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Vocal Poetry Anthology: Progress Update and Requests - Part Two
Hey, friends and fellow combatants of the written word. I messed up. About... Three months ago. Wait, it can't possibly be that long! Double check - yep. Your boy, your Paul, messed up big style. Three months ago, I published an update on the Vocal Anthology poetry collection I've been working on since the start of the year, set to feature many of you lovely people and your fine words. Three months ago, I was at the stage of gathering the Author Bios for the book.
By Paul Stewart4 months ago in Writers
Written As A He
Anne Bernays and Pamela Painter — What if? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers prompts — The Exercise: Write a page in the first person, assuming the voice of someone of the opposite gender. This can be a description, a narrative, or a segment of autobiography. The main point is to completely lose yourself and become another. The Objective: To learn how to draw convincing verbal portraits of characters different from yourself and to make them sympathetic, rounded, and complex, even though you don’t especially “like” them or admire what they represent.
By Denise E Lindquist4 months ago in Writers
Humans vs Algorithms; The Clash for Marketing Control
In today’s fast-changing digital world, one big question keeps coming up: should businesses rely more on artificial intelligence or human expertise in advertising? This debate is especially strong when we talk about AI vs Human PPC and the growing role of AI advertising. On one side, algorithms bring speed, precision, and automation. On the other hand, humans bring creativity, strategy, and emotional understanding. The clash isn’t about who will win—it’s about how both can work together.
By Warne Bironn4 months ago in Writers
Dollar Challenge - Country Roads Challenge (September edition)
Here's the challenge I set for June Dollar Challenge - Invention Edition If you're familiar with these little prompts from me, they are quotes that inspired or stuck with me in some way. They might be from books, songs, films, or, not to put too fine a point on it, memes.
By L.C. Schäfer4 months ago in Writers
Writing Down The Bones Deck #18
Hi guys, It has been a while since I completed one of these card prompts. This post series has been inspired by Denise E Lindquist. I never would have known about this deck of cards if it wasn't for her. So thank you Denise for sharing this lovely deck of cards with all of us on Vocal.
By Chloe Rose Violet 🌹4 months ago in Writers
Grassroots health sessions spark change in food habits and ulcer prevention awareness
Author: Angelina Adut In the quiet outskirts of Juba, in Central Equatoria State, small gatherings in Rokwe Jengeli and Hai Baraka communities are sowing the seeds of health awareness—one conversation at a time.
By Excellence Foundation for South Sudan4 months ago in Writers
Notebook Entries. Top Story - September 2025.
Anne Bernays and Pamela Painter — What if? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers prompts — The Exercise: Write one page a day. Concentrate on observation and description, not feeling. For example, if you receive a letter, the ordinary reaction is to write in the diary, “I received a letter that made me happy.” (or sad). Instead, describe the size of the envelope, the quality of the paper, and what the stamps looked like. Keep your diary without using the verb to be. Forms of the verb to be don’t create any vivid images. By avoiding its use, you get into the habit of choosing more interesting verbs. You’ll also be more accurate. For example, some people will say “John Smith is a really funny guy,” when what they really mean is “John Smith makes me laugh,” or “I like John Smith’s sense of humor.” Experiment with sentence length. Keep the diary for a week in sentences of ten words or less. Then try writing each day’s account in a single sentence. Avoid use of “and” to connect the long sentence; try out other conjunctions. Switch your diary to third person for a while, so that instead of writing I, you can write about he or she. Then, try mixing the point of view. Start the day in third person and switch into first person to comment on the action. By interspersing first and third-person points of view, you can experiment with stream of consciousness and the interior monologue. Try keeping your diary in an accent — first the accent of somebody who is learning how to write English, then the accent of somebody learning to speak English. Keep it in baby talk; Baby want. Baby hurt. Baby want food. Baby want love. Baby walk. Try making lists for a diary entry — just a record of the nouns of that day: toothbrush, coffee, subway tokens, schoolbooks, gym shoes. The Objective: To enhance your powers of observation and description without having to juggle the demands of characterization and plot.
By Denise E Lindquist4 months ago in Writers
All my Top Stories in one place
Fiction A body on the bridge 1. I remember thinking. Will this photo catch their eyes? It’s dark even though there were lights on the bridge. Then I thought, maybe the title would grab them. Something with death as a quiet wink beneath the title. There was a horrible crime in my city, what a perfect and terrible thing.
By Caitlin Charlton4 months ago in Writers
