Word of the Week #27
Bernard’s herigaut was surprisingly wrinkled today. herigaut (n) 1. A gown-like garment worn in the 13th and early 14th centuries with hanging sleeves.
Writing Gooder A Group Blog From The Young Writers Society
How to Kill an Armchair by creativityrules
Here’s to the third edition of Featuring Fiction in YWS, a biweekly feature of well written yet hidden stories. This week I chose How to Kill an Armchair by creativityrules. Now, let me tell you...
Poetic Forms: Phrase Manipulation
Hello Everyone! Welcome to week five of poetic forms, where every week I introduce a different type of poem and invite you to give it a go! As an added incentive to take part,...
Quote of the Week #27
“This is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you’re not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
Featured Poem 8/19 – “please advise stop [I was dragging a ladder slowly over stones stop]”
please advise stop [I was dragging a ladder slowly over stones stop] by Rusty Morrison I was dragging a ladder slowly over stones stop it was only from out of my thoughts that I...
Poetic Forms Winner: Climbing Rhyme
Hi everyone, if you’ve not heard of Climbing Rhyme before, please read Wednesday’s post to find out more about it. There was a lot of interest this week and it was well deserved as...
10 Books of Summer – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Wake-Up Call
And then, one Thursday, nearly two thousand years after one man had been nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be to be nice to people for a change, a girl...
Poetic Forms: Climbing Rhyme
Hello Everyone! Welcome to week four of poetic forms, where every week I introduce a different type of poem and invite you to give it a go! As an added incentive to take part,...
Quote of the Week #26
“I understand what you’re saying, and your comments are valuable, but I’m gonna ignore your advice.” – Roald Dahl
Word of the Week #26
The Hardings’ picnic was bothered by a noisome cloud of flies. noisome (adj.) [NOY-sum] 1. Disagreeable or offensive
