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The Afterskool Writing Club

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4 contributions to The Afterskool Writing Club
What Writing Resources Do You Want To See Next?
Hello everyone, I'm taking a little break from my usually scheduled weekly writing motivation to instead ask you all what kind of content do you want to see? What do you struggle with when writing? Do you want more concrete writing tips, like how to write dialogue? Are there writing behaviors you're having a hard time breaking or developing? Tell me in the comments what it is you want to see from me. You're in a special position where you can directly shape the content I upload, and have your exact questions about writing answered. So, what do you need help with?
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I struggle with the writing. I sit and sit and sit with brainstorming, but the actual writing... I freeze up. I want a concrete plan before I write, but that just leads to me pausing and waiting longer to actually start. Ideas flow, slowly, but it's hard to start.
How confident are you in your writing?
Hey everyone, glad to be a member of the club, and as a writer I'm just wondering . . . what's everyone's confidence level as a writer when it comes to letting other people read your work before it's published?
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1 like • 23d
Heh, I am not particularly confident. I am a VERY critical reader (as in, I often criticize what I read), which has the inverse effect of making me very self conscious of my own work because I expect the same critical treatment.
Accountability Check In
Hello writers, We are now about 2/3 of the way through May. At the very beginning of the month, I was hoping to make a post asking everyone to share some writing goals for the month. Due to unexpected circumstances, I did not do that. However, the month isn't over yet. There's still plenty of time to get some writing done. So instead of asking for concrete writing goals, I'm just going to ask a simple question: did you write this month? Did you write as much as you wanted to? If you're not happy with your answer, there's still plenty of time to do some writing and change that. I'll go first. I've done some writing this month. Probably not as much as I would like to have done. I don't keep track of my actual word count or anything when working on my novel, but that might be something worth trying out next month. Or maybe for a given week? I don't know. I do still have some writing aspirations this month. I would like to write two short stories, and keep plugging away at my novel. The first will be in response to my monthly writing prompt because I realized I haven't done anything for that one yet. My other story will just be a fun one that I want to write after having a spark of inspiration the other day. Maybe I can use the upcoming holiday to write and upload those. If you find these kinds of accountability updates helpful, please let me know. I can make more of them to bug you. And if you want personal accountability, I think I can do that too. Feel free to DM me if you want that, and I'll make sure to hold you accountable. Now let's get back to writing!
1 like • May 30
Yeah, I haven't been able to write either, unfortunately. I keep brainstorming and brainstorming and brainstorming, but actually writing something down is hard to do. Maybe I'll write something soon. I've got something on the back burner. At the very least, a plot is *starting* to form for the world I have been thinking about for a long time. I might consider trying out a description of the magic to see if it makes sense to others. We'll see. The summer has finally begun, so hopefully I'll have more time now.
I want your feedback on this story
Hello everyone, Attached is a short story I wrote. I would love to hear some constructive feedback on it, and any suggestions on how I might be able to improve it.
2 likes • May 30
My main suggestion would be to break down your paragraphs a bit more. Walls of text result in information being glossed over. Maybe break the paragraphs up? The story of Aloysius Bringstik could be separated into two paragraphs, I think, starting at "Now, the smart thing...". I also think word choice of words could be improved. I can hear *you* in this, not the character. For example, the use of the phrase "prime example" sounds like Jonah Wisneski. :) I don't imagine a person in the country saying "this is the prime example". Is there a more "folksy" way of saying it so that the reader knows the narrator is also a country man? Also, saying "the story of Aloysius Bringstik" is a bit on the nose. There is probably a way to weave in the information without doing a full exposition dump. On the dead man's description: "His nose protruded because it hung from an angle." could have more oomph. I think you could probably lean a bit more into the gruesome descriptions here. Give the reader the creeps. It is also a very abrupt paragraph: lots of short sentences that, as a result, don't really hit the reader hard because they are so short and similar to each other. "Oh, he has white hair"; "Oh, his eyes are pale"; "oh, he has no lips." The freakiest part was the worm in his cheek, and that was because the sentence was written differently than the others (and it ended the paragraph) so it stuck out more. Those are just my thoughts! I thought it was very interesting!
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Christopher Mulligan
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I am a humanities teacher at a private Catholic school. I teach literature, history, and Latin.

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