On July 10th, 2019, at 5:22 pm, I started my blog and published my first post. The decision to do that was an (off-brand version of a) spur of the moment decision. Since then, this blog has gotten more and more fun to write. Today, Am I Write? is turning one-year(s) old. Because of this, …
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Lit Literature: Inherit the Wind
When the whole world was covered with water, there was nuthin’ but worms and blobs of jelly. And you and your whole family was worms!— Howard, Inherit the Wind First, An Important Piece Of Truth This 1955 play-in-the-form-of-a-book (or is it a book-in-the-form-of-a-play?) is a fiction adaptation of the 1925 Scopes “Monkey” Trial. The author’s …
Sample Stories: The Ashtray
Once [Anton Chekhov] said to a visitor, “Do you know how I write my stories? Here’s how!” And he glanced at his table, took up the first object that he saw — it was an ashtray — and said, “If you want it, you’ll have a story tomorrow. It will be called ‘The Ashtray.'”Ann Charters, …
Lit Literature: Fiction Writer’s Edition
I thought for this post, I’d do something new. So here you go. The Fiction Writer’s Edition of Lit Literature. In this post, I’ll give you the breakdown on some of the best books for fiction writers. And at the end, I have some good news you should take a look at (just to make …
Turning Back Time: Chapter 2
All right! It’s (almost) been a month. That means it is time… for chapter two of my novella, “Turning Back Time”! The title of this chapter is “The story.” I’ll include a summary below of the previous chapter. If you haven’t read chapter 1 (“The angel”), click here. Spoiler alert (for chapter 1): In chapter …
Sample Stories: Dragons and CACTUSES
For this post, I used an article title generator to come up with an article title for which I will be writing the article itself. Exciting, I know. Not only that! It will be written by our good friends, The Cactus Frauds Group (thus the incorrect plural form of cactus throughout this post)!
5+ Fantasy, Writing Quotes You Should Know
Just when I had thought I was out of ideas, another one popped into my brain. Fantasy quotes. So now I present to you… 5 (with maybe a bonus one or two) FANTASY quotes you should store in your brain! Learn more about Lloyd Alexander here: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lloyd-Alexander This is 100% true. Think about it. Why …
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Lit Literature: A Tale Dark and Grimm
Are there any small children in the room? If so, it would be best if we just let them think this really is the end of the story and hurried them off to bed. Because this is where things start to get, well… awesome.But in a horrible, bloody kind of way.– A Tale Dark and …
Sample Stories: Turning Back Time #1
Of the 5 people who did my previous survey in terms of what my next post should be, 4 said ‘Sample Story,’ so here you go. For that one other person, my next post will be ‘Lit Literature.’ For the next few months, I will be putting out one chapter from the novella I am …
Help! I’m stuck!
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