Tag: writers
member name: Dale C.
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January 18, 2009 09:27 PM EST --
If you’ve been around aspiring writers much you know that a good percentage of them produce the writing equivalent of really bad karaoke. You also know that there are undiscovered gems out there. . . .
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July 11, 2008 09:01 PM EDT --
Announcing the top ten entries in the Writing Wombat Slushpile Simulator Contest. And our winner is:
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John L. (springycom)
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Jamie . . .
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January 23, 2009 03:03 PM EST --
Part one looked at how the filters that keep readers from having to sort through a glut of really bad writing are breaking down. Part two looked at how authors and readers can adapt to a world where . . .
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June 18, 2008 09:54 PM EDT --
Note: This is an entry in the Writing Wombat Slushpile Simulator Contest. I am posting it to maintain the author's anonymity. All rights to this content remain the author's . . .
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May 09, 2008 11:16 PM EDT --
Description. It's necessary to make a story work. Too much leaves the story on hold while you marvel at the sunset or the hero's strong chin. Too little leaves you with a "whiteboard" . . .
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June 12, 2008 10:45 PM EDT --
Announcing: The Writing Wombats Slushpile Simulator Competition
My intent is to confound those who think the Writing Wombats are short on writing and long on miscellaneous chat. As an incidental . . .
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June 21, 2008 02:11 PM EDT --
We're getting enough entries that it may be getting a little harder to find all of them. Here are links to all of the entries so far in alphabetical order by title. As new entries come . . .
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April 09, 2008 11:38 AM EDT --
I've wanted to be a writer since I was around 12 years old. I started a lot of stories through the years, but only got serious about writing in the summer of 1994. As the fourteenth anniversary . . .
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June 09, 2008 03:33 PM EDT --
I also think that the most successful writers and the most successful movies almost create their own genres. Is Harry Potter young adult fantasy? Could be put in that category, but most . . .
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February 07, 2009 10:13 PM EST --
I'm going to try to do the same thing here that I did in the slushpile contest. Here are links to all of the entries so far in alphabetical order by title. As ken posts new entries . . .
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January 16, 2008 11:25 AM EST --
1. Dinosaurs after the Impact: An article in the latest Discover magazine says that there is reasonably credible evidence that a species of Hadrosaurs(Duckbill dinosaurs) survived in NewMexico . . .
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June 27, 2008 07:00 PM EDT --
Note: This is an entry in the Writing Wombat Slushpile Simulator Contest. I am posting it to maintain the author's anonymity. All rights to this content remain the author's . . .
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July 09, 2008 01:09 AM EDT --
Here is a list of the authors who have entered the Writing Wombat Slushpile Simulator Contest. Authors are listed by Gather screen name. If an author is listed more than once that means . . .
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January 23, 2009 02:15 PM EST --
Part one looked at how the filters that keep readers from having to sort through a glut of really bad writing are breaking down. This section will look at how authors and readers can adapt to a . . .
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July 12, 2008 01:48 PM EDT --
I'm not going to link the details for anyone but the top ten to specific entries, but several people have expressed an interest in the statistics for the rest of the field. Something to keep . . .
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April 09, 2008 02:43 PM EDT --
For the last ten years or so I've been a member of an "Amateur Press Association" (APA) called Point of Divergence. An APA is basically a bunch of people with a common interest who . . .
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December 16, 2007 12:57 PM EST --
Char, my entry for the Court TV Next Great Crime Writer contest, made the semi-finals. Char is a blend of science fiction and police procedural. If you like science fiction or mysteries you'll . . .
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March 18, 2009 06:52 PM EDT --
You've probably already figured this out if you've looked at the writing market lately, but the market is beyond saturated with new would-be writers. Agents are getting 200+ novel manuscripts . . .
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