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Synchro-CityThey breathed in unison. All over the city, all over the planet, the bots were breathing together. They moved and walked and spoke as their individual programming dictated, but their breathing was synchronised, in and out with the constancy of a ticking clock. She was in her twenties when she first managed to make her own working robot and it breathed with inexorable regularity. In out. In out. In out.  "Hello," it said. In out. "Are you my mother?"  She laughed.  
"The female creator of my form," it insisted, "The instantiator of my existence. Are you my mother?"  She had to concede that she was, although the term made he Synchro-City
by *Queen-of-Marigold
Space-FarerShe cried from her high window sill  Up in her tower room.  Where is it love, you hide from me,  Upon that barren moon?   
A vow, before you took your leave  You would return, and soon  But what has come of my cosmonaut  High upon the moon?   
Far above, he directs his gaze to Earth  Wishing, wasting on the dunes  Haunted by the thought of his true love  Somewhere beneath the moon   
My comrades rest beneath the sun  To dust their bodies hewn  And I languish for my lover fair  Trapped on this desert moon   
My ship lies wrecked on Rümker&# Space-Farer
by ~TheLightsWentOutIn99
House Poem
by *batousaijin
Remembering HazelI remember Hazel really well. Sometimes my memories are so clear that I can almost feel her sitting next to me, or walking by my side. Seven years have passed, and I miss her like she went away yesterday.   
I met Hazel for the first time when I was twenty; I was an ambitious guy studying psychology who thought that he had already reached happiness, buying a nice car and hanging out with friends. Hazel opened my eyes and, thanks to her, I discovered how beautiful it is helping others and giving them second chances. Hazel helped me grow with her generous words, her patient work and her strawberry candies given to everyone.  She Remembering Hazel
by *xCamix
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House CleaningA light frost brushed against my ear.  
Cool words spoken more than once,  
hanged lazily over shoulder,   
“You missed a spot.”   
An intriguing voice calmly whispered.  Offering subtle reminders where I  should have been paying more attention.     
Picture frames gathered more than the usual  dead skin cells - collecting a scattered memoir  or two, of all we thought infinite, unforgettable.     
For most, even frozen images carry less significance  
then the cost to frame.  Red eye out, caught are angels,  dirty remains cloaked House Cleaning
by `tmpst24myst
Exaggeration of a BiographyAn afternoon of sun,  Unheard, so waiflike,  Makes the blood clamber  And clamour  To stain that profit,    That translucence of veins.  Strom clouds are rolling in;  The picket fence at the corner of the eye,  The paint is flaking away.   
Gentle riddles of eczema  Licking across a joint  Or two  In a yesterday scar.  It burrows away from sight  And, giggling a staircase of octaves,  Tugs at a lip  Slovenly and succulent  
And a self-denial.   
Those rivulets of fingertips  Tiptoe down protrusions  And taps a code on each,   Exaggeration of a Biography
by ~Staraya
Stained WoodGrainy whorls, you are my fingertips, my identity. I  embed into fractured knots, escaping the  paper atop me. I am honeyed wood, static,  
held by preposterous limbs. Hovering above a  
sliced forest, mourning the loss of their  marsupial playmates. We were one in the past,  but my ancestors destroyed you.  
 
Eyelids shutter the symmetrical fluorescent beams,  confining me to my cell. Chair, you groan  in discomfort but are silent after stern words.  We are enclosed with sky blue walls,  you can't see the clouds approaching outside.  My nose traces the treetops as I peer into Stained Wood
by ~scottish-gardeners
Ten Years On: 2018Satuarday, March 17th 2018.   
Finally, after a long and most tiresome week, I have finally found a short ten minute slot to update this book, losely known as a diary, but in which, for the past three terms has doubled as a record book. Quite frankly, I doubt I would have found time this weekend, if Kacey hadn't decided late last night to travel back north to visit her fiance. Watching her dissapear on to the train at the station gave me a jolt of sadness. Ten years ago, aged about fifteen (or maybe sixteen, a few months later) I would have told you quite certainly that at aged twenty-five, I would hope to be teaching down south, mo Ten Years On: 2018
by ~samjaymc
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That Workshop You Never Did!

Thu Jun 4, 2009, 11:16 PM
  • Mood: dA Love
Update 5th June

Hello.

