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  • Started by Emily Lackey
    Last reply by Andi Buchanan
    This is what I don't understand. How does one become a writer? And when do you bec...leave in due time. If that doesn't work, try the toilet, or in French, ca'mode. Toilet or Ca'mode means to refresh the body, wh...
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  • That's not an elementary question at all. Getting started isn't hard for me because wh...k in the voice of a child for a few pages. Something about shifting OUT of the mode I'm working in gets me intere...
  • Last reply by AnnaBeth Hawkins Davidson
    I have been inspired by the two links members posted below in the comments. I read the...creative endeavors, and this helps me see why. So what do you think? In which mode do you feel most creative? Do...
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  • Aimee Liu posted a status
    “Fiction is the art form of human yearning.” – Robert Olen Butler “We are living...Chief?) – does little to quell its effect on my psyche. I’m in fight-or-flight mode all the time, feeling angry a...
  • Misty Bivens posted a status
    I've always had a passion for writing, a fierce loyalty to being who you are, and an avid reader. This community seemed like the safest arena to start writing online, it's like I can feel the support as soon as I hit "enter" to visit the page. Thank you all for your inspiration!
  • Diana Y. Paul posted a status
    I LOVE movies, television, art and theater almost as much as I love writing. I feel both are interdependent and watching other writers' stories as well as reading them makes me learn more about the craft of writing. Through my blog, www.unhealedwound.com I hope to share my love of media and art.

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  • Thank you for your insight. As a currently unpublished author about to move into publishing mode on my first completed manuscr...
  • I have downloaded some of the above-mentioned Kindle "Giveaways" and have seen evidence of the terrible "devaluing" of writing."  I feel embarrassed when I find typos...
  • Since my novel came out (The Night Counter, Three Rivers Press 2010), it has gotten ve...on't love to hear themselves talk, putting them into a weird split personality mode. As an example of the marketi...