master Class--SURPRISE
- Replies: 41
- Views: 52548
- Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:57 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Jan's Master Class--SURPRISE
- Replies: 41
- Views: 52548
Jan, could you hear me clapping and cheering as I read your lesson? What a great summary of one of my favorite writing topics! And I loved reading everyone else’s stories. Gerald, your “Heartburn” story is hilarious! I love mysteries, so I like surprises–unexpected twists, startling revelations–but ...
- Thu Feb 26, 2009 1:51 pm
- Forum: Results and Highest Rankings
- Topic: Winning Entries for "India"
- Replies: 21
- Views: 17706
- Mon Feb 23, 2009 2:16 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Jan's Master Class--STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS
- Replies: 33
- Views: 46019
- Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:41 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Jan's Master Class--STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS
- Replies: 33
- Views: 46019
Okay, here goes: Stream of consciousness... reminds me of Chicago... Larry and Susan’s apartment, their two big fluffy cats... (They called one of them “Phydeaux”--pronounced it “Fido”--)... and Larry saying, “I’ll loan you Ulysses , you’ve got to read it...” And I had to take it, because I was, aft...
- Sat Feb 21, 2009 1:24 am
- Forum: Page Turner Writing Contest
- Topic: Page Turner 2009 Roll Call
- Replies: 99
- Views: 94462
- Thu Feb 19, 2009 12:41 pm
- Forum: Results and Highest Rankings
- Topic: Winning Entries for SOUTH AMERICA
- Replies: 21
- Views: 18414
- Tue Feb 17, 2009 1:05 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Jan's Master Class--SLICE OF LIFE
- Replies: 35
- Views: 46501
“I’ll have one slice of life, with a dollop of whipped cream and a sprinkling of cocoa, please...” Seriously, this is one lesson I need to take to heart. My “slices” tend to be heavily weighted with too much plot filling and topping. I wrote a story for the “Home for Christmas” week last quarter, bu...
- Thu Feb 12, 2009 12:02 pm
- Forum: Results and Highest Rankings
- Topic: Winning Entries for "Canada"
- Replies: 23
- Views: 19942
- Tue Feb 10, 2009 1:27 am
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Jan's Master Class--SLANT RHYME
- Replies: 54
- Views: 71049
This is what came to mind when I read the first line of your couplet. I realize it’s a little archaic. Avoiding my Savior, I’d dithered all day Over trivial things, neither merry nor grave... I was thinking of a passage in C. S. Lewis's Screwtape Letters , in which one of the doomed says upon arriva...
- Thu Feb 05, 2009 12:09 pm
- Forum: Results and Highest Rankings
- Topic: Winning Entries for "United Kingdom"
- Replies: 24
- Views: 20432