The level critique so far on this workshop has been a bit low. We like to encourage critique because it benefits both the writer and the person giving critique. Considering how many people participated in this workshop, I would have thought more of you guys would be looking at each others' work.

The deadline for this workshop is tomorrow night where we will close pending the groups takeover. Please make the most of this opportunity.

Thank you.

P.S. Also our subscription has expired.

Update 28th May

An ABUNDANCE of entries for this workshop. We've got some excellent pieces of work here, just waiting for your critique and thoughts. You've got a week to check these out and at the end of the workshop, we'll be especially checking out peoples critique so use this opportunity to show off!


:bulletpink: Poetry

There once was a -grumble- by *batousaijin (limericks)
s_duction by =AstarteKatz (lipogram)
soon by =Francine1991 (details)
wolves at the door by =Francine1991 (I, Me, Myself)
The Ecstasy of Gold by *Anavah (NonFiction Poetry)
The Great Divide by *Anavah (Groom your poem!)
One Morning by a Roadside Cafe by ~Elmara (Jazz)
Sepia Evening Cinema by ~Elmara (The Lady and the Rogue)




:bulletblue: Prose

For King and Country by ~Writer-on-the-Wall (Flash Fiction)
Believe by ~Imperial-Obsession (Creative nonfiction)
Auribus Teneo Lupum by ~kato96 (What’s in a Name?)
Dialogue for a scene about fucking by ~wretchedteddy (Discovering Dialogue)
The Indivisible Image Machine by ~GrecianUrn (Magic Realism)
Inspectorings WW-TWYND by ~Fred-S-Kaed (Elementary)
T h e T h o r n w o o d by ~Imperial-Obsession (Twisted Stories)
Botanical Garden by =Lilith-Elina (Twisted Stories)
Blessed Flowers- revised by =Lilith-Elina (great revision expedition)
Ever Dream by ~mirageode (Existentialism)



`Beccalicious’s Workshop: The Workshop you never did!


Before we update to the new groups system, we thought this would be a perfect time to look back and reflect on the group of ~Writers-Workshop from twisted stories all the way to limericks, we’ve had a diverse amount of workshops, spanning different genres, styles and themes. Our workshops have been a mixture of fun and education, something we want to continue with in the future.

Often we get comments from our members who have missed a workshop that they found interesting. This is now your chance to delve into the past and do those workshops you missed.

Below is a list of links to every workshop journal that we have ever hosted to help you decide what you would like to do.

:bulletblack: Twisted Stories by `GunShyMartyr
:bulletblack: Ekphrasis by `PoeticWar
:bulletblack: Jazz by ^StJoan

:bulletpink: Discovering Dialogue by `GeneratingHype
:bulletpink: Lipograms by ~TheHungerArtist
:bulletpink: What’s in a Name? by `Beccalicious

:bulletblack: Magic realism by `apocathary
:bulletblack: NonFiction Poetry by *EveningDownpour
:bulletblack: I, Me, Myself by `lovetodeviate

:bulletpink: Brevity is the wit of Soul by `conorschild
:bulletpink: Tanka by `MSJames
:bulletpink: Humerus isn’t a Bone by `Jon-Law

:bulletblack: The Great Revision Expedition: prose by `Beccalicious
:bulletblack: Groom your Poem by `lovetodeviate
:bulletblack: metamorphosis by ~Writers-Workshop

:bulletpink: Childrens Prose by *ThornyEnglishRose
:bulletpink: Break a Line by `PinkyMcCoversong
:bulletpink: The Lady and the Rogue by ^LadyLincoln

:bulletblack: Call of the Wild by *batousaijin
:bulletblack: Found Poetry by `Laurence55
:bulletblack: Sound devices by ^SparrowSong

:bulletpink: Flash Fiction by `SRSmith
:bulletpink: Senryu by `jade-pandora
:bulletpink: The Writer is always right by `BerylAlexandros

:bulletblack: Exiltentialism by `GaioumonBatou
:bulletblack: Punctuating with Purpose by ~LaMonaca
:bulletblack: It’s Elementary by `poprocksandcharlotte

:bulletpink: Creative Nonfiction by =Negated
:bulletpink: Another Perspective by =TheObviousChild
:bulletpink: New beginings by `Beccalicious

:bulletblack: The Tale as truth by *wordworks
:bulletblack: Simply the sonnet by =fense
:bulletblack: Fan Fiction by ^ArtisticAunJuli

:bulletpink: Seeing is Believing by *Queen-of-Marigold
:bulletpink: In the Details by ^fllnthblnk
:bulletpink: More Details by ~Writers-Workshop

:bulletblack: Netting the Vignette by `Amberlouie
:bulletblack: Limericks by `GaioumonBatou

Try to take time to consider what workshop you would like to try, or even try again if you don’t feel you made the best stab at it last time. We will accept more than one entry for this workshop, but please don’t submit more than three different workshops .


