rabble writers' circle

Under The Blue Bus - Political Parody

PlanNineNorth — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 14:38:54 +0000

The upcoming Federal election (perhaps 2015) might be very dirty.

How about adding a bit of fun?

My first political parody song can be found below.
There might be more lyrics if there is enough interest.

The lyrics are released under a Creative Commons liscense so that anyone can copy, make contributions and share with others.

There is a serious message that inspired the creation of the lyrics.

More details about "Under The Blue Bus" can be found at
PlanNineNorth.blogspot.com/2014/09/UnderTheBlueBus.html

Poets' Corner

alien — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 14:19:16 +0000

On most forums I have seen there was a thread where poets could post their poems. Most of them were lively and popular. I have not seen one on Babble, so I thought I would start one to see if Babble poets will want to participate.

I will start it off with one of my own:

New poetry collection published: "Prism of my Mind"

alien — Sat, 16 Nov 2013 14:05:18 +0000

I recently published a collection of my poems, listed at Amazon at the following address:

http://www.amazon.ca/Prism-my-Mind-Francis-Mont-ebook/dp/B00GLUC3IK/ref=...

Word of the Day

Catchfire — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:38:17 +0000

gyandromorphophile: lover of males in the shape of females

Say it aloud to yourself. It has a lovely cadence -- almost onomatopoeic...

'"School Stories" and Media Distortion a Greater Fiction than Fiction'

Kaitlin McNabb — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 18:46:24 +0000

(via Brain Picker)

Children are not deceived by fairy-tales; they are often and gravely deceived by school-stories. Adults are not deceived by science-fiction; they can be deceived by the stories in the women’s magazines.- C.S. Lewis

Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t - Mark Twain

Brain Picker writer Maria Popova discusses the ideas of truth and agenda in fiction and how the idea of truth in fiction has long consumed famous writers.

Writing Tips! (I don't have any writing tips)

Kaitlin McNabb — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 18:29:59 +0000

There has been a surplus of information these days about writing: writing tips, how-tos, don't, programs, everything!

Ann Friedman gave her great list of tips for writing, book riot is constantly quoting famous authors' beliefs on writing, #writingtips is blowing up.

The significance of plot without conflict

Catchfire — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 17:41:03 +0000

Quote:

In the West, plot is commonly thought to revolve around conflict

Limericks

Catchfire — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 11:47:07 +0000

Oh you may sputter and scoff
That a limerick on babble is off
But it's the only poetical style
Which captures our wit and our guile
(And Drupal's occasional cough.)

Your turn!

Associated Press style book finally caves on "hopefully"

M. Spector — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:18:07 +0000

See below:

Bad writing

Catchfire — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:27:33 +0000

“I’m a winner,” thought Seabiscuit, galloping across the finish line.

Song lyric I'm working on...looking for feedback

Ken Burch — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:55:20 +0000

Win Lunch with Doug Ford!

Maysie — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:01:14 +0000

No, I'm NOT fucking kidding.

Stephen Fry on Language

Catchfire — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 19:29:40 +0000

Language

Truth, truthful, truthy

absentia — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 05:20:13 +0000

How hard is it to "write the truth"?

In a novel i've been reading, the narrator says, near the beginning, that he can't write the truth, because it keeps changing; he doesn't trust his memory.

There may be many other reasons why telling the truth is difficult, and it may be more difficult about some subjects than others. Can we even know with any degree of certainty whether we're telling the truth?

Comma Chameleon

Catchfire — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:13:37 +0000