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Kwitcherbitchin. Content Warning.
I’m of Northern European and Native American roots, pretty sure the Germanic folk hailed from the small hamlet of Kwitcherbitchin, eventually breeding with travelers from Fixyerfuckingrammar and Punctuateyergoddamnsentences, on the other side of the mountains, leaving those lands after some time to marry in with inhabitants of Bespecific and Showdonttell. Eventually, their descendants got on a ship, and there were some illicit relations with Concretelanguage, resulting in the bastard births of Strongverbs, Subversion, and Sensorydetail before making landfall on Literaryallusion at the mouth of the River of Alliteration and settling in Citeyoursources, on the banks of Lake Threedimensionalcharacters, in the shadow of Realisticdialogue Mountain. I am all of my ancestors and carry the maps of their native lands in my blood.
By Harper Lewisabout a month ago in Writers
Not Funny At The Time
Anne Bernays and Pamela Painter — What If? Writing Exercise for Fiction Writers prompts The Exercise — Write about something that happened to you that didn't seem at all funny at the time, for example, being stuck in a traffic jam and having a bee fly in through the car window or the time your tenant set your stove on fire and the firemen wrenched it from the wall and tossed it into the backyard. Bring the incident under the humor spotlight and transform it so as to emphasize things that will make your reader smile or laugh.Pacing is important, as are crucial details, and your own confidence that the story does not need analysis or authorial nudging. The last thing you want to do is tell the reader that you're about to lay a funny story on him. Limit: 550 words. The Objective - Because humor resides largely in what attitude you assume toward your material, you must be able to discover and exploit those elements that highlight the comic, the exaggerated, and the unlikely. Keep in mind that you could just as easily take the bee story and make it tragic (bee bites driver, driver crashes into another car, killing infant in back seat).
By Denise E Lindquistabout a month ago in Writers
Happiness and Light Unofficial Challenge - The Results!
What’s a judge to do? We had so many happy, bouncy, flouncy, bibbidy boppy (Shout out to Cristal for that phrase that has remained in our grumpy brains since we read her original entry. Alas, we went with an older, more sincere one, but you should still check it out - Paul) entries that this pair of surly curmudgeons were flummoxed by Schmaltz, zest for life and woo woo so deep we had to don waders to work our way through it. And we are both stoked that 4 of you earned Top Stories (20% of entrants)! We received eighteen entries for the Optimistic phase of the challenge that were chock-a-block with rainbows, fluffy critters, and sprites. For the Sarcastic phase of the challenge, we had two entrants who gleefully brought cold hard reality down on the optimistic entries like a couple of kids playing two-fisted Wack-a-Mole.
By Paul Stewartabout a month ago in Writers
Eastern Society Facing Social Change
Article: Eastern Society Facing Social Change By: Tahany Azzab Eastern society is experiencing major turmoil on the social level. This crisis first emerged within the Eastern family itself, then its effects spread to Eastern communities in the diaspora.
By Tahany Azzababout a month ago in Writers
When to Use a Lightweight Backend Framework for APIs
Modern applications rely heavily on APIs. From mobile apps and single-page applications to microservices and third-party integrations, APIs power seamless data exchange and functionality. As API-driven development grows, choosing the right backend framework becomes critical. Not every project needs a full-featured framework with built-in views, authentication layers, and extensive tooling. In many cases, a lightweight backend framework is the smarter choice.
By Lennox Grayabout a month ago in Writers
Why Documentation Is a Leadership Skill, Not a Chore. AI-Generated.
In many organizations, documentation is treated like leftover work. Something to be done “when there’s time.” Something junior developers are asked to handle. Something postponed until after the real work ships.
By Gustavo Woltmannabout a month ago in Writers
Between Craft and Curiosity: A Portrait of a Modern Mind. AI-Generated.
Names sometimes arrive with a quiet resonance, carrying more suggestion than definition. Frédéric Péchier is one such name—evoking precision, patience, and a distinctly European sense of craft. Whether imagined as an artist, a thinker, or a meticulous professional shaping his field, the name invites reflection on what it means to build a life around mastery rather than noise.
By Ayesha Lashariabout a month ago in Writers
New Physical Copy and New Published Story
My endeavor of looking for more literary publications to get published in that held more prestige in order to bolster my resume has been quite successful! One of the publications that I found and got published in back in August was Adelaide Literary Magazine, and I was so happy about that one. It was available online, and they do print versions as well. And recently, I finally got my physical copies of the publication!
By Stephen Kramer Avitabileabout a month ago in Writers
