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Hi it's the anon who asked about submitting a poem. It's not very good but...

"and wonders if she is rotten too" - great closing lines and powerful imagery, but sad!

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advice to sad girls

I only called you a sad girl in the title so people would read this poem.Because truth is, if I’m going to lay all my cards on the table,they might as well be kings and queens, and not just jokers.I...

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Hello, I hope you're having a lovely Summer! :-) I was wondering what is your...

Hello and thank you! :)I think Sylvia Plath had an incredible body of work, not only quality-wise, but quantity-wise as well. Her writing was really raw and passionate, and the amount of detail that...

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Can pieces that were published online be published in a book?

It depends. I know that for most magazines, you can only submit work that is unpublished, and if a piece has been posted online, then it’s already considered published, so you wouldn’t be able to...

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sharingneedles: by lindsay bottos

sharingneedles:by lindsay bottos

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Starting a chapbook. Would you or your followers be interested in...

Thanks for sharing this opportunity!

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I was wondering, do you believe you've created your own style, as it is very...

I think that most writers have their own styles, because we all draw from different influences. However, there is a small percentage of writers that copy their styles directly from one source, I...

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cin-za: Beginners

cin-za:Beginners

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"I woke up in the morning and I didn’t want anything, didn’t do anything,...

“I woke up in the morning and I didn’t want anything, didn’t do anything, couldn’t do it anyway, just lay there listening to the blood rush through me and it never made any sense, anything.” - Richard...

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Do you find it easier to write during certain particular periods of the day?...

No, it’s not just you. I find it a lot easier to write at night or in the early morning than in the afternoon.

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frlcker: reading through old conversations with someone that meant a lot to...

frlcker:reading through old conversations with someone that meant a lot to you???? why do that when u can light yourself on fire and feel the same way

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my answering machine still remembers the sound of your last breath

The day you called to say you were going to kill yourself,I was in the kitchen doing dishes and couldn’t be botheredto pick up the phone. Years later, it still rings in my mind.Every time I turn on a...

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I convinced myself that I’m brave enough for all of this Well, I spent...

I convinced myself that I’m brave enough for all of this Well, I spent this whole year in airports And the floor feels like home Oh, at least we’re never alone I lost track of the time zones and I’d...

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Do you keep a journal? I keep one, but I went to a writing workshop once and...

That is a pretty interesting take on it, although in this case I guess it’s more like word vomit.Journaling has never really appealed to me, but I’ve heard that it’s a great tool to letting out your...

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Isn't it quite interesting that we as humans essentially buy words. We...

It is interesting, because to me, words are priceless.But everyone needs to make a living somehow.

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do you think complete compatibility between lovers is too much of a fairytale...

It’s possible it does exist, but if so, I’ve never heard of it happen yet.I do think there are probably some people out there who love fairytale romances with sprinkles on top, but the truth is, having...

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Any acclaimed bit of literature you do not particularly care for yourself, or...

The Great Gatsby; I absolutely despised it because of the disconnected writing style and the way he seemed to almost treat his characters like objects and not human beings with real desires and...

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"That is why I fear the uses of language and love that comes and undresses...

“That is why I fear the uses of language and love that comes and undresses itselflike an autumn tree. I see her suffering because she trusted. I see her staring at her arms, astonished at how loss can...

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