I woke up this morning, still thrilled that I had won 5th place in the Mainstream/Literary Category of Writer’s Digest 82nd Annual Competition for my short story. But a memory that they had rules about simultaneous submissions sent me to their website. I checked and emailed the staff to tell them that the story […]
My Story ALMOST Won Fifth Place
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Do you agree with this Robert Frost Quote?
“Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.” Robert Frost
Poems on Scraps of Paper
Wrote a poem, lost the scrap of paper I wrote it on. Recalled the beginning, wrote more, it’s better.
Quote about Prose and Poetry
Samuel Taylor Coleridge said, “Prose = words in their best order; – poetry = the best words in their best order.”
Winners of the Group Poem Contest
Jennifer King, poetry instructor and director of the Downtown Oakland Senior Center, gave us the final vote for the winner of the group poem title contest. The title is ………… “Cadence” by Violet Carr Moore!! I asked for a second and third place designation too. Vi also won the third place for “Time”. Vi is […]
What’s in the Background of your Scenes?
Jordan E. Rosenfeld’s book, MAKE A SCENE, offers many writing tips. I particularly liked her paragraphs about Foreground and Background. She says that like paintings, scenes can have backgrounds, but she meant more than setting. Plant “subtle messages and emotional layers in the background through actions” while the reader’s attention is on what’s happening in […]