Tag: fun
group name: howwewrite
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December 10, 2007 12:00 AM EST --
"If you want to write a novel, here's my advice: lock up your characters at night."
Most writers by now know what NaNoWriMo means: National Novel Writing . . . more
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February 24, 2008 11:52 PM EST --
" … (use) the very same skill your third-grade teacher told you not to use when doing fractions. "
I have to admit that I don't invent most of my column topics. I'm lazy; I . . . more
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March 23, 2008 11:47 PM EDT --
"There are very few good judges of humor, and they don't agree. " Josh Billings
I've posted several articles on writing humor. One thing . . . more
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April 06, 2008 11:56 PM EDT --
In a previous article, we discussed " stealing from the very best . But you don't have to steal the joke itself, you can steal the device , the method used by the writer to achieve a desired . . . more
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November 19, 2007 12:23 AM EST --
A true story about a father and son on Thanksgiving 2005 .
Thanksgiving is almost here and there are decisions to make, but not the type my mother makes this time of year: . . . more
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February 04, 2008 12:10 AM EST --
If you want to write comedy, you have to learn to steal . I don't mean plagiarize; I mean steal, a long-standing, revered (or at least tolerated) technique among comedians.
Of course, you don't . . . more
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September 04, 2007 10:52 AM EDT --
Three men are caputred by wild men in a jungle. They are told they are going to be killed, and their hides will be used for skins to make boats for their people. The three men are English, . . . more
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October 31, 2007 02:38 AM EDT --
Here's something I wrote up earlier just for fun. Poems aren't my strong point, but I figured I'd do it for fun. Unfortunately it's incompleted, but I wanted it posted on the night before . . . more
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February 01, 2008 07:10 PM EST --
She came to me in a flurry of matted fur and rain. I didn't know why she came to me, but she came. I watched as she darted around looking to and fro digging in her pouch with a frantic urgency. . . . more
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March 16, 2008 11:51 PM EDT --
Today is St. Patrick's Day, which naturally leads a humorist to think: How can I write something funny about St. Patrick's Day? Or any calendar event for that matter?
We've talked . . . more
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September 07, 2007 11:20 PM EDT --
My quest
Leads me to the inner
Sanctum of your
Being, the epicentre
Of great joy
Laughter…
At last, the golden
Treasure unveiled
Deep inside
The . . . more
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August 25, 2007 10:07 AM EDT --
At long last I have carved out a little time for the final three SHINE! SHOWCASEs. Having been gone a while, I hope that the next three people to be featured are still on Gather. If not, and you have a . . . more
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August 16, 2007 01:37 AM EDT --
The All night Fire.
The year was 1973. I was enrolled in the Daytona Beach Community College Photography program and spent most of my mornings in the dark.
Afternoons . . . more
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August 31, 2007 09:23 PM EDT --
Greg Bear is an excellent science fiction writer. I have read many of his EON/Way series and enjoyed them immensely. Many of the best of the S-F writers have some difficulty transferring . . . more
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September 05, 2007 08:33 AM EDT --
Please welcome our latest SHINE! featured creative - Deb Pleasants (dpleasants). Deb, who was born and raised in Chicago, is the youngest and only girl of three children. Although her formative . . . more
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