Quote of the Week #3
“Years ago my mother used to say to me, she’d say, ‘In this world, Elwood, you must be,’ — she always called me Elwood — ‘In this world, you must be oh so smart,...
Writing Gooder A Group Blog From The Young Writers Society
Word of the Week #3
Man, Cyril just played an amazing hemidemisemiquaver! hemidemisemiquaver (noun) [ˌhɛmɪˌdɛmɪˈsɛmɪˌkweɪvə] 1. A musical note played for 1/64 of the duration of a whole note. Also known as a sixty-fourth note.
A Poet Cannot Just
Exist, Be God, Write Roland Barthes says that the Author is Dead in his essay of the same name. You may be horrified by the notion, but I promise you that it isn’t quite...
A Slight Look in the Literary Life of J.D. Salinger
Me and my friend were talking about trying to indulge ourselves in the literary world’s trend of adolescent/teen novels and, well, any pulp ‘younger’ than adult novels, our usual read. When we were searching...
Featured Poem 3/4 – “Intoxication at dusk”
Intoxication at dusk by K Balachandran Three drunken kites, swim up competing with each other, evading the algae of cityscape, to drink the wine setting sun spills.
Writing Prompt #2
Let’s try something simpler. Imagine you are walking in a path in the mountains: Why are you there? What are you searching for? — Get writing! Post your responses here. 🙂
Bad Cover Art…Redesigned: The Guardian’s Chronicles
Welcome to Bad Cover Art…Redesigned! Where I bring you the most horrible of all cover art I can find on the world wide web and try to come up with an alternative (that I...
Featured Club: Column Crazy
Most careers in writing involve writing nonfiction. Whether they’re reviews, memoirs, blog entries, biographies, research papers, editorials, or articles, nonfiction is everywhere, and it pays to know how to write nonfiction well.
Fiction Focus Week 2- Villains
So I considered going into more detail about protagonists and focus on one small part of that- the hero. Then I came to the conclusion that most people don’t really care about heroes. What...
Challenge Corner #2 – Immortality
Welcome back to Challenge Corner! Did you have fun with last week’s challenge? Quite a few of you have been sharing links! Quadruple bonus points and eternal admiration are due to Hannah, niteowl, Ary...
