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  • 2014 Writing Olympics Re: DT - Event 7: Not Your Average Villanelle

    The Discussion Thread! Bounce ideas off one another, share advice, and have fun!

    Feb 14, 2014
  • 2014 Writing Olympics Re: Event 7: Not Your Average Villanelle

    Not Your Average Villanelle Summary: Write a villanelle style poem, with a twist! How to Enter: Post your entry as a reply to this topic. Description: A villanelle is a ...

    Feb 14, 2014
  • Writing Gooder Re: Remember, on weekends you can post whatever!

    Omg Stella do it. Eventually, once I can set aside some mass crafting time, I'm going to put together a Crafts for Bookish People series that will either be loads ...

    Feb 6, 2014
  • Writing Gooder Re: I'm going to be gone for...

    I missed my first day and for that I massively apologize! The first week of the semester threw a lot more at me than I anticipated, but I intend to ...

    Jan 31, 2014
  • Writing Gooder Re: Motivation Monday!

    I really like that, @Cailey!

    Jan 24, 2014
  • Lounge, The Re: The "I need medical advice for my novel" thread

    I'm really interested in what happens when someone goes into shock. Or what level of injury/incident would send someone into shock. What are the dangers if being in shock, is ...

    Jan 22, 2014
  • Writing Gooder Re: A new theme for WG

    I quite like this! I think it will work especially well for WG, since it looks like more posts will be featured on the "home page" at a time. It ...

    Jan 20, 2014
  • Writing Gooder Re: Sunday Serials!

    I may or may not have a serial idea (mostly a Shiny Idea that I want an excuse to play with now), however I'd like to get a good start ...

    Jan 18, 2014
  • Writing Gooder Re: Creative Writing in college/uni

    So I've been wanting to do this for a while, and I think I'm going to do my first post or two in the new WG cycle on studying creative ...

    Jan 18, 2014
  • Writing Gooder Re: Motivation Monday!

    It might also be really cool to collect simple writing prompts (photos, quotes, scenarios, etc) and every once and a while throw up a post with five or so of ...

    Jan 18, 2014
  • Writing Gooder Re: So what can & can't go in Writing Gooder?

    I really like that idea, Stella. Mostly because the huge list of categories on the side of WG makes me wince every time I have to look at it. And ...

    Jan 18, 2014
  • Lounge, The Re: Age Distribution of YWSers

    50 OF YOU ARE THE SAME AGE AS ME. Where are you my '92 darlings?

    Jan 17, 2014
  • Writing Gooder Re: So what can & can't go in Writing Gooder?

    One of the most popular and beneficial pre-law degrees in the states is English! Literature, that is. It's also weirdly common for pre-med, so long as you do all the ...

    Jan 17, 2014
  • Writing Gooder Re: I Have Been Discovered!

    Authors get absolutely zero say in what goes on their covers! Like 100000% no say. Sometimes the publisher will ask their opinion, if they're nice, but what the author thinks ...

    Jan 17, 2014
  • Writing Gooder Re: WG Needs Help

    So with @Nate's call for new writers among JMs, should we pull together some sort of game plan? (finalize a mission statement?) or something that will make it easier for ...

    Jan 15, 2014


Don't aim at success--the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one's dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself.
— Viktor E. Frankl