Word of the Week #14
by Twit
Looking at war photography always gave Carrie a deep sense of weltschmerz.
weltschmerz (noun)
[VELT-shmertz]
1. Sadness or pessimism over the suffering in the world.
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Morning round-up May 21, 2013
by Nathan
The morning round-up is a daily collection (posted M-F) of must-read links for writers. Regular readers will learn the secret to eternal youth.
Canceling the Apocalypse
I am hyped about Pacific Rim.
It’s not just because it’s a giant monster (aka kaiju) movie.
It’s not because it’s an original story, not based on any established property.
And it’s not just because it’s a giant monster (aka kaiju) movie. (Yes, I mentioned that twice because it is worth mentioning twice.)
It’s not JUST because of those things, though those things are a very important part of why I’m looking forward to this film. But putting all that aside, there’s one essential reason why I’m looking forward to this movie.
It looks unapologetically awesome.
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Quote of the Week #14
by Demeter
No story lives unless someone wants to listen.
- J. K. Rowling
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In case you missed it…
by Nathan
xXTheBlackSheepXx’s winning entry for the YWS design contest
Writing Gooder and the Young Writers Society had a bunch of great stuff posted in the past week. Here’s what you may have missed:
At Writing Gooder…
- Alfred Symon profiles Kami Gracia, an artist and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Creatures.
- Cadi posted Challenge Corner #12. This week’s challenge? Crime fiction. Well, let’s hope you’re just writing fiction…
- Beckiw dips into the never-ending well of terrible, no-good, very bad cover art and redesigns the cover for Fall For Me, which is about as bland and uninspiring a title as you can get. I mean, come on.
- PenguinAttack compares your brain to a limp noodle and gives you some ideas on how to exercise it. Hint: it doesn’t involve sitting on the couch and watching re-runs of Scooby Doo (sadly).
Meanwhile, at the Young Writers Society…
- Loose explains why J.K. Rowling is 100% fake. Yeah, it was posted more than a month ago, but if you haven’t read it, you’re missing out.
- DannieInkBlotHanson explains why the pen is mightier than the fist in a poem. (hint: the poem will still be online a 100 years from now. The fist? Not so much.)
- Carina takes the time to suggest new features for YWS, with image mock-ups to boot!
- The combined forces of SparkofDoubt and Geelyria are running a workshop for minstrels! What’s a minstrel? It’s either a type of soup or an archaic word for musician.
- Spinelli writes a flash fiction story about writing from the viewpoint of a writer.
- Lauren2010 announces the results of the YWS design contest. A Green Knight emerges victorious.
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Morning Round-up May 20, 2013
by Nathan
J.K. Rowling’s spreadsheet plan for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
The morning round-up is a daily collection (posted M-F) of must-read links for writers. Regular readers will earn riches beyond the dreams of Croesus.
Famous Authors’ Handwritten Outlines for Great Works of Literature
Writing a novel (or a story, for that matter) is confusing work. There are just so many characters running all over the place, dropping hints and having revelations. So it’s no surprise that many authors plan out their works beforehand, in chart or list or scribble form, in order to keep everything straight. After the jump, you’ll find a mini collection of those planning papers, so you can take a peek into the process of some of your favorite authors, from James Salter to J.K. Rowling.
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Featured Poem 5/20 – “To Dorothy”
by Hannah
To Dorothy by Marvin Bell
You are not beautiful, exactly.
You are beautiful, inexactly.
You let a weed grow by the mulberry
and a mulberry grow by the house.
So close, in the personal quiet
of a windy night, it brushes the wall
and sweeps away the day till we sleep.A child said it, and it seemed true:
“Things that are lost are all equal.”
But it isn’t true. If I lost you,
the air wouldn’t move, nor the tree grow.
Someone would pull the weed, my flower.
The quiet wouldn’t be yours. If I lost you,
I’d have to ask the grass to let me sleep.
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Beautiful Kami Garcia, Author and Artist
by Alfred Symon
Mrs. Kami Garcia
Last week, we delved deep into back-story and works of acclaimed YA novelist, Margaret Stohl, who took part in penning the very famous series, The Caster Chronicles. But, like what I said, Mrs. Stohl is only half of the brains which molded the beautiful novels. Half of the credit goes to another acclaimed author, artist and teacher, our Author of the Week, Kami Garcia.
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Morning Round-up May 17, 2013
by Nathan
Ireland’s newest stamp features an entire short story
IRELAND’S NEWEST STAMP features an entire short story written by a talented Dublin teenager.
The 60c stamp was commissioned to celebrate Dublin’s permanent designation as a UNESCO City of Literature in 2010. It was unveiled at Roddy Doyle’s Fighting Words Centre earlier today.
Designed by the Stone Twins, two Amsterdam-based Irish designers, the bright yellow rectangle includes all 224 words of Eoin Moore’s short story which strives to capture the “essence” of the capital. It was chosen from a host of works completed by participants in Dublin’s Fighting Words’ creative writing programme.
Read More at TheJournal.ie (link opens in new window)
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Challenge Corner #12 – Guilty?
by Cadi
Heyheyhi, everybody. Hope you’re all doing well! (Sorry for being a day late – apparently my 1am brain can’t do dates! Or timezones, for that matter.)
This week’s challenge is one for all you budding crime writers, but don’t worry if that’s not your style – as ever, here at Challenge Corner, our challenges are open to any kind of writing you fancy trying!
