Stream of Consciousness

May 21st
I am sitting on a wood fence. It is simple, a standard two-pole, two wide-spaced-slat affair made of roughly hewn, generally rectangular-shaped odds and ends of wood. It has been recently edited; the inexperienced, pale tan and peachy slats show where the new bits are. The rest is weathered and grey, splinter-less and with varying shades of lichen dotting its underside. I am sitting on a grey slat, my shorts a little too short to protect me from a splintery new piece.
By ThatOne_Girl6 months ago in Writers
3 Mindsets That Held Me Back from My Horror Writing
Before I fully embraced my horror self to bring into my writing, I was a mere mouse that was afraid. I kept on doubting myself in the past, believing I wasn’t good enough to write the horror genre.
By Emy Quinn6 months ago in Writers
Why Many with Multiple Incomes Still Rely on France’s Welfare System
Among these recipients are people who actually have multiple sources of income: part-time or full-time jobs, freelance gigs, small businesses, or occasional side hustles. Yet they continue to receive aid from the CAF. This might seem paradoxical at first glance. Why would someone with several incomes still apply for welfare? Is this opportunism, or does it point to something deeper?
By Bubble Chill Media 6 months ago in Writers
🧚A 1917 tale now told, of how two young girls outsmarted a nation.
I found this adorable story during reading here and there, where roads dropped, and the shape of things became blurred by the many shenanigans of summer.
By Novel Allen6 months ago in Writers
The Quiet Processing
New energy, I’m told, lies within a tired head, but woven in the seams, this candlelight burns dim. Flying saucers… caught in the naked eye of night.
By faline salisburg6 months ago in Writers
The Gazebo By The Lakes
I watched you, watch me from a distance. I watched your eyes track my every movement from across a room full of humans that could never feel all that we felt. A cosmic connection, two celestial bodies colliding. Our beginning was inked in blue flame and coated in stardust. As I skimmed our cursed ending, it spelled the fate of a sun.
By Raven Nicole6 months ago in Writers
Unlocking Your Inner Voice: 5 Proven Ways to Spark Daily Creativity
Creativity isn’t a mysterious gift that visits some people and ignores others—it’s a practice. Just like muscles grow stronger when you exercise, creativity thrives when you use it daily. For writers, artists, or anyone hoping to spark fresh ideas, nurturing inspiration can transform ordinary days into extraordinary ones.
By Mahmood Afridi6 months ago in Writers
Why Writers Fall in Love With Their Characters
“They’re fictional. I know. And yet — I’d die for them.” Writers get it. Or maybe we don’t, and that’s why we’re so emotionally attached to people who exist solely in our heads. I’ve cried over my characters. I’ve argued with them, obsessed over them, rooted for them like they were my own chaotic children. And yes — I’ve had full-on crushes on them.
By Georgia6 months ago in Writers
Magical Creatures Without the Clichés
“If I see one more sassy talking cat or a dragon with daddy issues, I might scream.” Let’s be honest: magical creatures are part of what makes fantasy sparkle. They lift us out of the ordinary and into the wondrous. But all too often, they also fall into painfully predictable tropes. You know the ones. The wise old centaur. The rebellious fae prince. The brooding werewolf with a soft side. Yawn.
By Georgia6 months ago in Writers
How to Write Descriptions That Don’t Bore Readers
“Don’t just describe the room — make me feel like I’ve stepped inside it.” We’ve all read that one book (or three) where the descriptions feel like someone hit pause on the story to give you a furniture catalogue. And look — I get it. Description is hard. You want to paint a vivid picture, but not drown your reader in a sea of adjectives. So, how do you write description that actually enhances the story, rather than dragging it down?
By Georgia6 months ago in Writers
What If? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers
Anne Bernays and Pamela Painter — What if? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers prompts — The Exercise: Choose a central dramatic incident from your life. *Write about it in first person, and then write about it in third person (or try second person!) Write separate versions from the point of view of each character in the incident. *Have it happen to someone ten or twenty years older or younger than yourself. *Stage it in another country or in a radically different setting. *Use the skeleton of the plot for a whole different set of emotional reactions. *Use the visceral emotions from the experience for a whole different storyline. The Objective: To become more fluent in translating emotions and facts from truth to fiction. To help you see the components of a dramatic situation as eminently elastic and capable of transformation. To allow your fiction to take on its own life, to determine what happens and why in an artful way that is organic to the story itself. As Virginia Woolf said, "There must be great freedom from reality."
By Denise E Lindquist6 months ago in Writers
the tree of me. Top Story - August 2025.
Last night, my dreams were encased in a cloak of darkness, and I could not make them out. Yet when I awoke this morning, the sun gleamed beyond my window just the same, and the vicious pounding of my heart was eased by the familiarity of its glow.
By angela hepworth6 months ago in Writers