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:rose: Welcome to PowerfulWriting! :rose:

If you're a writer, and you want to improve, you've come to the right place! Here we aim to help writers improve and develop their own style of writing by focusing on three main areas: Critiques, prompts, and workshops. Plus, a bit of encouragement through features.

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Many of you may be new to the lit community here on dA. To you, we say welcome! Right now, there is an amazing project in the lit community going on: The Literature Community Experiment. It aims to pull our community together, not for the sake of numbers, but for the sake of community. Here you will have opportunities to check out other writers, interact, share ideas and tips, and even gain a few watchers! Check it out!

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Zombie's marchAnd now when september is over,
I finally woke up.
Noticed I've grown a little older,
And chained my heart so hard;
This life of mine is so unreal,
I can't truly believe;
You have been haunting me for certain,
You've haunted me for years.
My head is sticking on a surface ,
That I can't really face;
And it's so scary, it's so sober,
It makes me run away.
I say goodbye to all my dreams,
I'm leaving all these ashes;
Just one last night for me to leave,
Synopsis of a legend.
I'm dead - so dead, so overrated,
Receiving threats of love.
What is it now that can stop me,
On my way down to hell?
It's Halloween, oh, my sweet people,Zombie's march by ~MissTerrious
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Tongue Twister by ~Rocky41-7
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Archive - Long Pieces
Controlled Official Prologue by ~ART9807
Traces of Red - CHAPTER 1 by ~DevilsMatrix
Day one. Where is God?It’s like being lost in a city with no map and all the road signs are blank.  No matter who you ask, no one knows the way.  You ask God for guidance, but His mouth is taped shut.  That’s how I feel in this world, even in my dreams.  Shapeless matter gathers at my feet, dark as night, and I start sinking in the pool they make.  I struggle and fight, grabbing anything in reach, desperate to keep the sun in site.  Nothing holds me.  Nothing keeps me up.  I hold my breath and the dark river pulls me under, swallows me whole.  But I can only hold my breath for so long… before I drown.

My name is Percival Me.  Now that we got thDay one. Where is God? by ~Percival-Me
Pitch Black - Chapter One
My life is like Grandpa Ken's 'When I was a young boy' tales - boring, uneventful, and predictable.

I wake up in the morning with no purpose or goal in life. I take a cold shower to calm my raging teenage hormones, put on my hideous black and red suit of a uniform, and fix my abnormally thick and curly brown hair, which just set the record for breaking combs in a span of a week. I brush my canines and after that, walk to the kitchen and open the fridge to get something unhealthy and meat- related to eat. Once I'm finished with my meal, I wait for the bus, and when it comes, go through the day with a strained smile on my face.

When the long Pitch Black - Chapter One by ~ThePenumbraProject
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5. Black and WhiteI will never forget her face when I told her I cheated, red and raw and deadly. Looking at her made me tremble with death on the inside, that stare, those eyes that stabbed through to my murderous soul. When it happened, my intent was shaded, I was dazed and drunk. But, without excuse, I had still slaughtered her trust.

She wasn't blinking, her frail, fumbling breathing and the audible sound of her heart seizing the only proof she was alive. She was always black and white with things, and I knew she had decided she would hate me with putridity. She would hate me and she would hate that she knew she would still love me.  I was now t5. Black and White by ~Dewflower
Out of His LeageJim Crane, a regular workaholic, watched her as she walked away from his desk. It was practically impossible not to. She was the kind of person your eyes just gravitated to, you know?

He could still hear her heels click-clack-clicking away to her own office. They gave her the perfect height, making her look more attractive. She had a nice gray skirt that showed off her curvy legs and a white ruffly top with a black sweater, hot but understated. Not to mention her wavy blonde hair that fell all around her face and shoulders. She was stunning.

"Still drooling after Elizabeth Greene, I see," Jen from the cubicle across from his said, smug as eOut of His Leage by ~glitter-fade
Syke at the cliff's edgeMy skin prickles as it is touched by light from the sun up in its meridian.  I'm deep in the desert.  After hours of walking I found a cliff and scaled it, rendering the town I set out from visible again.  The cliff is high and sudden, and I sit by the edge, unsweating and barely a thought moving through my head.  I'm silent and still like a plant or a dead man, on a threshold of pure stasis.  The temperature today is higher than any other day I have walked out into the plains.  Allowing my vision to haze and my muscles to slacken, my thoughts loosen and circle around the heat that flows through me, shimmering in my ribcage close to my heart Syke at the cliff's edge by ~angussporran
RosesThe scent of roses hung heavily in the still night air. Cloying and sickly sweet, it infiltrated every room in the derelict old house, winding its way into every corner, clinging to curtains and creeping through cracks in the walls and windows.

Those damn roses!

On a good day, he could almost forget the crushing guilt he carried with him, pulling him down with leaden grip. But every time he smelled those flowers, it all came pouring back, suffocating him until he could do nothing but curl up in a foetal ball, unable even to breathe.

