With the young of both sexes, Poetry is, like love, a passion; but, for much the greater part of those who have been proud of its power over their minds, a necessity soon arises of breaking the pleasing bondage; or it relaxes of itself;—the thoughts being occupied in domestic cares, or the time engrossed by…
Five Ways to Strengthen the Role of the Villian
One of the most important parts of writing a good action/adventure book usually involves a strong villain. Now when I say a villain, you don’t have to imagine Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty or Dr. Drakken from Kim Possible. The best part about making a villain is that you don’t have to follow the fairytale archetype,…
THE POETIC PRINCIPLE by Edgar Allan Poe
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Steampunk Art by Mike Savad
Mike Savad is a photographic artist. The images are designed to look like fine oil paintings, primarily in vintage and nostalgic themes.
I Am Not An Animal Expert! by Jack London
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Mark Twain’s Meeting with Robert Louis Stevenson by Mark Twain
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The Short Story by Robert Saunders Dowst (1918)
A story is a fiction with a plot, as distinguished from a tale, which is a string of incidents that happened to happen to the characters. In the story the events are linked together by the natures of the people concerned; personality influences event and event influences personality
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The reputation of the author of “Twice-Told Tales” has been confined, until very lately, to literary society; and I have not been wrong, perhaps, in citing him as the example, par excellence, in this country,
The Short Story
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10 Writing Techniques to Break Writer’s Block
Everyone, from time to time, has issues with inspiration. Everyone has issues with being able to get the creative ball rolling, or you find yourself looking at a blank page over and over, not being able to come up with the next line.
50 Word Horror Contest Winners from 2017!
Good news, bad news and the 50 Word Contest Winners of 2017
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Every Writer Halloween 50 Word Scary Story Contest!
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Write a Novel with Me in Only 1 Year
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