The Writers' Block discord houses a channel specifically devoted to Renga—a type of collaborative poetry from which haiku is derived. One day participants can propose a verse and the next day we vote on

Source This February, @thewritersblock started with a new experiment: Book Club (#TWBBookClub). Every month we read one book as writers, to learn more about what works and what doesn’t, about how we can

As a Venezuelan, I have always been sure that each of the inhabitants of this country has developed what I call a "sense of survival"; it is not something that we all wanted, but it is something

The writing prompt art contest concluded yesterday and I had a tough choice between two submissions, so I decided that for the ninth writing competition, authors get to select which piece they would like

From seed to harvest, what we put into the Steemit community comes around to feed us. The Cycle Of Trust I often state that everything is a circle. Life. History. Investing. Even cryptocurrency. The cycle

The starry view from the old ship’s bridge was replaced by a blinding light. He shielded his eyes from the flash with one hand and gripped the seat’s armrests with his left. He had no hands left to shield

source At last, we’ve made a decision. It wasn’t easy. These were, by far, some of the strongest pieces of writing we’ve seen in our workshops. More than that, their authors worked hard to polish each

Hello Steemians! I have been away for a while because I have been busy with work, life, and other projects. It breaks my heart to be away for so long, but I hope that after this week I can arrange my time

Joyous greetings, fellow steemlings! After a while completely focused on writing fiction, I've decided to take part in @terrycraft's amazing Steemit Poetry Contest on its 14th iteration. The theme is one

Hello everyone! Thank you for submitting your entries for Round 2! I've collected them all in a Google Sheet and the members of the jury have access. I'm impatient to see their ratings and announce them

Water. Water… Just water. His whiskers swayed in the wind and his eyes closed reflexively. The salty wind never changed. He sat there often, high up; on the cold, gray beams. It was safe. Nobody could

When I finished yesterday's "Walk With Me" post about the town dump, I had no idea how my evening cliffhanger surprise was going to work out. In fact I was thinking I'd probably just loaded myself

Hello everyone! Thank you for submitting your entries for Round 1! I've collected them all in a Google Sheet and the members of the jury already have access. I'm already impatient to see their ratings

Shipwrecks are scary things. It's amazing anyone can survive them at all, and yet a simple google search shows many tales of those who manage to live - mostly by chance. Below is a story about two such

Five days had passed since the shipwreck. Amanda, hungry and tired, lies on the hot sand at the beach. She listens to the regular sound of crashing waves, soothing her almost to sleep. After not being

¡Hello Steemians! At last, I'm back with a post that has nothing to do with contests. This time, I wanted to bring back a project that I sort of left abandoned for a couple of weeks... But it's still alive

Welcome to another update on the Shipwreck Writing Challenge! We have already: Published the first glance at the upcoming Shipwreck Writing Challenge and announced 10 spots. Published an invitation to

Hello, steeming citizens of the world! I think it's time I stop greeting everyone with "HAPPY NEW YEAR", am I right? After a while, I've come back to poetry to partake in @terrycraft's world-famous

Following on from my How To Steem yesterday, I wanted to cover markdown for newbies. What is Markdown? Markdown syntax allows you to format your text and create headlines, lists, tables, links, images,

Source Last week I wrote a post about how not to Steem, in reference to a serial plagiarist I have encountered. As I seem to be getting a lot of new followers who have freshly arrived to Steem, I wanted