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Need an Alternative to MS Word and Notepad?
^StJoan
reports, 1d 16h ago
reports, 1d 16h agoFor 12 hours only you can get Liquid Story Binder for free! It's a dynamic and helpful program. Check it out today!
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Writing Reviews on dA
^GeneratingHype
reports, 1d 21h ago
reports, 1d 21h agoA short guide to writing better reviews and submitting them to dA.
(This article is in conjunction with Nonfiction Month.)
(This article is in conjunction with Nonfiction Month.)
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Harmless DVD- Selected pieces announced
`Beccalicious
reports, 2d 20h ago
reports, 2d 20h agoHarmless is a non-profit UK based organisation seeking to resource as many people as possible about self harm. Recently, they asked us to help them find some pieces of positive literature to use in two of their major projects.
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Writing Contests and Calls for Submissions
~jamberry-song
reports, July 15
reports, July 15News for writers: current contests, lit mags, calls for written work, and fun stuff. Get your work out in the world today and be a part of the greater literary community!!
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Write #2: Why haiku?
^lovetodeviate
reports, July 15
reports, July 15What you will find in this news article: Why haiku? -- A list of resources on haiku and other Japanese concepts in poetry | Recent finds | Resource news | Read this | Literature Daily Deviations: June 2008 | I need your feedback
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Literature feature 3
*almalobana
reports, July 9
reports, July 9A feature of poetry and prose from various writers on dA
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Amnesia/ Cold Comfort Contest Results
*almalobana reports, July 8
reports, July 8Results of the Amnesia/Cold Comfort contest as judged by Olcanna and almalobana
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Mightier Than the Sword III
=Francine1991
reports, July 8
reports, July 8A selection of the finest unknown/unknownish literature on dA.
Literature News This Week
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Writing Reviews on dA
^GeneratingHype reports, 1d 21h ago
reports, 1d 21h agoA short guide to writing better reviews and submitting them to dA.
(This article is in conjunction with Nonfiction Month.)
(This article is in conjunction with Nonfiction Month.)
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Write #2: Why haiku?
^lovetodeviate reports, July 15
reports, July 15What you will find in this news article: Why haiku? -- A list of resources on haiku and other Japanese concepts in poetry | Recent finds | Resource news | Read this | Literature Daily Deviations: June 2008 | I need your feedback
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^StJoan reports, 1d 16h ago
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Writing Contests and Calls for Submissions
~jamberry-song reports, July 15
reports, July 15News for writers: current contests, lit mags, calls for written work, and fun stuff. Get your work out in the world today and be a part of the greater literary community!!
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Harmless DVD- Selected pieces announced
`Beccalicious reports, 2d 20h ago
reports, 2d 20h agoHarmless is a non-profit UK based organisation seeking to resource as many people as possible about self harm. Recently, they asked us to help them find some pieces of positive literature to use in two of their major projects.
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A DD recap of June and July 2008!
^StJoan reports, 2d 10h ago
reports, 2d 10h agoA look back at the lit DD's of the first half of summer! Plus how you can find yourself on the wall of Suggested By Fame!
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Poetry Feature #65
*TheFavoritesProject
reports, July 13
reports, July 13We've featured 65 poems since we opened our satellite account in 2007! Another one of the poems we featured received a DD before we had a chance to post it, so we posted two features this week. View the most recent feature here, as well a list of all the previous poems featured by TFP. If you like what you see, than devwatch the account because we feature a new one every week! No membership is required.
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Comitato Italiano per la Nomina Interna delle DD.
~poeti-estinti
reports, 2d 19h ago
reports, 2d 19h ago1. Il Problema.
2. Quello che pensiamo.
3. Come fare?
2. Quello che pensiamo.
3. Come fare?
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"Carissa" she whispered.
~obliteratedsoul
reports, 1d 10h ago
reports, 1d 10h agoCarissa is one of the most talented people I know. Here's a feature from her gallery and an interview between the two of us. Take a look at it, you'll be amazed. <3
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100 Monthly: Literature
~votrereine
reports, January 20, 2007
reports, January 20, 2007100 Monthly Intro: [link]
Artisan Crafts section: [link]
Digital Art section: [link]
LITERATURE
The online equivalent of the Oxford English Dictionary says literature is “written works, especially those regarded as having artistic merit” and “books and writings on a particular subject” ([link]).
As a writer myself (though you would barely find a speck of my real work online but you’re free to ask), I love literature. There is something free for me in writing. I don’t like restrictions. I don’t like too many rules that I can’t work with. One of the reasons I hated and gave up Journalism.
It was a hard task finding something I was happy with featuring. I was the hardest on this category. It’s what I know most about. Yet somehow I managed to find 20 works that are beautiful, shocking or those I regard as “having artistic merit”. I hope you feel the same.
Good writing for me makes me think. It makes me hate a character then love them. It manipulates me as a reader as I am so enthralled and involved in the story.
