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40 Free Writing Contests: Legitimate Competitions With Cash Prizes

The Write Life

Biopage Storytelling Writing Contest. For example, 2022’s prompt was, “ Canadian governments are making Digital ID technologies a precondition of access to essential services and goods. Each year, it opens submissions for pieces in four genres: fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry and prose poetry. Deadline: Monthly.

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5 Vital Elements of a Story That’ll Supercharge Your Narrative

Smart Blogger

Story Framework Before you jump into the messy, delightful chaos of storytelling, it’s crucial to lay down some groundwork. You’re not simply wondering what will happen to Winston; you’re pondering the consequences of unchecked government power. Ready to turn that shaky draft into a masterpiece?

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55+ Must-Know Literary Devices to Elevate Your Writing in 2023

Smart Blogger

Poets use anastrophe as an easy rhyme scheme in poetry , and prose writers use it to sound… wiser? Example of Asyndeton Here’s Abraham Lincoln beautifully demonstrating the power of the asyndeton: “Government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the Earth.” Notice the glaring omission of the word “and.”)

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Using Sudowrite For Writing Fiction With Amit Gupta

The Creative Penn

So we found that as you get better working with it, it can write more and more of the prose for you, in your voice and style. So maybe you're someone who uses very punchy dialogue or very short declarative sentences, or whatever it is, it will suss that out from what you gave it, and then it will use that as it writes prose.

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