Forum: Turtleback Lane

I’ve heard tell in the past people use to wear cloths and put various items in things called 'pockets'. And they could take things out and put other...

Okay, I'm a little self-conscious about posting this on here, but I want to hear criticism from people other than those I usually hang around with. ...

Basically, I'm just making this thread for when I come post crappy excuses for poetry or short prose or single chapters from longer prose to see if...

So, for those who knew me back when, I began a work back in the summer of 2005 with no title. I really didn't know where it was going, who it would...

This is will be my thread for prose and fiction, though I don't have tons that I would want to post. But here ya go... This first piece is a short...

Part One The Reckoning of Prophecy And trudged to Rome upon my naked feet. --Dryden. The Diplomat raced across the edge of the darkness of...

A small excerpt from a project I am working on... The first time I visited Dr. Adams’ home, I was in such a state of nervousness I had neglected...

This is the second Story I started recently. To me it is starting better than the first. I did not wanna have too many htreads going on, but felt...

this is a dream i had a few years ago. it was the most amazing dream i ever had. i knew i had to write it down, but i'm not a writer, so it took me a...

Like the Dark Tower; has anyone attempted to do one of these? My question has to do with this: I know Sai King wrote a good bit of Drawing of the...

Hungry. Feels like there's a Hole in my stomach. Think I'll microwave some Meatloaf and Korn.Ugh! Gotta throw those out (Limp Bizkits). That was...

This will be a place to help and be helped, not just with block writer's problem, with structure and critic too. It's a "taller" as we call it down...

For those of you who are interested, here is a copy of my thesis for graduate school. The research for this thesis took me nearly a year to complete...

The Reunion By John L Scardina Jr. I left at precisely the same time I always did; wearing basically the same style clothes I always did, as my...

"Jake's Knight" by StevensSon (July 11, 2007) He could kill me; he just may but I feel, no hope, that he doesn’t because he is my father. At...

A Personal Essay unnamed novel idea Appalachian Wolves

This is one of the first (and worst) stories I have ever written. The only reason I am posting it here is because I think it has no chance of ever...

the storm The Coming of Age Dreams A Tale for the Heart

I've written before, with some success in highschool. After finishing The Dark Tower, my interest in Roland and his tale has done nothing but grow....

It seems there are a lot of aspiring writers here. Is there not a thread where folks work together to create a longer tale? If not, perhaps there...