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Creative Writing > Poetry Best love poems

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Smooth as silkSoft, yet firmDo I dare to touch againHer collarbone?Warm and welcomeElectric elevationTrust I taste sweet kiss again fromHer lips?My weakness of willHer might of mindHow does she succeed whereI fail?Fragrant and freshFringing fingertipsCould I run them through againHer hair?Perfect lossDeep and clearCan I look ... More..

Arts & Humanities > Thoughts on Writing Blank page to inspiration: The writer's odyssey

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The blank page is a formidable foe to the beginning writer. Even the experienced writer can struggle against this enemy. A page seems bigger, sometimes unending, when it is blank. The first mistake of the beginning writer is to look at the blank page. It is lady Medusa; if she catches you looking at her, she'll turn you to st... More..

Arts & Humanities > Thoughts on Writing Being successful as an artist without 'the formula'

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Everyone talks about the formula for writing screenplays. Let me tell you, the formula is for selling your screenplay. Being able to describe your piece in acts and with the pivotal moments of climax makes you sound like you know what you're doing. But when you're writing a piece, you're probably not thinking or chanting, "Ac... More..

Arts & Humanities > Writing for Success Writing tips: Writing to get published

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As an Editor-In-Chief I read a lot of stories. Each story comes from a hopeful writer. All writers know the hope of having something they've written published. What many don't realize is how hopeful editors are when we pick up those stories.When I pick up a story, I want it to be good. When I pick up a story, I want it to be ... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Reflections on success, struggle, and happiness

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The dragon folds its wings aloneAnd lies its giant, armored bodyOn a pile of gold and gems and silverThat would glitter and sparkle and shineIf there were light, but there is noneThe dragon lives alone in darknessBursts of flame from nose and mouthCould illuminate the treasuresMake their beauty dance and come to lifeIn the lo... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Lonely boys

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Sun, give me your gloryThough, I don't want the worldTo revolve around meAnd I don't want the powerTo make the plants growI just want to touchThe curls of her hairAnd let her feel my presenceWith warmthOcean, give me your strengthThough, I don't want to make wavesThrowing boats to my whimAnd I don't want to supply depthsGivin... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Dark humor

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I remember it quite clearly; after nine o' clock-or nearly-maybe ten o'clock at most.Sat I there-just me only-in the apartment, bright but lonely, chewing on some toast.No one for me ever calling; I wondered if I were appalling. Then a bug I saw a crawling-crawling on my toastWretched thing, t' was black and hairy; at first s... More..

Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips How writers sometimes lose readers because of extraneous details

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You're writing a story that you want to be deep. You tap the faded letters on your keyboard to type words which you want to really say something. The voice of your story gets philosophical and the tap, tap, tap of your typing echoes off the white walls of your room. When you punch the last period on your keyboard, you take i... More..

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