Those damn roses…

It had been a clear, gentle summer afternoon, the time of day when the world becomeRoses by ~elleira5
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General Rules and Guidelines

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:rose:General Conduct Rules

We do not tolerate discrimination here.
We do not want to see any sort of racism, sexism, homophobia, etc. in any comment or deviation within this group. While we try to respect everyone’s opinion, those kinds of comments or deviations could be found incredibly hurtful by many people. We want this to be a safe place for everyone. That being said, it is fine to feature discrimination or hate in a submission as long as it is shown in an antagonistic light or it is done so playfully.  

Stay active!
In joining this group, you’re telling us that you want to improve and/or you want to help other people improve. We can’t help you unless you stay active. Please read and comment on journals and do not be afraid to submit. We're here to help, as are your fellow group members!

Be honest, not harsh.
When interacting with admins and other members of the group, do not be afraid to speak your mind. We like to know what you're thinking. Please try to be polite. Or rather, avoid being rude.

If this is not the group for you, let us know.
You can tell us what you're looking for in a group and we can give you some suggestions. We want to see everyone thrive in the Lit community, not just our members.

:rose:General Submission Rules
Information on how to submit can be found here

Limit
A member can submit one deviation per folder a month, with the exception of the Archive folders. Members cannot submit there.

Voting
A piece needs one vote from an admin to be accepted or declined. Pieces expire after two weeks. All pieces following the guidelines outlines in the link above and the guidelines listed here will be accepted.

Have comments enabled
We understand if you disabled them because of flames or arguments and such, in which case we can send you a critique in a note. But if we have no way to contact you, we can’t help you and thus your submission to the group is basically pointless.

No erotica
We find it is very difficult to critique. Also, we’re trying to keep this group open for all ages. Sex is fine as long as it is not the only part of the piece (i.e. a piece can be about love (etc.) and include sex) or it is done artistically and subtly rather than smutty. Be sure to put on a mature content filter for all pieces including sex.

Critiques
Please put a critique outline (as in, things you specifically want to be critiqued in your piece) in the author's comments of your work. Many people can get along fine without such guidelines, but many people in the group are new to critiquing. You'll likely get more helpful and more frequent comments if you do this.

No FanFiction
While we believe it to be a good tool to improve when you first start writing, here we’d like to encourage everyone to develop their own characters and their own plot lines. These creative processes are very important to developing the writing skill as they require you to think, test, construct, and edit. This can help the writer improve independently, and can even help the writer better understand and use feedback.

What we consider to be FanFiction: Any written work about celebrities or using the characters or events created by another person from a book, TV show, movie, etc. Keep in mind, historic fiction is different from fanfiction.   

Submitting Chapters
All chapters should be submitted in chronological order. Since submissions now happen on a month by month basis, you can submit as many chapters as you like (i.e. over 5 months you could have submitted five chapters).

Originality
We very much value a unique idea or a unique approach to an idea. Don’t be afraid to be original! If you want to write, say, a horror story, try to diverge from the typical darkness and smirking and evil. If your subject matter is a cliché all by itself, try to do something different with it, put a unique spin on it! We want to help you guys form your own style of writing. We want to know what your take on a topic is. Don’t be afraid to take chances. Originality will be one of the deciding factors for the monthly feature.    

Favorites
We only accept writing resources in our favorites folder. If you have any helpful tips you'd like to share, submit them there.

My piece was declined! Now what?
There are a number of reasons why your submission may have been declined. If your piece is declined (or it expired), it is likely becasue you did not follow the rules on how to submit a piece or you did not follow the general rules of submission (i.e. you submitted fanfiction etc.). If you are confused, feel free to ask in the submission comments of the submission.

Resubmitting
We try to give you a chance to correct any errors in your submission before the two weeks are up. If you piece ends up expired, feel free to resubmit the same piece to a different folder. If you've followed the rules this time, we will move it to the correct folder. If you did follow the rules the first time and your piece was accepted, but you've made some changes and you are looking for more feedback, feel free to resubmit it the next month.


Please leave a comment with any questions, concerns, etc.

Thank you
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~LostSiren111 Apr 5, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Is there a limit on submissions?
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~MadHat11D6 Apr 5, 2013   Writer
Yes. You can submit one deviation per folder per month. This is so you have time to give good feedback on a piece before you submit, you have time to receive good feedback, and we have time to give good feedback and decide on the features for the month. Information can be found in the latest two journals.
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~pencilxpusher Dec 26, 2012  Hobbyist Writer
I am promoting my writing, so if some people have some spare time, I would love if they could read some and tell me their opinion.
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~MadHat11D6 Dec 27, 2012   Writer
While I love to see people promoting their writing and asking for opinions, if it's exposure and feedback you're looking for it would do you much better to join this group than to comment on it. You should also check out the Lit Community Experiment. There's a link to it at the top of the group front page.
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~pencilxpusher Dec 28, 2012  Hobbyist Writer
i was just going to i needed to go though so i left a message heh..
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