Literature has caused some of the most recent fandoms of our time such as Harry Potter. Controversies too, like The Da Vinci Code.
The effect these books had was astounding. If only literature was given more merit by the wider community and more people read.
In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.
So here I am to present to you, 20 pieces of DeviantArt literature and hope you can appreciate it and through them live many more lives.
=votrereine
Commentary by: *faile88 unless stated otherwise
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1. Fear of the dark by ~h2opoloducky
(Suggested by *ElectrikPinkPirate)
This horror piece captures the basics of any horror story, ensnaring the reader with the fear that fills each of us from the time when we were young, bringing the reader through the thoughts and feelings as we wonder if there really is a monster under the bed. "Fear of the Dark" brings the childish and not-so-childish fears to life before our eyes and in our minds.
Artist Quote: No comment
2. Failed Attempts by =LesCheveux
Ah, romance! So difficult to attain and, later, hold. This story of one man's attempts to impress a french girl encompasses it all, the difficulty, frustration, and the ocassional tender moment while in search of love. This piece captures the reader from the start.
Artist Quote: "Failed Attempts" was originally the result of a prompt in the #PoetRangers chatroom, but it grew into a story crafted to show the conflicts between a fickle French woman and an English man trying so hard to please her.
3. 05 by ~averile
I don't know how to describe this piece. Better that you read it yourself. I find it strangely beautiful and entertaining, connected but not quite so.
Artist Quote: No comment
4. Enemy Eyes by ~MahouTragicQueen
War troubles the world now as it has in the past, and many pieces have been written on the subject. This piece reveals the life before the war, the life of a child as he grows up, untroubled but for the troubles that might bother anyone as he grows older, living a life that is suddenly interrupted with the troubles of war. A nicely written piece that brings out the negativity of war.
Artist Quote: I wanted to show that people involved in war against each other aren't so different.
5. Theatre by ~curlyisafreak
Poetry is often used to portray a feeling or vision to the reader. This one is no different. What is different is the thought that this particular poem invokes as it draws you ever deeper into its words and walk amongst the stars.
(Comment by =votrereine)
Artist Quote: I suppose it's all about mortality, we are doomed but we are ever more passionate, and therefore more alive than the everlasting stars, so does that make us better?
It's basically Classical Grecian philosphy.
6. haughty by ~littlemistress
You can really feel the anger and smite in this piece, almost as if you are watching someone confront someone right in front of you. I can associate with this far too well. "You'd think I'd have grander things to say" but I don't.
(Comment by =votrereine)
Artist Quote: I was angry and wanted to get down to the truth of it; pretension and egotism on my part masking what really mattered.
7. almost fifteen by ~Pluia
A poem I am sure many women can relate to, when a girl is just coming of an age where love begins to matter, where her life has become so different from the life of a child. When Valentine's Day comes around her heart is filled with love, ready to give but noone to give it to. This, combined with the insecurity many feel at this age, will make this piece hit home in many hearts, whether young or old.
Artist Quote: I wanted to convey the sense of uncertainty and insecurity, and maybe loneliness, that comes with teenagers and Valentine's Day.
8. Hans and Gretel by =andanar
Take a moment and remember those fairy tales you so loved long ago as a child. Remember the tale of Hansel and Gretel? Forget that. "Hans and Gretel" is a wonderfully written twist on the classic tale that will steal the imagination like never before. An excellent read!
Artist Quote: I wanted to take a fairy tale and take it back a little to its roots - most were quite dark to begin with. It was inspired a little by the work of Neil Gaiman.
9. Embrace by *gelal
A wonderful use of wordplay. Despite all the different metaphors, they work splendedly together to create a scene, even if it is one that's like a "kaleidoscope with bitter colors".
(Comment by =votrereine)
Artist Quote: I liked this because it describes a powerplay instead of sex. He knew she was unfaithful and she had no idea.
10. a r t i f i c i a l by ~xxx-fancy-xxx
This speaks so clearly about how those who think and know don't speak up whilst though who don't have their voices heard. Mix in the idea of metal, the artificial, overtaking flora and simple but appropriate imagery and you've got yourself a featureworthy poem. Please check it out.
(Comment by =votrereine)
Artist Quote: I somewhat merged two different concepts into this piece; human nature. "Silence from the cowards" refers to how many are too scared to stand up to things that they know are wrong. Also the aspect of industrialization as machines and "robots" start to take over the natural beauty of the Earth.
Mostly, I wanted to leave it up to self-interpretation, though.
11. proofread this draft by ~cursive-starlight
There's a pun in the title I swear. It has no punctuation or capitals to start with but there's something curious about this style. I've tried it before and to get it to work is a task and a half. This poem uses personification (giving objects and such the ability to do human actions) to show just how frustrating editing can be and the style shows how tiring and repetitive. Yes, that's why I like it.
(Comment by =votrereine)
Artist Quote: I really enjoy using personification in my writing. And as far as the repetitous nature of the his poem, that is because of the specific style it is. Like this piece, I write most of my poems in pantuom style.
