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By K. Caine It’s fitting, I think, that the first stories I told to myself were stories of first meetings. I hadn’t intended to start telling myself stories, when I started—I was ten, maybe, or twelve, and I’d had this dream, you see. I was very big into the Robin Hood mythos when I was a child—not just the fox, but any of the stories that I could get my hands on. And I’d had this dream, one night. As far as dreams go, it was pretty simple—I was walking through the forest, I discovered Robin Hood’s camp, and I...

You should see me when you write. It's like there's two of me. There has to be, because I'm constantly beside myself. Completely on the other side of myself. I love that you're finding inspiration in these prompts. I love that for some of you you're writing now for the first time in a little while. Please…keep going. I'm ready. Space Stories and Writing Inspiration Only a few words here, just saying do it. Give me wonderful quotes for next week's writing prompt. Please. Write anything. Any length. Tiny. An ode. A poem. Let it be just for you or...

There's lots of great art on Twitter today for Star Wars May the Fourth (Be With You) Day.Good god I'm loving all of it.Thank you BKD, and you A, also you J, and especially you over there who draws everyone in harem pants (I heart you so much), thank you for creating not only wonderful art but wonderful queer art for today.Whether your wonderful work has a kissing Kylo Ren and General Hux, whether your drawing Rey and Rose Tico, or Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're drawing a galaxy of glories and I am endlessly grateful. More The Ultimate Guide to Getting...

It has been a day of no significance so far, right up until the point when my village chose me as sacrifice. And thus begins one of the wonderful stories from last week and weren't each of them a gem? Rhetorical question because yes, yes they were. Find out how Anarion's tale from burnt offerings finishes, while you look at the writing prompt for this week and begin mentally excavating your own jewel. Happy Thursday my friend. Before You Write About Planets or Pulling… …here are a few more tiny tastes of what happens when writers think of piercings, kohl,...

By Atlin Merrick Writers often ask if I want to look at the first draft of the novel they're writing for Improbable Press. It's a sensible question with what may be an unexpected answer for most new writers: No, please, I do not ever want to see the draft of your novel. Ever. What is a First Draft? First draft—what does that even mean? The answer depends on you, actually. If you're the kind of person who plots everything—who knows your book is going to be fifteen chapters, in chapter eight the orphan will find his parents, in twelve the soldier with her rare...