Flash Fiction and Poetry

Posted 2009-10-30 12:03:56 by writeingredients
Last edited 2009-12-30 04:42:40 by audeoweb

I'm seeing November as poetry month for us.  We have the fifth Poetry Monday this month and three terrific award winning poet masters to do workshops.  So let's go for it.  Sharpen your pencils and write some poetry.  A line or two a day as you go your merry way :-).  Okay.  Now write your own.

Flash Fiction needs the words "thanks" or "thank you" in the 99 words or the title in honor of Thanksgiving!

Summer Madness

Posted 2009-06-17 11:21:19 by writeingredients
Last edited 2009-07-13 11:01:22 by audeoweb

This summer we are going to learn all about critique groups and why they are important.

We will learn how to take a critique and how to give one.

We will also learn how to start a viable critique group.

And Erin MacMillan-Ramirez plans on bringing us a Spotlight Speaker to encourage our critiquing efforts - a published author who credits much of her success to finding the right critique group.  If you want to take your writing to the next level, join us in our Summer Madness Critique Program.

You won't regret it.

From William Cherry

Posted 2009-04-08 06:45:11 by writeingredients
Last edited 2009-04-09 03:04:43 by writeingredients

 

I just completed writing my own entry for the Minute Mystery Contest.  I’m not voting, (because I’m administering the contest and will see all the other entries) but because I wouldn’t ask you to do something I wouldn’t do myself, I’ve written a story that came out to a little less than four pages of double spaced 12 point type.  It also happens to have 1052 words in it, which for the purposes of this contest is perfectly fine.  

 
As I mentioned on Monday, the 500 to 1000 word count limits of this contest are meant to be APPROXIMATE.  Just try to keep your story somewhere between 2 and 4 double spaced pages. 
 
But don’t cheat yourself by only counting pages either!  If you happen to have a lot of dialogue, your story might go over four pages even though your word count is well under a thousand words! 
 
At the end of this contest I going to distribute a list of mystery publications and encourage all of you to submit your entries for publication.  We have a lot of talent in our group and I want to get it out there – now go write that mystery!
 
Remember, if you have any questions or need some story ideas you can email me ( William Cherry) at mystery@justinkase.com
 
 
 
Click on Minute Mystery Contestfor a downloadable pdf information page. Update on the contest dates: The new deadline is May 18 and the judging will be May 25.
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

5th MONDAY POETS - Coming up March 30

Posted 2009-02-18 08:14:29 by writeingredients
Last edited 2009-04-03 02:31:08 by audeoweb

We love our poetry night every 5th Monday of the month. The call goes out for everyone to write and bring their verse to read. Don't wait -- challenge yourself to write, say, a poem a week... or, dare I suggest, a poem a day. A poem diary... that's it!

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