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3 Reasons Why Horror has Cultural Value

3 Reasons Why Horror has Cultural Value Though they capture the imaginations of many, tales of the weird, the fantastical, and the horrifying tend to be regarded as lesser works…

Articles On Writing by Every Writer +Every Writer on September 12, 2017 3 Reasons Why Horror has Cultural Value2017-09-12T18:54:40+00:00 - No Comment

3 Reasons Why Horror has Cultural Value

3 Reasons Why Horror has Cultural Value Though they capture the imaginations of many, tales of the weird, the fantastical, and the horrifying tend to be regarded as lesser works of literature--assuming they’re considered literature…

Articles On Writing by Every Writer +Every Writer on September 9, 2017 How to be a Travel Blogger? Tips and Tricks2017-09-09T06:54:40+00:00 - 1 Comment

How to be a Travel Blogger? Tips and Tricks

How to be a Travel Blogger? Tips and Tricks Writing an article while you are sitting on the Ocean beach with a rainbow cocktail? Of course, you have seen the pictures of travel bloggers…

Stories by Every Writer +Every Writer on September 7, 2017 Story: Monday the 28th of August By Dean MacAllister2017-09-07T17:07:04+00:00 - No Comment

Story: Monday the 28th of August By Dean MacAllister

Today is the worst day I have ever experienced. But it’s not over yet. It’s not going to end for thousands of seconds. Thousands of raw, grating seconds.

Articles On Writing by Every Writer +Every Writer on September 7, 2017 How to Become a Werewolf by Elliott O’Donnell2017-09-07T16:28:48+00:00 - No Comment

How to Become a Werewolf by Elliott O’Donnell

How to Become a Werewolf AS I have already stated, in some people lycanthropy is hereditary; and when it is not hereditary it may be acquired through the performance of certain of the rites ordained…

Games for Writers by Every Writer +Every Writer on September 2, 2017 Crosswords for Writers2017-09-02T10:26:09+00:00 - No Comment

Crosswords for Writers

Note: this is a new crossword. The software for these are harder to find and get working that you might thing. This one is ok. We will do this once per week (best we can).…

Poetry by Every Writer +Every Writer on September 1, 2017 Poem: The Vampire and the Ball by Rebecca L. Snowe2017-09-01T21:06:51+00:00 - No Comment

Poem: The Vampire and the Ball by Rebecca L. Snowe

Rebecca L. Snowe is a high-fantasy writer who hates cliché’s, loves the dark and gritty, and is working on becoming a tea addict.

Articles On Writing by Every Writer +Every Writer on September 1, 2017 The Sources of Hallowe’en2017-09-01T22:03:53+00:00 - No Comment

The Sources of Hallowe’en

The Sources of Hallowe'en from the Book of Hallowe'en 1919 If we could ask one of the old-world pagans whom he revered as his greatest gods, he would be sure to name among them the…

Stories by Every Writer +Every Writer on August 30, 2017 Horror Story: Night of Fire and Glass2017-08-30T19:14:16+00:00 - No Comment

Horror Story: Night of Fire and Glass

The freaks are out again tonight. I hear them howling. I hear branches cracking off trees. There were out last night, too. It has been warm and heat draws them to the streets. It’s been…

Featured by Every Writer +Every Writer on August 30, 2017 Word Search for Writers (Mondays)2017-08-30T18:36:51+00:00 - 18 Comments

Word Search for Writers (Mondays)

Many respectable news and literary publications have crosswords or word searches, so we thought we could run a weekly Word Search for writers. On Mondays we will run one of these. If you find all…

Stories by Every Writer +Every Writer on August 27, 2017 500 Word Horror Contest Entry: Footloose by E. W. Farnsworth2017-08-27T11:58:48+00:00 - No Comment

500 Word Horror Contest Entry: Footloose by E. W. Farnsworth

It was dark, and the party was going to start on the other side of the freshly-plowed south pasture anytime. Bob impatiently stomped through the damp earth toward the Thompson Farm.

Articles On Writing by Every Writer +Every Writer on August 27, 2017 Best Editing Tools for Bloggers2017-08-27T11:03:25+00:00 - No Comment

Best Editing Tools for Bloggers

Best Editing Tools for Bloggers Here are some suggestions on finding the best editing tools for bloggers. After you spend hours or even days working on a single blog post and…

Articles On Writing by Every Writer +Every Writer on August 26, 2017 7 Habits to Become a Successful Writer2017-08-26T09:44:10+00:00 - 2 Comments

7 Habits to Become a Successful Writer

Finding 7 Habits to Become a Successful Writer is not easy. When discussing habits, the first thing we think about is a negative pattern of behavior we are trying to break. However, we can actually…

