Challenge
A Self-Deceiving Portrait
Anne Bernays and Pamela Painter — What if? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers prompts — The Exercise — Using the first person, write a self-deceiving portrait in which the narrator is not the person she thinks she is - either more or less admirable. You must give your readers clues that your narrator is skewing the truth. The Objective -- To create a narrator who unwittingly reveals - through subtle signals of language, details, contradictions, and biases - that his or her judgment of events and people is too subjective to be trusted. The reader must thus discount the version of the story offered by the narrator and try to re-create a more objective one for himself.
By Denise E Lindquist6 months ago in Writers
Top 2 Video Quality Enhancers with AI Model
"Can a poor-quality video be improved? Is there any video quality enhancer recommended?" - Tom Fortunately, the answer is yes. With the proliferation of streaming services, viewers now expect increasingly higher video quality. However, producing high-quality videos is challenging, and not everyone has the skills to manually enhance them. Nowadays, artificial intelligence (AI) technology can automatically enhance video quality, making it easier for content creators to meet audience expectations.
By Joanna Wang6 months ago in Writers
Suspect in Palisades Fire Arrested: Latest on the Los Angeles Blaze
In October 2025, authorities arrested Jonathan Rinderknecht in connection with the Pacific Palisades Fire, according to The New York Times. The blaze, which devastated suburban hillsides in January, killed 12 people and destroyed thousands of homes.
By Ashley Scott6 months ago in Writers
Progress
Eleven Days ago, I wrote a story called I'm back—maybe? In it, I talked a bit about my personal journey and highlighted some contests outside of Vocal that I was interested in participating in. I'm doing this because I've stepped away from writing for far too long. I've fallen out of practice, and my apathy has turned into the worst bout of writer's block I've ever experienced in my 28 years of life.
By Ashley Lima6 months ago in Writers
The Soul of a Poet
I thought I would write and tell a little about myself. I was born and raised in a rural area of Western North Carolina, in a small mountain community called Spillcorn. It's a place where everyone knows each other, where generations stay rooted in the same hills and hollers. Many who were raised there never left, never received an education, and never traveled farther than the town itself. I was determined to do things differently. I went to college and moved to the big city of Asheville, big to me at least. That move opened my world.
By Tim Carmichael6 months ago in Writers
