My birthday is past, I'm at home(sadly), and I'm itching to write. I would personally like to thank ^GeneratingHype for his awesome comment on my piece Smoke. It is extremely helpful. Learning from the best critic around can certainly help one out.

Thank you =iAes for the amazing weekend you gave me. You really are everything, my love. &



General Info On Writing

The Writing Process by ~LaMonaca

Writer's Block by ~writers-in-progress

Active and Passive Voice by ~onewordatatime

Choosing Words by ~writers-in-progress

Advice for a Young Writer by ^lovetodeviate(one of our amazing Lit GDs)

Poetry Resources

Mechanics of Poetry make sure you click on the link when you get to the page.

How to write poetry by =Flutterings

The Linebreak by ~PoetryLibrary

Rhythm by ~onewordatatime

Metre Learning Guide by ~PoetryLibrary

Lesson 1 - Basics of Meter by ~Professor-Flare

The Ultimate Resources on Writing

Types of Poetry by shadowpoetry.com

First Person, Second, or Third--What's the Difference? by Tara K. Harper (I often found these differences confusing, so I decided to share with you my final understandings.)

Well, my friends, I think that that is about all I will offer at the moment. If you would like to see other resources on Literature, I recommend you take a look at ^lovetodeviate's journal Resource Central. It will give you a complete overview on the subject.

Always here for you,

=Mattiello

We all get confused on when it is appropriate to use the dreaded comma. Do you remember the times when you did(or still do) guess where to put that comma? ah, well, let me help you a little by giving you this simple lesson.

Decide whether or not the sentence below is correct?

The dog ate my hot dog and then she ran away.

If you said it was correct, then you are wrong. Now, let's break down the sentence to determine why there is supposed to be a comma and where it should be.

The dog (subj.) ate (verb) my hot dog, and then she (subj) ran (verb) away.


Notice: There is a subject - verb and another subject - verb(after the conjunction and) in that precise order. It absolutely has to be in this order for a comma to appear before the conjunction and.

For instance: If I were to say,

The dog ate my hot dog and ran away.

there is no comma. let's look at this sentence closely as well.

The dog(subj) ate(verb) my hot dog and ran(verb) away.

Here we see subject - verb and just a verb after the conjunction and. Therefore, there is no comma. this is because the sentence (the dog ate my hot dog and ran away) does not follow the simple rule of Subject - verb, -subject - verb.

Here's a little test for you:

Question: You see a sentence that has a subject - verb, verb - subject. Would it be correct to put a comma before the conjunction?

Answer: No

Why is that? It does not follow the Subject -Verb, Subject - verb rule!

If you have any questions, because you are confused or would just like to chat, note me.

=Mattiello

First Place:

=cxsankh with Who are you?

Cxsankh has won

Second Place:

=iAes with The Last Smile on Earth


Third Place:

*tonks204 with The Betterment for Humanity: Fire

Fourth Place:

=Emerald-Wolf86 with Betterment for Humanity

Fifth Place:

=ArubanoTribalFire with The Final Freedom of a Martyr

Honorable Mentions

~Hetfeld87 with Society in a Water Bottle
~Windancerx7x with True Extremities
~AtlantianLightCircle with Akenatios the Titan

The Mattiello Chatroom ~Here for all your writing needs.

Come on and join the fun. This Chatroom is for all of those who would like to have some of their work critiqued, be it literature or art.

I will be on every night from 9p.m. eastern to 12 a.m. and sometime even past that.