How to Submit

After submitting your entry as a new deviation or scrap, send us a note with a link to your piece. Include the subject line "MISSED" in your note. We also need for you to state which workshop you have used and whether you are submitting prose or poetry.

The deadline is midnight May 27th 2009, giving you three weeks instead of the usual 10 days. All times are set for GMT. `Beccalicious will respond to the entries on June 6th, 2009, which gives a whole week dedicated to critique.

Proofread your work before you send it in so that grammatical and spelling errors are minimal. And most of all have fun with it!



:postit: Workshop Piece DD’d

Congratulations to :devastarekatz: who recieved a Daily deviation for her workshop submission to `Amberlouie’s vignette workshop! Go make sur eyou congratulate her on what was a beautifully written piece:

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:postit: ~Writers-Workshop and Groups

If you haven’t heard of groups by now, you may have been sleeping under a very quiet rock. If you are one of these rock people check out #hq as it is the first launched group on deviantArt.

The new groups system will see some big changes for ~Writers-Workshop, and we are confident we will embrace it and reinvigorate how our group works. However to do this, after this current workshop is over, we will be taking a short break to construct the group to suit ours, and your needs.

During this shut off time, we would like to hear from your in our forum section. We would like to hear feedback, not only on future workshop ideas, but ideas and suggestions for the group as a whole. Please check our profile for more details.

:star: We want to be able to be back in the position where we’re booked months ahead for workshops. Therefore please if you would like to host a workshop, please submit a proposal to us, because we are always interested in hearing what you guys have to offer. Remember, although a lot of our workshops have been technical and form based, we also like to see more genre and theme based workshops too, especially for free for all workshops.

Further news of our shut off time will be in our next newsletter along with the results of the current workshop.

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Who are you?

*Writers-Workshop is a literature community that focuses on the development of a writer. We are a non-competitive home for any writer who may want to improve, explore and experiment with their work. This is for anyone, whether you are new to writing or perhaps been writing for years- basically anyone who wants to focus on their writing and have a little bit of fun whilst they are here.

So what exactly do you do?

Every fortnight we run a writing workshop where our members will be given a task. These tasks will vary and attempt to cover as many aspects of writing as we can. This covers from styles, genres, technicality and sometimes themes. We rotate on a 6-week cycle basis between prose writing, poetry writing, and a ‘free for all’ session.

How does the workshop work?

At the beginning of each fortnight, we will present to you our guest host for this workshop. This person will have been selected or asked by us to host this workshop, and they will set the workshop for the fortnight. For example, if this was a poetry fortnight, we may have someone who wishes to host a workshop on sestina, and will introduce the workshop with a commentary about this subject. They will then set the workshop task (in this example it would be ‘write a sestina’ ).

You then have the next ten days to write a piece based on this task, submit it to deviantArt and send us a note with link to your work. After those ten days, we will then post the submissions in the workshop journal for everyone to read. We encourage every one of our members (even if they did not submit a piece) to give critique and share their thoughts on the workshop submissions. We also encourage the workshop host to also read the entries and share their feedback.

At the end of the fortnight, our host will summarise the workshop, and then provide us with their ‘top picks’ from the workshop. These top picks are not necessarily the ‘best’, but are noted for ideas, quality, imagination and effort also. The *Writers-Workshop staff will also share their thoughts, giving honourable mentions to those whose critique efforts have been noted.

If my writing is the best that week, what do I win?

*Writers-Workshop is not about competition. There are no winners or losers, nor any ‘bad’ pieces of work. The idea is that your first draft won’t the best you’ve ever written, but you should be able to draw from the experience and use what you have learnt in your revisions or future writings.

But nobody has given me any feedback on the piece I wrote?

As is the nature of deviantArt, not every single piece of work you produce will receive the critique you desire. Although we will try to get around and see as many pieces as we can, time constraints and personal life does sometimes take preferences. We encourage all our members to take the time to have a look at each others’ work, even if they have not submitted to this workshop.

