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In this forum The Ravyn's Nest any topic with the author The Ravyn. Her story can be read here A Dark Journey.

I was always raised to respect your parents, or in my case my grandmother, and alot of the "spoiled kids" had no respect for their parents whats so ever, which I'm sure is the parent's fault for not instilling that sense of behavoir at an early age. Anyway, thanks again you guys :mrgreen: That's ke...

Interesting. In my opinion, there is a difference between "spoiling" and "making the most of your time with your child." To me, spoiling entails not teaching your child to be accountable for his or her actions, always picking up after them and I'm being metaphorical here, not literal. ;) I love my s...

The Rules I am following the format of the rules of the Official Contest. The rules to the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest are childishly simple: 1. Each entry must consist of a single sentence but you may submit as many entries as you wish. 2. Sentences may be of any length (though you go beyond 50 ...

Hopefully some of you have heard of the yearly Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest. This month I'd like to issue a challenge to those of you who want to take part, to write an opening line as per the Bulwer-Lytton contest rules. For those of you who don't know: The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest (BLFC) is ...

bags123 wrote:It is kind of strange,... idn't it?

Canada or your poem?

gotta love the Hip ;)

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I have that happen too, heinz, and sometimes the other way 'round. I have a poem called "Fetching Leaves" started as a poem became a prose piece and now is a picture book :)

heinzs wrote:Maybe I should turn this into prose as the opening paragraph to a story...

not a bad idea, heinz, it did read more prosaic than poetic to me and would make a wonderful story start....

I'd like to chime in for AlluraD as well, good choice, foreverflame

The Art of Revision In order to revise your prose effectively, you need to learn to be your own editor. Here are some things to look for when revising: Read the sentence aloud. Does it sound "right"? Read the paragraph aloud. Make sure you can identify the grammatical subject of each sentence. Chec...

Why is proficient spelling important? We've all seen the email forward about how the mind can create the correct word out of the jumbled letters of the word so long as the first and last letter are in place. So, why is proficient spelling important? Proficient spelling is important for a number of ...

I'm intrigued as to the inspiration for your words, what made you write this poem, what you were thinking about, where the idea came from. Scars from the tentacles of your own lightning. You talk about scars that were caused by lightning tentacles, but what about the scars? This is a sentence fragme...

Why is punctuation important? One of the items that I've stressed is important in poetry and prose is using punctuation properly. Appropriate placement of commas, periods and the like assist in the reader making meaning of your writing. I'm asked by writers why I think punctuation is important. Her...

I wake up at night beside you I look at you laying there and think to my self why I listen to them the rumors the lies and all the things that I find that you explain away so easily. I see you move just a bit to get more comfortable and continue your sleep a tear falls from your face and I don't kn...

I'd start with fixing the spelling, highlighted in bold below: Doubtful Love I wake up at night beside you I look at you laying there and think to myself why I listen to them the rumors the lies and all the things that I find that you explain away so easily. I see you move just a bit to get more com...