One Soldier's Story
Hey they wrote about me.........Can u tell that i am smiling?!?!?!?!?
Writing Inspiration - May 23
Here are some more examples of good writing, inspiration from which could help fuel potential submissions to The One Soldier's Story Project. As usual, these are examples of writing only, with no judgements as to the subject matter.
Also as usual, potential authors shouldn't assume that one of these examples is how they should write their own story. Rather, you should try out the various techniques these writers used (and also those in this previous post), and see if any work for you as well.
A Soldier's Thoughts: The post "It Was Still Dark" is a great piece. This would almost work as an acceptable submission as is. The story is there. What it needs is some form of dialogue, so it's not told in only the author's voice. Having that, even just a little bit, would really take it to the next level.
Live From The Rear: "You'll Probably Get a Medal" is also very close to being an acceptable submission with few changes. Because of the stream-of-conciousness style the author has written in, the addition of dialogue is less important, because the author's voice becomes the story. That type of writing is very difficult to pull off, but this post does a pretty good job. Also, this post is from Sept., 2004, but like many good blog posts, it's only found if a reader really scours the archive...more reason to take one's writing efforts in a new, more visible, direction.
Blog Machine City: "Money Shot, March 24 entry" is not really a story, but it's the kind of anecdote that gets overlooked unless a writer commits it to memory. It's got some dialogue, plus some good description. This blog is full of good entries, and this is an old one from 2004. The flipside of blogs is while the best posts are buried in the archives, at least they exist. When the time comes to pick and choose what they want to write about in more in-depth form, the author will have an ample research library to work from.
This post will be linked to Mudville Gazette's Open Post.
Writing Inspiration - May 23
Here are some more examples of good writing, inspiration from which could help fuel potential submissions to The One Soldier's Story Project. As usual, these are examples of writing only, with no judgements as to the subject matter.
Also as usual, potential authors shouldn't assume that one of these examples is how they should write their own story. Rather, you should try out the various techniques these writers used (and also those in this previous post), and see if any work for you as well.
A Soldier's Thoughts: The post "It Was Still Dark" is a great piece. This would almost work as an acceptable submission as is. The story is there. What it needs is some form of dialogue, so it's not told in only the author's voice. Having that, even just a little bit, would really take it to the next level.
Live From The Rear: "You'll Probably Get a Medal" is also very close to being an acceptable submission with few changes. Because of the stream-of-conciousness style the author has written in, the addition of dialogue is less important, because the author's voice becomes the story. That type of writing is very difficult to pull off, but this post does a pretty good job. Also, this post is from Sept., 2004, but like many good blog posts, it's only found if a reader really scours the archive...more reason to take one's writing efforts in a new, more visible, direction.
Blog Machine City: "Money Shot, March 24 entry" is not really a story, but it's the kind of anecdote that gets overlooked unless a writer commits it to memory. It's got some dialogue, plus some good description. This blog is full of good entries, and this is an old one from 2004. The flipside of blogs is while the best posts are buried in the archives, at least they exist. When the time comes to pick and choose what they want to write about in more in-depth form, the author will have an ample research library to work from.
This post will be linked to Mudville Gazette's Open Post.
posted by militarybrat at 7:25 PM
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i am not eligable i am in the airforce
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