May is Memoir Writing Month at the Writer's Chatroom
Join us Tonight at the Chatroom
Let's talk about topics related to Memoir Writing.
We will use these Topics on Sundays, throughout the month of May.
Journals and Manifestos.. Personal Expression
Welcome to another Topic Chat at The Writer’s Chatroom.
May is Memoir Month and we have added Personal Essays to broaden our target audience. On a writerly whim, I am adding Journaling to group. Journaling is something
almost every girl with a diary has experienced and can relate to. You know, the Manifesto is another topic familiar to every unhappy, defiant and hormonally charged male teenager or young adult.
Of these four forms of writing, I suspect a Journal is least likely to be published and the Manifesto begs for recognition and depending on who is looking, it can
beg for attention or serve as a cautionary tale.
Let’s talk about Journaling. Do you like a nice book with an equally nice cover on your journal? Maybe, you use a 70 page college ruled spiral notebook with a
green cover.
Journaling can also be done on a sketchpad or through our phone cameras.
Come to chat at 7PM EDT on Sunday.
Earlier, I was wondering if publishers are accepting submissions for Memoirs. I put a few words into Google and found that there are, indeed, publishers interested
in Memoirs.
A slow read and click through the article will lead you to information you probably didn’t realize you needed. Even if you aren’t planning to publish in these
genres this is a good resource.
It snowed, today. I am feeling a little under the weather. It isn't Covid, it is TMI to tell you my symptoms. Anyway, I won't be posting to the blog, this evening with links to information on Essays.
Instead, come to chat, and tell us what makes a good personal essay. Not the essay on your SAT exams.
Do you like writing them? I really enjoy reading them. Some are written so well, I think of them as Creative Nonfiction. Creative Nonfiction is a Topic Worthy of its own Sunday Topic.
Drop into chat at 7PM EDT at The Writers Chatroom and share your thoughts, ask your questions and just hang out with some of the coolest people on the internet.
Wednesday Open Chat
Wednesday is Relaxed Topic Chat Night
We are going to do another Relaxed Topic Chat.
Come on over at 8PM EST and chat with us about any writerly topic.
If you can't make it this Wednesday we will be here on Sunday with a Sunday Topic Chat.
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What is in the Basement? Sub-genres of Horror
In literature, horror (pronounced hawr-er) is a genre of fiction whose purpose is to create feelings of fear, dread, repulsion, and terror in
the audience—in other words, it develops an atmosphere of horror.
We have spent the Month of October talking about Horror and I think we have had some interesting conversations. On Sunday October 25th we will talk about
sub-genres of horror. It will be a relaxed topic chat. 7PM EDT
Did you know the two genres have less in common than you think?
The article I have chosen for Sunday’s Topic will take at least 12 minutes to read. More than twelve if you are like me. I stop and absorb things before moving on
to the next and then may or may not go back to figure out where I disagree. So, sit back with your favorite drink and read through this post before chat at 8PM EDT on October 11th.
Horror fiction ultimately has different goals than thrillers.
Horror fiction has the specific intent to frighten, scare, disgust, and/or startle the reader by inducing feelings of terror. These elements can be delivered in a
variety of ways, but in the end a horror novel wants to keep the reader in a constant state of dread.
The thriller genre is also different from horror in many ways.
While a work of horror will often merely fill the reader with dread, a thriller relies on suspense through each development of the story. Thrillers give readers
feelings of excitement, anticipation, surprise, with devices such as red herrings, plot twists, and cliffhangers natural additions to the story.
I am urging you to take a little bit of time before chat, this article is quite well done and even if you don’t write in these genres it never hurts to be able to hold up your end of the conversation should you stumble into an award ceremony at the THE HORROR WRITERS ASSOCIATION.
