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Creative Writing Exercise - An Alphabetical Story

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 10 Nov 17

I was looking through some creative writing prompts today and stumbled on a recommendation of attempting to tell a story in twenty-six words, with each word starting with a letter of the alphabet. It isn’t just a random list of...

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I was Naked and Afraid... Just Not On The Show...

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 23 Apr 17

The scene opens up to me waking up in a big bed with lots of soft pillows surrounding me. The sun shone brightly on the bed, warming my skin and the bedding around me as well. I felt content, wanting to curl up like a cat and nap...

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Milestone moments?

pgn @pgntwo (22405) • Derry, Northern Ireland 20 Aug 16

Prompted by another post I read earlier here on myLot (thanks @JolietJake), I noticed my counter hit all the 8s a while ago, check out the picture above. Well, ok, 4 of'em at any rate. Is it a moment of significance, a milestone?...

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Each time I write it

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169406) • United States 2 Aug 16

I have now lost a long descriptive narrative twice. I will write it in Word next time. Each time I write it, it is better, but will be too long for many of you. As I open my ears, I hear sounds that let me time travel, and I...

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Writing my bio. But why? Will people read it?

thescribbler @thescribbler (386) • United States 7 Apr 13

I'm 75 pages into my autobiography, and although I've had an interesting and quite unique life, I wonder who would want to read about it. Am I doing this for myself or for the reader? Do you read biographies? Whose lives are...

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First, second and third person narrative

Porcospino @Porcospino (31365) • Denmark 6 Jun 12

Most of the novels I have read use the first-person perspective or the third-person perspective. I like the first-person perspective, because I find it easier to emphasize with the character and because I think it makes the story...

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Are You Still Faithful to the One You Love?

atv818 @atv818 (1980) • United Arab Emirates 4 Feb 10

Work nights lately and to keep me awake, my colleagues and I send messages to one another like there's no tomorrow. Often times, they will send me confession stories from girlie or hunky magazines on how they sexually cheated...

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Need some critics and advice on my essay! Help!

JenInTN @JenInTN (27514) • United States 29 Jan 10

Ok..so I have to write a descriptive narrative essay for my new class. She give us some titles/thesis to choose from and it needed to be about a personal experience..oh my..well...I chose the only title I could relate to or at...

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Novel Types

gloamglozer @gloamglozer (1289) • Australia 3 Dec 09

I was reading some book yesterday, it was pretty good from what i read of it. Ahh, forgot what it was called but it was something to do with a village that worked stones into weapons like axes, knives and stuff, they were the best...

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I Write...

gloamglozer @gloamglozer (1289) • Australia 18 Oct 09

It was a cold a silent night, the air was biting at my exposed fingers like a snake striking me with venom. I walked further down the street towards a flickering lamp post. I heard the faint sounds of barking in the nearby...

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Here is a poem that I wrote about the end of a semester in college!

Sandra_Hatfield @Sandra_Hatfield (175) • United States 12 Jul 09

Here is a Link to the poem that I wore about the end of a semester in college. Tell me what you think about it please! I am trying to improve on my writting skills so any advice is helpful. The link to the poem is...

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Tick Tock Goes the Old Nagging Clock

Sandra_Hatfield @Sandra_Hatfield (175) • United States 12 Jul 09

I need someones opinion. I have published this little narrative at this one website and I am just currious what you Mylotters think about it. So here is the link if you don't mind clicking on it and reading it. Then let me know...

Character Building

kedostuga @kedostuga (3) • Portugal 22 Jun 09

When Writing a narrative, I usually have a more or less defined main character, which I can easily describe from my head, As I progress trough the story I add secondary characters or make a brief mention of any other less...

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Do you know any good "tall tales", any real whoppers?

gardengrrl @gardengrrl (1445) • United States 30 Jul 07

"Tall tales" are great, big, whopping lies told expressly for entertainment. A classic example can be found in the movie, "Fried Green Tomatos". The character "Buddy" spins for us the following: There used to be a big old lake,...

Are Greek myths outdated, or still relevant?

wandale @wandale (95) • United States 18 Dec 06

A lot of the character archetypes that we see in today's tv and movies are based on some of the characters and stories of Ancient Greek myth, at least if you believe the mythology scholar Joseph Campbell. Do we like the stories...

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