Contests for writers by Every Writer +Every Writer on August 20, 2017 500 Word Scary Story contest! Over $10,000 in promotions.2017-08-21T07:29:31+00:00 - No Comment

500 Word Scary Story contest! Over $10,000 in promotions.

500 word scary story contest! Welcome to our 2017 500 word horror story contest! We are looking for submissions of horror stories that are scary, and 500 words are less. These stories can be about…

Uncategorized by Every Writer +Every Writer on August 20, 2017 Story: Telekinesis for Beginners by Michelle Lee2017-08-21T17:42:24+00:00 - No Comment

Story: Telekinesis for Beginners by Michelle Lee

At the ripe age of 21, Ariel lives in failure of that first step. She’s filing papers now, an administrative assistant at the Dropbox headquarters in the heart of Silicon Valley. She watches the computer…

Resources for Writers by Every Writer +Every Writer on August 20, 2017 100 Story ideas Categorized by Theme2017-08-20T10:51:48+00:00 - No Comment

100 Story ideas Categorized by Theme

100 Story ideas Categorized by Theme Here are 100 story ideas categorized by theme every writer should write. Why should every writer write these particular story ideas? These are the basics. I’ve been teaching writing…

Resources for Writers by Every Writer +Every Writer on August 20, 2017 How to Publish a Poem2017-08-20T09:12:33+00:00 - 1 Comment

How to Publish a Poem

How to Publish a Poem This article, "How to Publish a Poem" is one of our old articles that was titled “How to Submit a Poem.” We have changed it somewhat, and changed the…

Resources for Writers by Every Writer +Every Writer on August 20, 2017 How to Write a Cover Letter2017-08-20T09:44:27+00:00 - No Comment

How to Write a Cover Letter

Here are a few tips and examples of how to write a cover letter. In the old days, really not that long ago, it was customary to send a cover letter with your short…

Resources for Writers by Every Writer +Every Writer on August 18, 2017 How to Write a Writer’s Bio2017-08-20T10:23:35+00:00 - 12 Comments

How to Write a Writer’s Bio

How to Write a Writer's Bio Most writers I know, hate writing a bio. So this is how to write a bio, and it is to help those writers who are just starting out…

Contests for writers by Every Writer +Every Writer on August 18, 2017 Every Writer Halloween 50 Word Scary Story Contest!2017-08-18T21:15:49+00:00 - 83 Comments

Every Writer Halloween 50 Word Scary Story Contest!

Happy Halloween! Yes, it's August 7, but we have to start now! Welcome to the Every Writer Halloween 50 Word Scary Story Contest. I know we just ended our other 50 Word Summer contest, but…

Uncategorized by Every Writer +Every Writer on August 17, 2017 5 Ways Freelance Writers Benefit from Journaling2017-08-18T21:25:18+00:00 - No Comment

5 Ways Freelance Writers Benefit from Journaling

5 Ways Freelance Writers Benefit from Journaling by Michelle Brooks Journaling for everyone! It’s a safe place to express yourself. Writers use journals to keep track of their projects. I keep it for a mixture of…

Poetry by Every Writer +Every Writer on August 16, 2017 Poem: Mindful at Seven by Taylor Winchell2017-08-16T20:53:24+00:00 - No Comment

Poem: Mindful at Seven by Taylor Winchell

Taylor Winchell was born and raised in San Diego, California. He received a BS from UC Berkeley and an MS from CU Boulder. He currently works as a water resources engineer, focusing on development planning…

Stories by Every Writer +Every Writer on August 16, 2017 Story: Disclosure optional by Keith Nunes2017-08-16T11:54:05+00:00 - No Comment

Story: Disclosure optional by Keith Nunes

A middle-aged guy in a dark jacket and a patterned shirt sitting at a bar, a woman of a similar age in a deep purple dress walks over and sits next to him

Writing Prompts by Every Writer +Every Writer on August 16, 2017 Writing Prompt 6: Man in Your Backseat2017-08-16T14:53:43+00:00 - 1 Comment

Writing Prompt 6: Man in Your Backseat

Writing Prompt 6: Man in Your Backseat This is a classic horror writing prompt. I'm sure you've heard this story or seen a version of it on television. I think the idea is overdone, but…

Writing Prompts by Every Writer +Every Writer on August 14, 2017 Writing Prompt 5: Some in in the House (we will publish your story)2017-08-14T19:41:15+00:00 - No Comment

Writing Prompt 5: Some in in the House (we will publish your story)

This is the oh my god don't go in there, I'm so stupid for doing this writing prompt. Inspired by all those horror movies where you think the main character is stupid for doing what…

Writing Prompts by Every Writer +Every Writer on August 13, 2017 Creative Writing Prompt 4: Let him go alone writing prompt2017-08-13T19:09:03+00:00 - No Comment

Creative Writing Prompt 4: Let him go alone writing prompt

Let Him Go Alone I have children, and writing prompts with children in them tend to creep me out enough to get me writing. I find that just being on the edge of thinking about…

Poetry by Every Writer +Every Writer on August 13, 2017 POEM: to the bird who flew into my screen door and begged me to end its life by Ralph Bousquet2017-08-13T12:48:57+00:00 - No Comment

POEM: to the bird who flew into my screen door and begged me to end its life by Ralph Bousquet

Ralph Bousquet is a poet and musician from Cape Cod, Massachusetts. His poems have been published in Ponder Reviewand The Reader. He attends New York University and lives in Brooklyn.

