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There are 14 days remaining to submit your entry to the CYA Writing & Illustrating Competition.

Explore the 15 categories & submit your work at:
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Having baths, warm ache soothes bones saunaed people, I don't know how sweat flees to refuge in laugh lines before falling on a foamy baby blue flip flop, a delirious and happy sigh crumbles from his lips, neck hair at halfmast, mourning, mourning! Mourning for five decades, wasted afternoons past in a servile sun red round tightly wound skin stretched over finally allowed to breath and sag to your fullest desire steam rankles bruised tome water cool clear flown in throat soon to settle in the wet sediment of a fish decomposing thousands of miles alone. Go back I Have something to say Ahh.

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The Concert Adam’s fingers clenched, holding onto the car seat with excessive force.

Is it possible for a concert to be too good? Find out in today’s short story, The Concert. #shortstory #storiebrevi #creativewriting #writingcommunity #aspiringauthor #writing

Keep research notes for your book organized If you’ve adequately researched your nonfiction book, then you probably have so many notes that organizing them is a must. Unless you do so, the writing of your first draft won’t go smoothly.The be…

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Every social group has that one couple A short story about the one couple that every group despises and yet somehow always turns up uninvited

However they were aware, Mossad should probably be sat taking notes because it was clearly an impressive operation they mounted.

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Smile it won't kill you A short story about what happens when you don't reciprocate other people's smiles

Spring had finally decided to make an appearance, the warmth of the sun stroked his face like a requited lover returned to his side.

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Subtle Themes: Engaging Your Readers Through Character Choices One of the quickest ways to lose a reader is to tell them what your story means. Theme is powerful—but only when it’s felt, not forced. Readers don’t want a lecture; they want an experience that guides them to their own understanding. The most memorable stories trust the audience to connect the dots. So, how can you communicate a powerful, meaningful theme without sounding preachy?

Are you preaching in your writing? Learn how to reveal theme through character, conflict, and subtext—without ever spelling it out.
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Escaping poverty Life lessons disguised as a short story because sometimes people need a little nudge in the right direction about the choices they make

You can lie about your past, but you cannot change your past and you'll never outrun it no matter how much horsepower you have

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What are they so afraid of? A short story about the sorry state of the world and one man's quest to embrace culture and question everything we're told to believe

No one has ever dug up a dinosaur in Egypt wearing a large fez or one in France wearing a gigantic beret at a jaunty angle.

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An upper class twit A short story about the British Class system and the upper class twits you may have the misfortune of meeting

Her accent Cheltenham ladies, her vocabulary more extensive than Shakespeare's.

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A friendship severely tested A short story testing the limits of acceptable British humour set in a pub with two ol lads sailing too close to the wind and testing their friendship

- I feel drunk.
- Alcohol will do that to you Mick.
- Nah it's not that it's something I've eaten.

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The home line A short story about retirement and the dangers pitfalls of getting old that no one warns you about when you're young

Government ministers would have their flunkies skim your reports and then ignore the advice totally and piss downwind with whichever way public opinion happens to be blowing on any given week.

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A windy walk A story about the pitfalls of getting old and walking through the British countryside on a windy day

He soon found he was sharing the space with a rather tubby bumblebee who presumably was equally desperate to get out of the wind and cared little for the man busy tiddling against the tree.

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A portly affair A satirical look at the British class system and one of its many underlings

His only use to the Royal Navy would have been as a buoyancy aid for sailors should the ship have gone down.

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All the world is not your stage A short story inspired by those who insist that the world needs to hear every conversation they ever have in a public space

The blonde metronome kept up its pace moving back and forth, its arm aloft with mobile phone held in front of her mouth.

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What goes on behind closed doors A satirical look at what goes on behind closed doors in a British Hotel

To compound his misery he's just discovered the only towel in his room is about the size of a handkerchief.

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A sby amongst our mist A short story about a list child and an indiscriminate killing rampage on a train. Well kind of.

Cathy's vocabulary this morning was proving to be formed from nothing more than a bad hand of Scrabble tiles.

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I did an interview with Ric Bratton on his show This Week in America a while back...Here is the link for those that are interested... #interview #RicBratton #Azimuthal #sciencefiction #scifi #America #readingcommunity #creativewriting #booksky

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Nine ways to show a character’s personality Virtually infinite ways exist to show a character’s personality, but all should follow one simple, guiding principle: It must reveal and be grounded in the character’s motivations, that is, wh…

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Lotus Laterns Floating In Electrified Air A part of my spirit and soul was left in South Korea

Take a look at my latest post on Substack!
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The Caretaker's Lamps: a written in verse poem A translucent figure -

My latest poem is on Substack! Poetry readers please give it a look :)
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Submitting do’s and don’ts for magazines So you’ve got a story written and are about to send it to a magazine or a publisher. Congratulations! One of the largest barriers preventing beginning writers from becoming established is that…

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Trust the story already lives inside you. 😼✨

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Your words matter.
Your voice deserves to be heard.
Submissions are now open.
Let your story breathe.
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Flash Fiction is a short-form writing exercise: land a complete story in 100 words. Tiny space, big impact at spark.thestoryshack.com #FlashFiction #CreativeWriting #Storytelling

Should you always follow ‘rules’ of writing? Show don’t tellUse active voiceTell the story in present tenseAs a writer, you’ve probably heard these and a thousand other “rules” about writing. As an editor, I’ve certainly advised them as well.…

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The latest edition of 'The Lawnswood Luminance' is available with writing by 16 newly-published writers! So much to read: conspiracy theories, a history of feminism, Sports news, gaming news, student photography, & a Dragnogoth!🐲 #creativewriting #studentnewspaper #studentjournalist #WeAreLawnswood