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Writers-Workshop

Journal Entry: Mon Aug 4, 2008, 10:04 AM

Alright folks. It's been a while since I've submitted any journal updates, but this one is kinda important. As some of you may know, I've been accepted as an assistant to

, a great club with a great mission: to combat both writer's block and lack of constructive criticism. In case you don't know, here's how it works.

You're given a prompt, you write something new according to the prompt, you send it in a note to the club with a subject that is indicated in the journal, and the deviant who came up with the prompt will critique all the pieces that were submitted, as will anyone else who takes the time.

This time, I'm the one hosting! (I know, right?) It's not because I'm one of the new assistants; my idea was accepted before I sent in my application. It's because I came up with a prompt that has potential for some great writing. So please, I'm on my figurative knees, begging you to submit a work of fiction to this prompt, which is on Naturalist literature. If you don't know what Naturalism is, check the journal, which has a few resources to help you out. Just do it quick because the deadline is Wed. August 6, midnight GMT. I'll seriously cry if I'm the first workshop ever to inspire absolutely no submissions.

*kLiT-sHy does an interesting thing with her journals that i'd like to try out with mine. At the end she always has a little prompt, usually a question, a sort of addendum that you can comment on even if you don't feel like commenting on the info in the rest of the journal. Here's mine:

*What do you think a kiss feels like?

Features Reserved for first- and second-place winners of Tots and Teens: Children's Literature Contest (updates and entries at this link) to be decided in April.

---Requests CLOSED!!! (unless you ask nice...)
Contest Winner:

*FINISHED [link]
1.

COMPWEETED! [link]
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finished [link]
3.

FINITO! [link]
4.

25% + or - ?
5.

Finished (in five minutes) [link]
7.

10.

11.

you were so condescending

A great poem that has fun with the angst genre while working well within that style.

(in alphabetical order)

---I Shall Call Her "Mini-Me":

and Her, "Captain Shabooboo":

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All this and more at

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*dareme

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Mood: Zeal
Listening to: Feist, The Reminder
Reading: David Gemmell, Troy: Lord of the Silver Bow
Watching: The Dark Knight
Playing: Devil May Cry
Eating: Chocolate-covered Pretzels
Drinking: Gatorade

Thanks

Journal Entry: Fri Mar 21, 2008, 5:55 PM

I never want to become one of those deviants whose popularity ends up exceeding their capacity to interact with their supporters. With my recent DD, thanks to *inspiredimperfection and ^StJoan, i almost found myself in just such a position, and though there was nothing i could do about it, i hated myself for not thanking every single person who

ed or

collected. I will always respond if you leave a comment, no matter what, but i can no longer promise to do so if you just

, which saddens me to no end. This mass-thankyou journal is like a cheap cop-out because the ones who

ed but didn't

or comment will never know and they'll wind up thinking i'm some uppity geek to whom internet popularity means everything. It doesn't. To me, it's all about connections: making new friends, learning and growing together. I guess i'll be saying thanks here to everyone who

ed, if they wind up reading this, but if i had my way, everyone who ever gave me a simple, rare and wonderful

would get a moment of my time to read through a journal or deviation of theirs and a comment expressing my gratitude for taking their own time to read something of mine. Thanks everyone! I

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While i have your attention, i'd like to shamelessly plug my and *ThornyEnglishRose's contest, Tots and Teens: The Children's Literature Contest. There are some really cool prizes, and the list of entries is growing. The deadline is April 30, but you should get crack-a-lackin' now so you'll have time to edit, revise, and polish to a gleaming shine.

*kLiT-sHy does an interesting thing with her journals that i'd like to try out with mine. At the end she always has a little prompt, usually a question, a sort of addendum that you can comment on even if you don't feel like commenting on the info in the rest of the journal. Here's mine: