Challenge
Penning the Grayscale
We never forget our first love, do we? Most 'firsts' are clumsy and awkward. They're the beginning of a journey. In love, they're often heart-breaking. We learn their lessons—of love lost, perhaps unrequited, and of own capacity to adapt to change.
By E.K. Daniels2 years ago in Writers
Cancun,Mexico
I have been writing since I was a child. However, the first piece I ever wrote that I can remember was when my mother, stepfather, and I went to Cancun, Mexico. I am not sure of the exact year. I want to say about 1995-1996 we traveled down there.
By Adrianne Kirksey2 years ago in Writers
Johannesburg fire: New quest for casualties in South Africa. Content Warning.
The burst, in the stuffed and censured five-story building, guaranteed 74 lives, including 12 kids.The fire, what began in the early long stretches of Thursday morning at the five-story Osindiso building, is accepted to have been touched off by candles utilized for lighting inside the construction, as per Johannesburg Public Wellbeing MMC Dr Mgcini Tshwaku.
By Kush Kedijang2 years ago in Writers
My First Attempt. Runner-Up in Writers Challenge. Top Story - September 2023.
When I was 17 I decided that I'd start writing a fantasy novel. Seems reasonable, right? Did to me at the time, too. I knew absolutely nothing about writing a book, so I simply took up a notebook and a pen and began scribbling. I wrote seven pages in that feverish first session, and figured upon reading that it was good enough (it wasn't, by a long shot!) and that I enjoyed it enough (this, however, completely fair and reasonable) to continue.
By Dave Rowlands2 years ago in Writers
Writing Changed My Life
I can remember loving to write ever since I could string a sentence together. I grew up in a very dysfunctional and abusive environment. Writing became my escape, my therapy and ultimately my passion. At first it started as me just writing down my thoughts in a notebook. I would sit for hours on end letting my thoughts flow onto paper. This was during the days when computers weren't even a thing yet. I took actual pen to paper and wrote until my hands would cramp. I always had trouble verbally expressing myself so writing was my voice, even if I thought nobody was listening.
By Sue McGaughey2 years ago in Writers
A Software Craftsman's Journey to Becoming a Storyteller
When we speak of firsts, a sense of nostalgia brushes against our hearts. It's the delicate and fragile memory of an original creation, the kernel from which the tree of experience grows. For me, that nascent memory takes me back to a Medium article. This treatise tackled the rather cerebral topic of "Understanding Inheritance with C#." If this sounds like a no-nonsense technical document aimed squarely at programmers, you're not wrong. It was precise, unembellished, and intensely pragmatic—much like a well-written code.
By Abnoan Muniz2 years ago in Writers
The G.O.A.T. of Football
In the quiet village of Soccerdale, nestled between rolling hills and lush meadows, lived a most unusual hero – Leo, the Goat of Football. While the world celebrated human football players as the "Greatest of All Time," in Soccerdale, the term took on a whole new meaning.
By Samuel Zigwai Timothy 2 years ago in Writers
