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October 27, 2004: grcubby

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Noticing Newbies


Table of Contents

1. About this Newsletter
2. A Word from our Sponsor
3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
5. A Word from Writing.Com
6. Ask & Answer
7. Removal instructions

About This Newsletter

*Flower2* Welcome to the Noticing Newbies Newsletter! Our goal is to showcase some of our newest Writing.Com Authors and their items. From poetry and stories to creative polls and interactives, we'll bring you a wide variety of items to enjoy. We will also feature "how to" advice and items that will help to jump start the creation process on Writing.com

*Flower2* We hope all members of the site will take the time to read, rate, review and welcome our new authors. By introducing ourselves, reviewing items and reaching out, we will not only make them feel at home within our community, we just might make new friends!

*Star*Your host this week: Cubby Author IconMail Icon

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Letter from the editor

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*Bullet**Bullet**Bullet* How Did You Do That? *Bullet**Bullet**Bullet*

How come you can indent, but I can’t? Where did you find those balloons at? How come when I italicize on my Word Document, it doesn’t copy that way here? I can’t figure out how to make certain words bold or in color. How did you do that?

I am a true junkie when it comes to using emoticons, color, boldness, italics, or whatever else I can find to be expressive. I wasn’t always that way though, until I discovered WritingML Help under Author Tools in the upper left corner of your window. If you have a printer, I would strongly suggest printing off all the information and keeping it on file. It’s not that hard to do and works especially well in creating forums and handing out reviews.

Here are just a few great examples of what you will find in WritingML Help:

{e:smile} = *Smile*
{e:heart} = *Heart*
{c:orange} = orange
{b} = bold
{i} = italicize
{e:balloon1} = *Balloon1*
{e:snow} = *Snow1*
{e:right} = *Right*
{e:reading} = *Reading*
{e:cool} = *Cool* Cool, eh?

There are many more tags to discover, too. Check them out! They’re a great way to give you a little bit more personality here! *Bigsmile*

Editor's Picks

*Star* Here are a few sites that should help answer many of your questions...

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Visit here for a tour of Writing.Com and learn about this vast, exciting site!
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*Bullet* ~~~How about some Halloween Polls?~~~ *Bullet*

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*Bullet* ~~~Check out these seasonal cNotes!~~~ *Bullet*

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Send a Halloween cNote to your friends! Original designs by SMs.
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*Bullet* ~~~Hey, a Halloween raffle!~~~ *Bullet*

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*Star**Right* And there's still time to enter...

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Write about vampires! :-)
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Emily conquers her fear of heights only to discover there are more thing to be afraid of.
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*Flower2* Great Places for Newbies to Check Out! *Flower2*


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A warm welcome to our newbies; come meet new and not-so-new members of Writing.Com!
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Ask & Answer

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*Star* megsie2584
*Balloon6* Your newsletter on campfires this month was great! You spoke about how fun it is to write stories with others but did you know that campfires are also great places to play games? Most of the campfires that I'm in are places to get to know people a little better and play games, rather than to write a piece.

For example, I have a campfire "Invalid Item" Open in new Window. where everyone writes down their favorite something each round. Whenever it comes back to my turn I change the topic. We've covered favorite sounds, candy, TV shows, names and more.

Another great thing about game campfires is that they don't require much time and commitment from participants. It's only a sentence or two each round.

Megan

This is a great idea, Megsie! I've decided to add it to my list of Great Places for Newbies to Check Out. Thanks so much for sharing your enthusiasm. *Bigsmile*

*Star* MaryLou Author IconMail Icon
*Balloon6* My favorite genre is mystery; along the line of cozy murder mysteries. I don't care for the hard-boiled type. My brother introduced me to Agatha Christie when I was in my early teens, and I have been hooked ever since. I am attempting to write a novel in the style of AC. *Bigsmile*

Mystery must be a popular genre because most of my patrons in the library read this genre. If you get your novel published, let me know!

*Star* newykr
*Balloon6* Cubby:
The campfires are a blast! I started my first a month ago and it is still going! I managed to recruit 3 new writers by using the campfire as an incentive to write! Campfires are addictive!

Six months??? Wow! That's great. *Bigsmile* It's also a clever incentive you gave new writers. In a campfire, you aren't obligated nor responsible to write the entire story. It's a fun outlet.

*Star* eleyne92
*Balloon6* What is my favorite genre? Historical fiction. Reading fiction about a certain time and people tends to send me scurrying to the library or the computer to find out MORE about the place and time. It can get to be an obsession.

Thanks for the great newsletter. I applaud your dedication.
Eleyne >^..^<

I do exactly the same thing (only I work in a library, so I don't have to scurry, lol!). I learn more facts through Historical Fiction that I do a text book.

*Star* auterpauvre
*Balloon6* Cubby:
Picking a favorite genre reminds me of a line spoken by Sandra Bullock in "28 Days". When asked her drug of choice, the character replies, "You mean I have to pick ONE?"

To read, I would have to say fantasy. To write, I'd have to say fiction in general. This newsletter is a great resource for stuff to review.
Keep It Up!
John

Great answer! *Laugh* I like fantasy, too, but also survival stories in the Adventure genre. I tend to lean more toward the Juvenile and Young Adult chapter books, as I want to be a children's published author one of these days, lol! But the Fantasy genre is very popular not only with children, but adults, too.

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*Star* Quote: Read, read, read. Read everything - trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it. Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.
~ William Faulkner

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*Flower2* Cubby's Question of the Month*Flower2*
Before you begin a story, do you have an outline prepared? (or) Do you know the ending before you begin? (or) Do you begin and have no idea where you are going to end up?

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