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Since 1982 the English Department at San Jose State University has sponsored the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, a whimsical literary competition that challenges entrants to compose the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels. The contest (hereafter referred to as the BLFC) was the brainchild (or Rosemary's baby) of Professor Scott Rice, whose graduate school excavations unearthed the source of the line "It was a dark and stormy night." Sentenced to write a seminar paper on a minor Victorian novelist, he chose the man with the funny hyphenated name, Edward George Bulwer-Lytton , who was best known for perpetrating The Last Days of Pompeii, Eugene Aram, Rienzi, The Caxtons , The Coming Race, and--not least-- Paul Clifford , whose famous opener has been plagiarized repeatedly by the cartoon beagle Snoopy.
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Fiction Technique Tip: Writing Clearly
As you write your novel, always remember that it is for your readers. That sounds obvious, yet many novelists are not considerate of their readers. It is especially important to do this in a novel with multiple viewpoint characters. Don’t ever make the reader scratch her head wondering who she’s reading about. At six o’clock Monday morning, Mark was pulling into InterCom’s parking lot. Ellen gazed up at the soaring office building, wondering which floor Darren’s office was on.
The Novel and Short Story Protagonist’s Guild (in league with the Heroes’ Union) has done an extensive survey of members, and we find evidence of a widespread campaign by authors to diminish our stature in fiction. Quit making us oblivious to the evils in the world. We’re tired of being perpetually shocked, confused, surprised, sideswiped, and devastated by the mercurial nature of being alive a world where Bad Things Happen. Why, oh, why do we always have to believe that our lives are picture perfect and destined to stay that way… until BOOM, you drop conflict, tragedy, and upheaval into our laps. Ug.
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Six Minute Story – A Flash Fiction Experiment
"It's like a huge, deformed penis sticking up out of the ground," she said. Red Gatorade sprayed her cheek. Nick wiped his mouth and capped the bottle. When I walked in through the main hall to follow the giant flickerings the painted themselves against the soar vaults of the holy place, I could sense the enormity surro... [ Read more... ] "Josh, I'm leaving." She felt the tears burning behind her eyes as she spoke.We have all been there. You are halfway through your work-in-progress (WIP). It was all going so well. The characters, the plot and all the elements that make a great novel were all cooperating, coming together and falling into place. Then all of the...
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Stephie Smith's Contest Chart for Writers
Disclaimer: This website owner is not responsible for misinformation, and the listing of these contests is not an edorsement on the part of this website owner!! Please do your own homework. Categories abbreviations used: Contemp (Contemporary), ER (Erotic Romance), FFTP (Futuristic / Time-Travel, Fantasy, Paranormal), HF (Historical Fiction), HR (Historical Romance), MS (Mainstream), Mys-Sus (Mystery / Suspense), Para (Paranormal), RC (Romantic Comedy), RE (Romantic Elements), RS (Romantic Suspense), ST (Single Title), Sci-Fi (Science Fiction), YA (Young Adult).Content FWJ is read by many thousand readers every day. We offer a free weekly newsletter with all the top stories - come join the community!
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Need some writing inspiration this weekend? We’ve collected a series of mind-boggling robot demo videos from Boston Dynamics, a company creating robotic tools for the military. As you can see by the Sand Flea robot video embedded above, these videos could inspire an entire bookshelf: a militaristic science fiction novel, a robot-driven horror movie, a chilling spy novel, a tense suspense book, a heroic war novel or a nonfiction examination of the ways robots will change the art of war. Watch the videos below and start writing!
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Brainstorms & Bylines
Disclaimer: Bear in mind that I am sharing these links not endorsing them. While I’ve checked out these sites, always read the complete guidelines before submitting anything AND always do your homework. Commonweal is edited by Catholic laypeople and ”welcomes original manuscripts dealing with topical issues of the day on public affairs, religion, literature, and the arts.” They prefer queries sent with an outline. Phaith magazine launched in September of 2011, and is provided free of charge to 340,000 homes in the Catholic Archdiocese. To learn more about the content they publish, check the full March issue online here.The artifact which is the source of my power will not be kept on the Mountain of Despair beyond the River of Fire guarded by the Dragons of Eternity. It will be in my safe-deposit box. The same applies to the object which is my one weakness.