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Will AI Take Over Writing

Will AI Take Over Writing in the Future?

Posted on March 6, 2023March 6, 2023 by Richard

Will AI take over writing in the future? Will it be able to write as well as humans? Will AI be able to create the great American novel?

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How to become a poet in 9 steps

How to become a poet in 9 steps

Posted on February 14, 2023 by Richard

This subject is like touching the 3rd rail of poetry. A mob of angry poets will show up at my door tomorrow with torches and pitchforks

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Gain Confidence in Your Writing!

Posted on January 31, 2023February 1, 2023 by Richard

I always get emails from writers who are self-conscious about their writing. It’s always a little difficult to let someone else into your writing, but you can’t let that hold you back. Even though writing can be lonely, your work needs to be out there. The point of writing is to have someone read what…

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Top 10 Horror Magazines

Posted on January 23, 2023October 14, 2024 by Richard

Here is our list of the Top 10 Horror Magazines. Everyone needs a little more horror in their lives, and finding a list of horror magazines

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5 Scariest Horror Movies of all Time

Posted on September 26, 2021February 3, 2023 by Richard

I just love watching horror films in October. This year I decided to find the movies I felt were really “scary,” and end with them. So here is my list of the 5 scariest movies of all time. From October 27th-October 31st I will be watching these movies.

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Living and Writing in Sri Lanka

Posted on August 12, 2019January 30, 2023 by Devika Fernando

I’m a German citizen, but I’m also half Sri Lankan. My father’s a German, my mother a Sri Lankan. I was born here on this tiny island in the Indian Ocean,

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When We Deny Ourselves Words, We are Committing Self-Harm

Posted on July 16, 2019February 3, 2023 by Bekka Lee Trapp

We have all experienced the dreaded stagnation, avoidance, guilt, panic, and/or anxiety filled [panged!] procrastination of finding that we somehow have gone days, weeks, or even months without completing a book. Further, for the writers out there

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why are superhero movies so popular

Why superhero movies are so popular?

Posted on February 28, 2019February 3, 2023 by Richard

Some people love comic books. They are crazy for them, but many more people are enthusiastic about superhero films than anyone anticipated. Their popularity keeps growing. Four of the top 10 grossing movies of all time are recent marvel superhero films.

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Being A Writer in Silicon Valley

Posted on October 28, 2017January 30, 2023 by Vanessa Wang

When I first arrived in Silicon Valley two years ago, I had very few expectations for this place. My husband, a computer programmer, had dragged me here because “it is the epicenter of the world’s most cutting-edge technology and future-changing companies.”

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How Late Is Too Late To Become A Writer?

Posted on September 26, 2017February 3, 2023 by Richard

How Late Is Too Late To Become A Writer? Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein when she was 19, Zadie Smith wrote White Teeth when she was 24 and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s debut novel came out when he was just 23.

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Top 10 Horrible B-Horror Movies

Posted on March 11, 2017February 3, 2023 by Richard

Here are out Top 10 Horrible B-Horror Movies. I created this list a long time again, basically for fun, but you have to admire all of these for how truly bad they really are. I guess, for writers, they are a good example of what happens when the writing and everything else is bad. These are…

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What You Never Knew About The Inner World of a Successful Writer

Posted on February 15, 2017February 3, 2023 by Richard

When you think about Stephen King, you are probably wondering how exactly he creates his worlds. This is a perfect example as Stephen King is known as one of the most productive writers who produces high-quality novels every time

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10 Great Places to Inspire your Horror Writing

10 Great Places to Inspire your Horror Writing

Posted on October 10, 2016February 3, 2023 by Richard

  10 Great Places to Inspire your Horror Writing Robert Frost once said, “No Tears in the Writer, No tears in the reader.” This sentiment is particularly true when it comes to horror. If you aren’t afraid when writing the story, or if the story doesn’t at least scare you, you can’t expect your readers…

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5 Places for Great Writing

5 Places for Great Writing

Posted on April 17, 2016December 5, 2023 by Richard

 5 Places for Great Writing Where do writers conjure their best ideas and find inspiration to fill the blank page? While scribblers can scratch out prose anywhere from a cramped airplane seat to a quiet backyard perch, we have 5 heightened suggestions for settings that seem to spark storytelling magic. Writers write everywhere, but when…

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MFA Writers Vs NYC Writers, What?

Posted on March 3, 2014December 5, 2023 by Richard

Can you sleep soundly at night if you haven’t written all the words you wanted to write today? That really should be the only question that means anything. The genre is writing. The pay off is immortality, boom lets go.

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