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We are excited to announce the winner of last week’s writing contest titled, The County Fair. Writers were asked to submit an entry based around these three story elements: Character: A young woman who has lived a conventional life in a small, Midwestern town Setting: The county fair, the biggest event of the year Problem: She discovers a secret surrounding the carnival
There are two kinds of writers in the world; the planners and the improvisers. Or at least that’s how it seems. Reality is rarely so cut and dry. In fact, even the best improvisers often start out knowing which direction they’re heading, if not their final destination. And even the best laid plans are subject to change when the need arises.
A story is nothing without the characters (even common character types) that populate it. Each of the types of characters used in fiction have ways to make us care about the events that unfold on a page. They are the ones that give breath to the written word-who take us along with them on a journey in which we can
Flash fiction, micro-fiction, the short short story, the palm-sized story, postcard fiction, nano-fiction, these are all names for a style of fiction known for it’s brevity. While traditional short stories can range anywhere from 1500 words to 30,000 words, these stories are usually limited to 1000 words or less. These pint-sized narratives are stripped of all of the fluff and
We would like to thank everybody who entered our first weekly flash fiction contest, 1001 Stories of Tower City. We hope you enjoyed writing your stories as much as we enjoyed reading them! Our wining entry this week comes from Jenah West, who gave us a glimpse into what it would be like to have to live trapped within a high rise building.
It’s go time. Time to write that perfect blog post/short story/novel that’s going to get you noticed. You’ve done all the research and you know all of the points that you want to address. This should be easy, but as you get stuck rewriting your first sentence for the 10th time, the panic starts to creep in. Your piece is
Let’s talk plot. We all know the basic concept, right? The plot is what happens in a story. Seems simple enough. However, it’s actually one of the most difficult and overlooked elements in writing. A good plot is more than a series of events that just happen; it drives the action of your story in a way that keeps your
Many writers feel that using a writing prompt is a waste of time. They lump them into the same category of the dreaded high school writing exercise, “How I Spent My Summer Vacation”. [pullquote cite=”Julia Child” type=”right”]You’ll never know everything about anything, especially about something you love.[/pullquote] Recently, I read a blog post in which the author proudly proclaimed their
It’s time to talk books! Good books, bad books, red books, blue books, all types of books! Each month we’ll be featuring a new book to discuss. We’ll offer a little info on the author’s background and cover a few of its highs and lows. For this month’s Book Talk, we’re going to discuss about one of my favorite books
Welcome to Literative’s official blog! We’re very excited about the upcoming launch of our contests page and we hope you are, too. It’s a great opportunity to create new content and be recognized for that content. You might be wondering why we decided to create a writing site designed around contests. Well, there are a couple of reasons really. The story