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.
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.
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.
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.
by Demeter
No story lives unless someone wants to listen.
- J. K. Rowling
by Nathan
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…
Meanwhile, at the Young Writers Society…
by Nathan
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.
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.
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.
by Nathan
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)
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!