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The Micro-Fiction Challenge . Top Story - March 2024.
It feels like forever since I was hanging out with my Vocal family and I truly have have missed you! I ventured back here a few times but I felt completely out of practice reading your poems and stories and overwhelmed by the amount of them!
By Kayleigh Fraser ✨2 years ago in Writers
The FastForward Frenzie!!! ⏩
Hello lovely ViM Fam & welcome to our new segment slipping in every other Saturday here- The Fast Forward Frenzie!!! This will be a rotated bi-weekly post with the wonderful Keila’s Rewind segment, we want to give everyone an opportunity to grow and share here, we are Voices in Minor after all. For this segment I will be finding a newbie not just to our community but to Vocal too, and give them a frenzied launch of support & the warm welcome every new writer (even if they're just new to us) Deserves!!
By River and Celia in Underland 2 years ago in Writers
6 Things About Writing I Wish I Could Go Back In Time And Tell Myself
We all wish for a time machine for one reason or another. Sometimes it's to go back and play the numbers for a big lottery jackpot. To see a loved one more time, or to go and tell our past selves not to go on that date because we're going to get our hearts broken.
By Elise L. Blake2 years ago in Writers
Eavesdropping Sleepy Mission (Unofficial) Challenge Winners
First, off let me apologize for making you wait. I know I'm a day late, and I posted two stories before this one today, but let me explain: I got called into work last night, and also, I am weirdly particular about the layout of my profile. I like it to go in a certain order when possible (unless there's a series involved.)
By sleepy drafts2 years ago in Writers
One Of Those Days
Introduction Many days I will wake up and have many subjects to write about. I try not to repeat myself and I also am wary of publishing poems one after another. When we work at our day jobs we have no choice but to go to work, deliver what needs delivering and put in the hours.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 2 years ago in Writers
About Me: Cloey Kinney
A Brief History My mother clung onto my brother and I as kids. Not in a manner that’d warrant our own TLC documentary, but enough. I was twelve when I could walk the block alone. It’s worth mentioning that I was related to most of my town’s population. It was less of an adventure, and more of a brief family reunion every time we left the house. However, once I hit sixth grade, I was met with new faces when the small elementary schools were pushed together into one large middle school. Despite the feeling of ‘new,’ my mother has told the story a million times of how I spent the first day (Without taking into note how my mother was stalking me from the back of the parking lot next door, the story is quite cute). It was just me, a notepad, and an empty swing set to kick off this new chapter of my life. Little did anyone know, once I picked up a pen, I’d never put it down.
By Cloey Kinney2 years ago in Writers
The Brilliant Mind of a Vocal Creator
I became a content creator on Vocal in March 2018 and celebrated five years of being on this amazing platform. Since joining Vocal, I've had one story featured as a Top Story (August 2023) and a plethora of tips, which I appreciate very much. 2018 wasn't a great year for me personally, as I was homeless, jobless, and going through other personal issues. During those dark times, I was at my local library and all of a sudden, I ran into a site, which would later be Vocal. When I was in grade school, I loved writing my thoughts in notebooks. As I've stated in previous stories, my household and part of my childhood was hostile, abusive, and toxic. Decades later, writing gave me an opportunity to let my imagination fly, but at the same time, sharing my thoughts with everyone online. There is no age limit on being creative. During those aforementioned darker times, writing gave me an outlet to formulate on topics that matter to me and inform others on. Every year on October 20 is the National Day on Writing, celebrating writing in all forms. According to numerous online sources, there are positive benefits of jotting down your reflections on either pen and paper or digitally. These pick-me-ups such as helping you become more creative, improving as a writer, learning more about yourself, reducing stress, and building up your confidence.
By Mark Wesley Pritchard 2 years ago in Writers
