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  Noticing Newbies  1. About this Newsletter 2. A Word from our Sponsor 3. Letter from the Editor 4. Editor's Picks 5. A Word from Writing.Com 6. Ask & Answer 7. Removal instructions  Welcome to the Noticing Newbies Newsletter! Our goal is to showcase some of our newest Writing.Com Authors and their items. From poetry and stories to creative polls and interactives, we'll bring you a wide variety of items to enjoy. We will also feature "how to" advice and items that will help to jump start the creation process on Writing.com We hope all members of the site will take the time to read, rate, review and welcome our new authors. By introducing ourselves, reviewing items and reaching out, we will not only make them feel at home within our community, we just might make new friends! Your host this week is amawitch Happy Holidays  Passionate about writing? Take your passion to new heights - with an online Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, available only from top ranked National University. Choose workshops based on your interests. Work with experienced and published faculty. Prepare for a variety of career opportunities. Use a state-of-the art online system: Study where and when you want. Click here to get more information!   Hi,  Happy Holiday's from all of us here to all of you Newbie's. What better gift could be had then the joining of you all to our wonderful community. May your time here be fun, productive, a learning experience, and most of all, permanent. I thought I would just speak a bit about writing techniques. And include some links that might make your writing more dramatic, interesting, and fun. Style is the writer's fingerprint. Although there are no two identical styles, all writers use the same creative writing techniques in varying degrees. By using pertinent description, analogies, personification, allusions, and quotations, the writer can keep readers engaged. Use Sensory Appeal: When appropriate, use all five senses-- appearance, sound, touch, taste, smell--to provide rich detail for your reader. You can do this by using Writings cool ML help here. You can make things bold, italic's, colorful! Find out about this by going to the left side of your screen. There you will find scroll's. Choose Author Tool and scroll down to WritingML Help. Use Description in Analogy and Contrast: A. A simile compares two unlike things, using "like" or "as." Two basic tools of analogy are simile and metaphor. B. A metaphor compares two unlike things without the use of "like" or "as." When properly used, the simile and the metaphor invite us to see familiar things in unfamiliar ways and unfamiliar things in familiar ways. They do not just decorate the story; they help the reader understand the message. C. Another form of analogy is contrast. Similes and metaphors establish similarities. Contrast shows differences. You can sometimes tell what something is by telling what it isn't. Contrast is also inherent in the word "than." For writers who paint word pictures, analogy and contrast are the primary colors. Personification: Personification is often the application of an extended metaphor. Animals, inanimate objects and abstractions are given human characteristics. Allusions: Allusion permits the writer to compare two things, people, places, or events in few words. It saves time on explanation. Pacing: Sentences should be consistent with the subject matter. Generally, longer sentences are appropriate for more leisurely and serious topics. They slow down the reader. Short sentences convey action or tenseness. Manipulating sentence length, then, helps you establish the appropriate pace for your writing. By coupling changing sentence lengths with a variety of sentence openings, a writer can avoid boring the reader. Variety is the spice of writing; proper pacing provides the spice. The most common sentence order is subject/verb/object, but using only this order makes for monotonous writing. Emphasis: Devices a writer can use to achieve emphasis include story organization, story proportion, sentence ordering, parallel construction, punctuation, and repetition. ******************************************* Also remember to enter the next contest: "Invalid Item"  It is for you Newbies. Wind beneath your wings all,  amawitch    Highlighting Newbie BioBlocks Welcome to Writing.Com, Newbies. I want to welcome these Newbies and encourage them and of course all of you to please take the time to fill in your Bio-Block. It gives us an introduction to you and helps to give us an idea of who you are!!! Your Bio-Block can always be changed, updated. It can be serious, humorous, or just silly. Its your introduction to us, so come on all you Newbie's out there, let us in on who you are! Here are some Newbies I found interesting and/or entertaining. I read their work, and found myself very entertained. Please give them a read and consider posting your own "welcome mat" in your Newbie Bio-Block. ~~Say hello to~~~ roobear1 pjspresser grimevil pinay3chic Librado   djdilliodon omni (user:poprock4321} A. G. Guillen Cereal Driller samantha2005 My computer has decided it needed to be buried, so I am reluctantly using a "friends". It makes it difficult to be on for the hours and hours I got used to being here and visiting and reading. But fortunatly for me my "friend" allowed me several hours this past week to read all the wonderful new things here. I am constantly amazed at the talent we have here in our special community. So, if you think I am not here, think again, I am, just in shorter amounts at a time. Please enjoy these contributions from some of the very talented writer's who have joined us.. Write On!  A touching tribute to a very lucky son.
I am a sucker for beautiful Christmas stories.
A reminder that our earth and sky are miracles in themselves, if we just take the time too look.
This contribution really made me think, I am sure you will too.
A reunion never to matched or forgotten.
The reason for three star's is not only is this member a Newbie, but the contribution is useful, helpful, educational, and above all else, easily understood. Thank you. Till next time, read, write, be happy! Wind beneath your wings all, amawitch Submit an item for consideration in this newsletter! http://www.Writing.Com/main/newsletters.php?action=nli_form  Have an opinion on what you've read here today? Then send the Editor feedback! Find an item that you think would be perfect for showcasing here? Submit it for consideration in the newsletter! http://www.Writing.Com/main/newsletters.php?action=nli_form Don't forget to support our sponsor! %%NL_AD_BOT%%  There were no questions given to me to answer, so I thought I might re-address the help you can find by just looking to left of your screen. You will find various scroll bars that will allow you to go just about anywhere on the site. My favorite author tool and will always be the ideanry. You can get help with ideas, find new words that help impact what you are trying to say, or just broaden your vocabulary. So experiment, have fun, and again, Welcome to Writing.Com Have a question or comment for the Editor? http://www.Writing.Com/main/newsletters.php?action=nli_form  To stop receiving this newsletter, go into your account and remove the check from the box beside the specific topic. Be sure to click "Complete Edit" or it will not save your changes. |
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