Tag: gather writing essentials
member name: Susan Budig
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December 23, 2009 02:58 AM EST --
This week started off with an excellent GWE column by Greg Schiller . What I liked about it was that Greg reached out to another source to provide him with material for his column in the form . . .
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November 17, 2009 12:41 PM EST --
I’d never seen Far look so worried. Money had always been tight, but the year I turned twelve, Far’s savings were gone and we went into debt to buy . . .
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June 24, 2009 02:52 AM EDT --
Last week Jim G . said, "I personally don't believe that writing, in any format, such as cinquains, should have "Rules" or "Guidelines" that must be followed... I don't need or want anyone telling . . .
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August 14, 2009 01:57 PM EDT --
I wrote this from a prompt I gave myself, including a time limit. It somewhat fits Nancy's prompt on Friday Writing Essentials. I made a couple edits today, for clarity. fyi, . . .
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December 09, 2009 01:04 AM EST --
My youngest son turned ten this week. He told me the next day that his birthday was "a disappointment." He hadn't received "good enough" presents. "Close your eyes right now," I said, . . .
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November 12, 2009 11:01 PM EST --
Write a short poem or even just a stanza or a line about an apple; then write a snippet about how the apple implicated a murderer; then use the taste of apple to contrast the bitterness of a breakup . . .
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July 08, 2009 02:26 AM EDT --
LM commented on my poetry blog saying, " this is what confuses me about poetry. [Your poem] “ Learning ” looked like nothing more than a short story that was broken up into short . . .
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August 26, 2009 04:57 AM EDT --
Bet you've heard a person say, "I should write a book!" Do they mean it? If so, what's stopping them? What about you? Do you want to write a book? Or a magazine article? . . .
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September 16, 2009 01:06 AM EDT --
You might remember a couple weeks ago when I listed some core competencies that employers look for in potential employees. I posited that those same traits describe winning manuscripts . . .
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September 30, 2009 02:17 AM EDT --
Written communication over the centuries has changed such that we now have a close approximation of animated writing. This moving writing occurs on the Internet. Whereas we once spent . . .
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October 07, 2009 12:27 AM EDT --
After last week's column, a member of Gather Writing Essentials sent me a message lamenting her limited time to work on the prompts. I replied, " You'd be surprised at how the effect of taking . . .
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November 10, 2009 11:47 PM EST --
This week has been a doozy for me and it's barely started. In fact, today I worked so intently on an application that I ignored the streaming sun, the heated air of at least 50 degrees, and . . .
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December 02, 2009 02:07 AM EST --
Words perplex me. Not only perplex, but bedevil me. In fact, words are often my downfall. Earlier this week, I left a comment on someone's post. The author had written a work . . .
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July 01, 2009 03:52 AM EDT --
Pearl Ocean swung her handbag over
t he cart’s handlebar, smacking
. . .
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July 01, 2009 03:16 AM EDT --
Femi Kuti performed at the Minnesota Zoo last night. King Sunny Adé opened the show. What struck me is the stage presence that Kuti commanded. He was not timid . . .
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September 23, 2009 01:28 AM EDT --
I looked over MaryAnne's post about generating more points . Paraphrased, it suggests to find out what people in the Interverse (that's Internet and Universe mooshed together) want to read about . . .
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October 28, 2009 01:20 AM EDT --
My fortune cookie read: You will become an accomplished writer . No lie. I'm even posting a photograph as proof positive. But what does that mean? I've published . . .
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December 16, 2009 01:49 AM EST --
Last week we each opened a present filled with something to advance our writerly lives. Inside my gift box were two published essays. Oddly, this week . . .
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July 09, 2009 06:14 AM EDT --
The words piled up on my paper like autumn leaves on a windy day. Fidelity, Matrimony, oath, break, broke HellCats! What did they all mean when linked? Anagrammed and dancing on the page
My sentence . . .
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August 05, 2009 03:06 AM EDT --
I heard a report on the radio the other day about children learning to read at the age of two years. I wasn't impressed with the aspect of earliness for two reasons. One, I think early . . .
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