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10 November 2009 @ 11:22 pm
Title: Writers' Block: The Great Myth
Summary: ... since I began writing, I've heard many different people exclaim "What shall I do? The horrid Overlord Writer's Block doth wound me greviously!"

Down the Rabbit Hole, Alice


 
 
10 November 2009 @ 02:02 am
A Simple Plotting Technique

Here's a simple plotting technique you can use to organize your novel!

 
 
09 November 2009 @ 07:45 pm

Could some people please read this and tell me what you think?
Daughter of Kings )
 
 
06 November 2009 @ 11:33 pm
Title: Making Clay
Genre: Writers on Writing
Summary: "...a great man once told me that writers write. Raw material won't come to you in a flash of inspiration and no-one will make it for you."

Down the Rabbit Hole, Alice




Title: Resources for Writiers
Summary: A listing of my favorite software and books directed towards writers on the internet; click and see what you might find!

Down the Rabbit Hole, Alice

 
 
21 August 2009 @ 11:59 am

Trying to get things moving here again and what better way to do that than a prompt? If anyone has a particularly marvellous, or vaguely good, idea for a prompt, please comment and let me know.

Or, indeed, register your interest in doing prompts here. :)

 
 
30 September 2008 @ 01:21 am
Hey guys, I want to know what you think of this before I post it anywhere else! LOL

It's called, DISTURBED... )
 
 
21 September 2008 @ 03:50 pm
pimping several writing communities!

[info]loveletters_v1  - a rating community for writers

[info]thousandtables  - a prompt table community open to all types of fiction and graphics

[info]start_writing  and [info]start_writing_2  for great tips on story and character development not to mention challenges!

webfictionguide - a great online resource for writers of original fiction as well as a place to sit back and read.

 
 
19 August 2008 @ 11:15 am

FOR THE AUSSIES...


The National Story Writing Competition is open for business although you've only got until the 22nd of August... so I'd get writing. It's one of the few comps in Australia to offer good prize money and you have a reasonable chance of winning. Here are the details:

  • Entry is for Australian residents
  • Short stories should be original, previously unpublished work
  • Stories should not exceed 3,000 words
Prizes:
  • Adult 1st Prize $1500
  • Teenage 1st Prize $350 13-18 years
  • Junior 1st Prize $250 9-12 years
  • Local Award $500 For residents in Knox, Maroondah and Yarra Ranges

If you're into script writing check out the INSCRIPTION which offers $200 000 in prize money to up and coming script writers. That's big money... so I guess it's worth a look!

These guys have a wonderful website with many different workshops on offer both in person and online. Their entry criteria goes like this:

*~* Writers must be living in Australia
*~* Writers may enter more than one category and/or scripts in more than one form
*~* There is no restriction on style or genre, but the piece must run a minimum of 40 minutes.
*~* Identity of the writer(s) should be removed from the script
*~* The work should not have been professionally produced.

Each category of Prize receives the following:

*~* $5 000 cash
*~* Extensive script development workshops with leading international practitioners
*~* A presentation
*~* Production of scripts


Your deadline is OCTOBER 31ST!!!

 
 
18 August 2008 @ 06:29 pm
As always, WRITER'S DIGEST has their annual competitions running. The following is a list of competitions and their prize monies. Please click on the competition for further details.

POPULAR FICTION AWARDS ~ $2 500

POETRY ~ $500

SHORT STORY ~ $3 000

For the full list go here

These guys accept emailed submissions for international writers. There are also prizes for those that are placed including subscriptions to their magazine.
 
 
28 July 2008 @ 10:28 pm
Not sure where this piece is going, but here's a start lol

Title: GLASS HOUSE
by: [info]ellymelly
Rated: M I guess, though at the moment it's PG
Summary: So far? A look at the relationship between the colonies of Mars and Earth.

Sample:

Earth is not a museum. It is a glasshouse in a universe that likes to throw stones. A house of cards that plays it own hand. Little more than a rock, dragged unwilling through space with its waters bulging out the sides and its face to the sun.

That is what I would like to believe. It gives me comfort on cloud choked nights. Yet it is not the complete truth. Earth is a crucible with its slippery edges curved inwards. We settle in its centre, writhing against the silence.

 

 

 
 
11 February 2008 @ 05:20 pm
 I'm feeling very whiney today.  I'm sneezing, and coughing, and aching, and I'm cold, so, I wrote a poem.

hehem )

Being sick sucks.
 
 
Current Mood: sick
 
 

WritersDigest.com - The home of Writer's Digest Magazine
The 77th Annual Writer's Digest competition is on!

Win a trip to New York City ! 
GRAND PRIZE: $3,000 cash and a trip to New York City to meet with editors or agents. Writer's Digest will fly you and a guest to The Big Apple, where you'll spend three days and two nights in the publishing capital of the world. While you're there, a Writer's Digest editor will escort you to meet and share your work with four editors or agents! Plus, you'll receive a free Diamond Publishing Package from Outskirts Press.

Entry Deadline: Thursday, May 15, 2008. 

interested? CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE

 
 
14 January 2008 @ 01:18 pm
A revised version of A Number in the Sky.

Title: A Number in the Sky
by: ellymelly
Genre: Science Fiction

 

 
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09 December 2007 @ 10:39 am
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Current Location: my room
Current Mood: crappy
Current Music: sen yoru wo koete
 
 
04 December 2007 @ 11:53 am
Continuation of the First part of the Story with No Name

Story with No Name--Part2 )

All feedback welcome
 
 
A hello, after all I'm new to this group. I've posted some over at [info]fictionwriters and I thought to give this place a try.

I'm also looking for some feedback. I've been posting parts of this over in my journal [info]rhino_boy but here hopefully is the thing to date.
Mind you this is the longest single sustained project I've done. Maybe I can fool myself into making a novel out of this.

TITLE: (None yet)
Warnings: Cursing, descriptions of dead bodies, other adult situations
SUMMARY: What happens when you find a body and you belong to a minority that the police don't care about.

The story with no name--part1 )
 
 
03 December 2007 @ 08:24 am
Ok this is the last of what I have written so far. Hope you enjoy.


*read more* )
 
 
Current Location: Work
Current Mood: content
 
 
03 December 2007 @ 08:21 am
*read more* )
 
 
Current Location: Work
Current Mood: content
 
 
03 December 2007 @ 08:20 am
My story I am working on. It doesn't have a title yet. It does contain some adult content



*read more* )
 
 
Current Location: work
Current Mood: content
 
 
02 December 2007 @ 07:07 pm
Hello writers :D

2007 is drawing to a close, so I thought that it might be nice to share with the community what you have written over the year that you really like and I'll put a showcase of sorts together for us as a community. This may not work, but I thought it might be nice to try. I always found that the task of writing can be exhausting (as you nanowrimo's know) so a little show and tell might be exactly what you need after the long haul. Any writing from the year is welcome, or if you wish, you can submit things that you've written in the past.

I've also collected a few useful links for those looking to write longer works of fiction.

Writing Your First Novel
How To Write A Novel ~ How To Plot Your Novel ~ How To Get Published

A huge congratulation to those who completed Nanowrimo.
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