Writing Prompts by Every Writer +Every Writer on August 12, 2017 Creative Writing Prompt 3: Writing Prompts that end the world: Name that Virus2017-08-13T19:10:31+00:00 - No Comment

Creative Writing Prompt 3: Writing Prompts that end the world: Name that Virus

Here are writing prompts that end the world: Name that virus. I know it's specific. It grew from one prompts, and I wanted to stay on topic. We will be working to turn all our…

Writing Prompts by Every Writer +Every Writer on August 11, 2017 Creative Writing Prompt 2: 2 Sentence Story Creative Writing Prompt for Your Cellphone2017-08-13T19:12:22+00:00 - No Comment

Creative Writing Prompt 2: 2 Sentence Story Creative Writing Prompt for Your Cellphone

Before we begin, I just want to say how proud I am of the title 2 Sentence Story Creative Writing Prompt for Your Cellphone. I'm getting yelled at all the time for my titles being…

Stories by Every Writer +Every Writer on August 10, 2017 Story: The Cop and the Anthem by O. Henry2017-08-10T17:51:23+00:00 - No Comment

Story: The Cop and the Anthem by O. Henry

On his bench in Madison Square Soapy moved uneasily. When wild geese honk high of nights, and when women without sealskin coats grow kind to their husbands, and when Soapy moves uneasily on his bench…

Games for Writers by Every Writer +Every Writer on August 10, 2017 Other Games for Writers2017-08-10T13:07:22+00:00 - No Comment

Other Games for Writers

We are giving this a try. It will be a 3rd party affiliate providing the game, but we hope you enjoy them.

Writing Prompts by Every Writer +Every Writer on August 10, 2017 Creative Writing Prompt 1: The long hall2017-08-13T19:13:05+00:00 - 2 Comments

Creative Writing Prompt 1: The long hall

The long hall The music from the dance is still blasting out in to the hall, but everyone in that gymnasium is dead. You never knew he would turn into something like that. It was…

Stories by Every Writer +Every Writer on August 9, 2017 Story: The Storm by Kristin Leprich2017-08-09T22:53:37+00:00 - No Comment

Story: The Storm by Kristin Leprich

Describe the storm for me, would you? My brother speaks to me in a hushed tone, as if the shaking echo of a louder voice might break the sight in front of us. We sit…

Stories by Every Writer +Every Writer on August 9, 2017 Story: Trapped In A Bottle by Ruben Michael Molina2017-08-09T22:51:55+00:00 - No Comment

Story: Trapped In A Bottle by Ruben Michael Molina

The sun sizzled the soft tanned skin of Alison Bailey, as she lay comfortably on her favorite azure beach towel; the soft gurgle of the ocean tide lulling her into a peaceful slumber. The beach…

Book Stores by Every Writer +Every Writer on August 7, 2017 BookStore Submissions Page2017-08-07T11:32:24+00:00 - No Comment

BookStore Submissions Page

If you are a bookstore owner, we want to list your bookstore! Please submit your information below. Your listing will be added to our pages. Please make sure you have a state listed in your…

Articles On Writing by Every Writer +Every Writer on August 5, 2017 Exquisite Corpse Game for Writers2017-08-05T20:58:45+00:00 - 27 Comments

Exquisite Corpse Game for Writers

Welcome to our game for writers. It is an Exquisite Corpse. An Exquisite Corpse is a writing or art game where you complete the story, poem or drawing in parts. Each author or artist cannot…

Featured Literary Magazine by Every Writer +Every Writer on August 5, 2017 Top 50 Literary Magazines -Every Writer2017-08-10T14:11:29+00:00 - 30 Comments

Top 50 Literary Magazines -Every Writer

Top 50 Literary Magazines This is our list of the top 50 literary magazines. Our criteria for this list has changed. We considered a wide range of criteria for this list. We looked at close…

Resources for Writers by Every Writer +Every Writer on August 4, 2017 Top Sites to Learn to Speak English2017-08-04T00:08:15+00:00 - 2 Comments

Top Sites to Learn to Speak English

Top Sites to Learn to Speak English We searched the web over for Top Sites to Learn to Speak English. These sites are the best sites that we have found. We have submissions from writers…

Featured by Every Writer +Every Writer on August 3, 2017 Message Boards for Writers2017-08-03T20:36:55+00:00 - 17 Comments

Message Boards for Writers

A new forum is born. So we have had infinite troubles with our Message Boards for Writers. We had a message board that was a SMF, or something, then BBpress, then on and on. I…

Contests for writers by Every Writer +Every Writer on August 3, 2017 Winners: 50 Word Scary Story Summer Contest!2017-08-08T09:07:36+00:00 - 63 Comments

Winners: 50 Word Scary Story Summer Contest!