If you are feeling the lack of critique, we recommend posting your piece in the literature workshop forum., or joining #getLIT, which is the official literature chat room. In this chat room, if you ask for a critique, people are again encouraged to look at your work. There is also opportunity for you to ask your personal watchers, friends elsewhere and even try the other forums/chat rooms on deviantArt.

Who are the ‘Guest Hosts’?

Guest Hosts are members of DeviantArt who we have invited to host a workshop by the *Writers-Workshop staff. We also will be looking for special guests, who will not be deviantArt members, but instead, those who have published work or work with in the literature industry. You can also suggest hosts to us if you know of someone who would provide a good quality workshop on a specific subject or style.

We choose guests by deliberating in the staff who we think would be an appropriate host, and who has experience or quality in their own writings. Some of our guests have been published writers, professional editors and people with a great knowledge base of their subject area.

Can I run a Workshop?

Any member of writers-workshop can apply to host a workshop. We have a proposal form you must fill out and note us, and if we accept your proposal, we will schedule you in. More information can be found under the Hosting a workshop journal.

What is the Schedule?

The schedule is our Workshop Diary. This will inform you of our current workshops, and the workshops planned ahead with those important dates. We also have a schedule archive, so all past workshops are documented. Any member is very welcome to have a go at the previous workshop tasks and submit these to the workshop.

What does ‘free for all’ mean?

The third fortnight in our 6-week rotation will be known as a ‘free for all’. This is a workshop that can be based on two things. The first is tasks that cover both poetry and prose work- such as maybe focussing on a genre (example- a workshop on the theme of dreams) or some technical aspect of writing (using semi colons). The second will cover a much wider area of literature looking at those styles we do not see so commonly, such as scriptwriting, non-fiction writing and journalism.

This sounds great- how do I become a member?

Joining is simple; just watch the community. We would like our members to be active, but understand sometimes that isn’t always possible. This is a community to benefit you and your writing so use us as much as you feel you need to. We don’t expect you to participate in every single workshop, but the more you do the more you may find your own niche in writing. You can learn a lot by reading other people’s work, giving critique and having a go yourself- so this is a wide open opportunity for you.

I have a question not mentioned here?

Feel free to note us or respond to this journal with any questions or queries you may have in regard to our community. We also have a Feedback forum thread if you have any thoughts, feedback or queries.

Comments


~murdock-matlock:iconmurdock-matlock: Jun 16, 2009, 2:29:00 PM
so do you just enter your poems in for this workshop thing? o.o it seems awesome

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When the world has forgotten your name,
will you live on with valor or shame?
For if it seems that your entirety is feighned
then what from expirience have you gained?
-Maryssa Medley

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~FalconChain:iconFalconChain: Jun 5, 2009, 8:36:51 PM
Thank you for the watch. ^_^

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~The-Raker:iconThe-Raker: Jun 5, 2009, 5:05:58 PM
Thanks for watching!

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~etre-aime:iconetre-aime: Jun 5, 2009, 4:32:38 PM
thanks for the watch. i promise to come back and look around soon! =)
~lizilicious:iconlizilicious: May 12, 2009, 8:09:08 AM
This seems like a cool idea. I'll try to start joining the workshops soon. XD

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~Vinnamar:iconVinnamar: May 8, 2009, 3:52:59 PM
This intrigues me, as a focus of most of my recent journals has been on improving writing.

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Want some help with your writing? Come check out my journal and ask any questions you may have, or even ask me to review things!
Mood: Joy *MadHatch:iconMadHatch: May 7, 2009, 4:47:46 PM
Thanks for the watch... hoping i can start joining in soon...

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"Our integrity sells for so little, but it is all we really have. It is the very last inch of us. But within that inch we are free."
*thetaoofchaos:iconthetaoofchaos: May 6, 2009, 9:56:54 AM
thanks. i'm intrigued by your goals. i hope to participate soon.

shane

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The world is an eraser for these words


- Jack Kerouac


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~Hollow-Revenge:iconHollow-Revenge: Apr 22, 2009, 4:04:26 PM
Thank you so very much for the :+devwatch:. I really appreciate it!

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~TwistedKunoichi:iconTwistedKunoichi: Apr 20, 2009, 4:35:58 AM
Thank you for the watch ^^

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