 Noticing Newbies: June 06, 2007 Issue [#1749] |
  Noticing Newbies
This week: I Can Do That! Edited by: esprit  
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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! |
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Can somebody please send me the link to the WRITER'S CRAMP contest?
syphl
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I Can Do That!
Writing short articles for magazines sure does look easy, doesn't it? I'm sure we've all read something and thought, "Why, I could've written that!" Maybe you could have, and maybe the writer was so good that she made it appear deceptively simple.
Amateurs are lured into thinking they can make money by writing articles without having experience, practice, or skill. Since each of these is learned over time, it's always better for beginners to write as much as they can within their interests or abilities -- something they can handle with relative ease and see published after few submits. Submitting articles to online article content farms is a good place to begin. Also, the local newspaper will usually accept interesting articles and you can build up your clip files with these.
Take baby steps by learning to write a good paragraph before expecting to sell an article to a famous magazine. Write a lot of '55' or '100' word prompted stories; they're fun and they are good practice in writing for the theme of the magazine. Learn to spell. Learn the basics. Study and read many magazines. One day you will hold a top-notch magazine in your hands and say, "Wow, I wrote that!"
Keep writing, it's good practice!
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A Quick Tip
Greetings,
If you have a slower or older computer, you may want to use our "WDC Lite" option available in your My Preferences area. This setting is intended for users on Dial Up OR those with slower computers. WDC lite goes back to the old navigation system.
The new navigation system does require a little more computer power to "render" than the old system, so if you find the site slower to build pages now, "WDC Lite" may be the way for you to go. I have tried the system on a number of computers, going back about 2 or 3 three years in age and find it to be fast on them all, but of course, individual member's computer specifications will vary.
You can also try making sure you're using the latest version of your web browser and that you've cleared your cache, defragged your hard drive and rebooted recently.
Hope this helps!
~~SM
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This was not written by a new member, but it fits the theme of today's edition; and it's fun.
Music is my life. I can safely say that, without music, life would not be fair. It may not be entirely fair anyway, but music seems to make it feel a little more comfortable.
Why do I always expect the worst?
Tragic endings just quench my thirst.
This is where I f... up. I made the note a little too sappy. I really made those m... f... think I liked them. I said s... about "beautiful waterfalls", and a "paradise where my body lay", but I didn't mean any of it.
He glanced back at the ornate hourglass that was counting down to the last few crystals of white sand. In the bottom teardrop a beautiful black and white sand dune formed that seemed to reach up towards the oculus above it in an attempt to grab the last few grains of sand as they fell.
Emotional, with perfect imagery and a credible ending. It's a heartbreaker that keeps the attention of the reader held in tight.
The imagery and strong emotion tell a sad story.
I enjoyed and can relate to the message
"Dear Lord, . . . I think they're human."
The captain walked over to the helmsman's console to see what he was talking about.
"What else would they be?"
Remember to read your neighbor's work too!
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Comments on "Invalid Entry"
Even though I received no feedback on this issue, I hope the links to the resouces come in useful. There is a lot of knowledge crammed into those pages especially for the writers on the site.
We always appreciate the feedback, thanks!
Editors:
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