50 Word Scary Story Summer Contest! Yes, once again we are doing it! I’ve got a bunch (more than 3 fewer than 10) asking, hey when are you doing another 50 Word Word Scary Story…

Writing Prompts by Every Writer +Every Writer on August 2, 2017 Writing Prompts for High School Students2017-08-02T22:54:38+00:00 - No Comment

Writing Prompts for High School Students

Making a list of Writing Prompts for High School Students is easy for me, I have taught high school students for around 15 years. Well, it's easy today when I'm out of the fog…

Resources for Writers by Every Writer +Every Writer on August 2, 2017 1000 Greatest Short Stories of All Time2017-08-02T15:20:22+00:00 - 49 Comments

1000 Greatest Short Stories of All Time

This is our list of 1000 Great Short Stories of All Time. To the best of my knowledge no list, book, film or otherwise exists like this one. This will be the first list of…

Stories by Every Writer +Every Writer on August 1, 2017 Story: The Magic Spot2017-08-01T20:16:31+00:00 - No Comment

Story: The Magic Spot

He lay in the grassy median of a road which bounded one side of a large inner-city university. How he had come there, nobody knew. From his looks, though, his path had been a cruel…

Articles On Writing by Every Writer +Every Writer on August 1, 2017 Write like Robert McKee: Must-Know Tips from the Master2017-08-01T19:26:01+00:00 - No Comment

Write like Robert McKee: Must-Know Tips from the Master

Write like Robert McKee: Must-Know Tips from the Master Can you name the only celeb who did not attend McKee's seminars on filmmaking, screenwriting, and storytelling? While you are wondering, here goes one interesting fact…

Famous Quotes by Writers by Every Writer +Every Writer on July 27, 2017 Oscar Wilde Quotes2017-07-27T14:36:56+00:00 - 1 Comment

Oscar Wilde Quotes

Here are our Oscar Wilde Quotes. We are happy to bring them to you. Yes we love Oscar Wilde's writing. You really can't ask for a more prolific and insightful writer, and his quotes to…

Famous Quotes by Writers by Every Writer +Every Writer on July 26, 2017 Shakespeare Quotes2017-07-26T15:32:27+00:00 - 1 Comment

Shakespeare Quotes

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Welcome to our William Shakespeare quotes page. These Shakespeare quotes are easily usable on your phone. If you press and hold any of these images, then click copy, you can paste them into your messages…

Poetry by Every Writer +Every Writer on July 23, 2017 Poem: Solo Cliff Climbing by James Gering2017-07-23T22:42:25+00:00 - No Comment

Poem: Solo Cliff Climbing by James Gering

I have been an avid writer of short stories and poems for many years. In 2005, I completed an MA in fiction with honours at Macquarie University, Sydney.

Stories by Every Writer +Every Writer on July 23, 2017 Story: Strutters’ Ballby Barry Basden2017-07-23T21:49:59+00:00 - No Comment

Story: Strutters’ Ballby Barry Basden

Cleaning out my father’s things I found an old black and white photo, one I’d never seen before. Hidden away all these years.

Lists for writers by Every Writer +Every Writer on July 23, 2017 10 Best Organizations for Writers2017-07-23T11:54:14+00:00 - 8 Comments

10 Best Organizations for Writers

10 Best Organizations for Writers Here is our list of 10 best organizations for writers. Join these organizations if you can, they have a great deal to offer writers. These are not in any particular…

Famous Quotes by Writers by Every Writer +Every Writer on July 22, 2017 Mark Twain Quotes2017-07-26T10:10:00+00:00 - 1 Comment

Mark Twain Quotes

Mark Twain Quotes We thought we would put together what we think are Top 10 Mark Twain quotes. Now we know there are a lot of quotes out there, and these might not be your…

Famous Quotes by Writers by Every Writer +Every Writer on July 22, 2017 Edgar Allan Poe Quotes2017-07-26T17:09:55+00:00 - No Comment

Edgar Allan Poe Quotes

Edgar Allan Poe Quotes , Edgar Allan Poe quotes are simply something we cannot resist. Here is our large and GROWING page for all Poe quotes. A few years ago we republished one of Poe’s…

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