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MOMENT'S QUOTE( s )

If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.

~ Toni Morrison

Sit down, and put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff's worth, without pity, and destroy most of it.

~ Colette, Casual Chance, 1964

WEEKLY TERM
O. HENRY ENDING - an unexpected and unprepared-for turn of events. It usually does not work well with foreshadowing. The term comes from the short stories of O. Henry (William Sidney Porter). Note that an O. Henry ending is usually a positive term of praise for the author's cleverness. This is the opposite sentiment from a deus ex machina ending, in which the unexpected ending strikes the audience as artificial, arbitrary, or unartful.

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Mar - Welcome Welcome

I want to write books that unlock the traffic jam in everybody's head.
~ John Updike
An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate.
~ Chateaubriand
The writer writes in order to teach himself, to understand himself, to satisfy himself; the publishing of his ideas, though it brings gratification, is a curious anticlimax.
~ Alfred Kazin

Make your own quote. Ink Stains Club is a community of writers who write together and give advice or tips or even criticism on each other's work. Do you have writer's block? Come here. Do you have an interesting story and need help? Come here. You can ask for people to edit your story or review your poetry. Whichever type of work you have you can submit and share here - and maybe even win a few challenges or contests on the way. Most of all, this site is good old fashion fun. Even Mary Shelley had a community of writers with her.

Ink Stains is a community of writers and we accept and encourage all types of writing from prose to poetry to drama and to essays. We love writers and we love writing so we'll share our projects in hopes of improving ourselves and each others. There are contests and challenges and all types of activities and you have a voice that will be heard here in Ink Stains. Take a look around and join in the community.