12. Restless by ~katlyn6
Beautiful imagery that sets up a room at night with a cool breeze when the occupant keeps rolling over, trying to sleep. It's simple with a queer rhythm (I'm not so good with reading rhythms of open poems).
(Comment by =votrereine)
Artist Quote: When I wrote Restless I was trying to capture a feeling of hazy passion and describe the dizzying feeling of being with someone. I wanted the piece to be beautiful and very sensual and I wanted to trigger as many senses as possible.
13. Mango Dust by ~llxandiell
A delightful start to a novel. It starts with some emotions, never one idea but a bunch of them together. After it has lured you into its grasp, it takes hold with the story. Not only that, it's a fantasy story, which I do and always will love!
Artist Quote: I started just wanting to write "a novel". You know, The Dream of all writers, finishing a whole novel but how I actually started writing this was purely out of instinct and fascination. I had no plot, no pre-made story web, but random characters and settings became popping up as I wrote.
I plan to finish this someday, but for now- these characters are just running away in my head. I've always loved the genre of fantasy.
14. Our Dreams as Writers by ~Suicidal-King
How true! As a writer this poem struck home with me. It describes a writers dreams, as the titles say, but it's more than that. It conveys a sort of carefree feeling that is, occassionally, hit with sadness, but it really tells the tales of a writer at his work. While writing a writer thoroughly enjoys the work he has decided to do, but occasionally hits a few road blocks along the way.
Artist Quote: This piece was written after a long time of writer's block (or laziness), when suddenly, I thought about how it was like to be a writer. Basically, this piece is about how I, as a writer, have two sides: the poet/writer and the person who wants to go back to carefree days.
15. Angels in the Night by ~LillianAlyse
A tale of someone who has lived a long life reassuring their love that death is not the end, that there is still life and beauty in that point after death that they should now embrace after living their life here on earth. This one nearly made me cry, thinking of how difficult it would be to say those words to a loved one, but knowing they would be true and that they should spread their wings and fly.
Artist Quote: I actually did this piece for a 9th Grade poetry anthology last year. I feel like I write better poetry when I have a goal, and I'm not just writing poetry for the hell of it. Of all the poems I've ever written, this is definately my favourite.
16. The Dire Wolf by ~MorganaLe
This piece caught me with the title. One glance, and I was ready to dive in. This piece of prose starts out slowly, building its suspense higher and higher until it balances on a knife edge, so to speak, ready to plunge into the depths of knowing. This suspense teeters, ready to fall, leaning forward, starts its long fall to the end... and stops with a thud. And as you wait for this delightful deviant to complete the idea and let us fall from our knife edge, your mind will never stop trying to come up with possible meanings behind the words, possible endings that go beyond the ending given.
Artist Quote: To be honest, I'm not sure what I was trying to do with it. It just came out.
17. The Whimpering Dragon by ~Kiralio
A tragic tale of life that fills us with bitter emotion. It really strikes your heart and holds it, filling it with this emotion, wrecking havoc with your senses, and washing it away again when your eyes reach the last few lines, leaving you at peace.
Artist Quote: The piece was a way of getting a sort of mental toxin out of my system - I didn't want to think a particular way, so I described that way of thinking in what I hope was a reasonably elegant form and tried to forget about it.
18. Ohne dich by *Nirelleth
Here's a new one for you: a poem in German! So few are the written works written in other languages but English. However, it is a beautiful piece of literature and, though I can only get a rough translation from it, limited in my knowledge of the language as I am, it still told a story, conveyed a feeling through its words. It gives the reader a sense of loss that is vacant in so many other works. A beautiful piece!
Artist Quote: I wrote it in the process of letting go of someone and I expressed my feelings in this piece.
19. Whim by *KampfVerein
What is a whim? This poem grabs you from the start with this simple sentence, pulling you into its depths. What really caught me about this one was the fact that it makes you feel like you, at that moment, have a whim to do something, anything, and as the poem progresses that whim slips away into nothingness. Or almost nothingness. A beatiful poem that will invite you to travel it's words from the beginning.
Artist Quote: Whim was my attempt to harness that inexplicable sense of "home," with its essence of security and serenity, and express it through a more poetic form of prose.
20. Shivah Baby by =StJoan
A touching poem that starts you wondering what it might be about, then slams the hard truth in your face. It's mournful words carry true passion and sorrow, each melding with the other to create a beautiful piece of poetry that sings from the heart.
Artist Quote: My sister died some years ago on the 26th of December, and I always felt like my mother wasn't given the proper means to really mourn her, this poem is a response to that and a piece of mourning in and of itself that let me, as her daughter, say goodbye to my sister in my own way.
Commentary by: *faile88 unless stated otherwise
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I hope you all enjoy.
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I don't squirm. I flail. Less restrictive, more expressive.
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*goes to beat head against wall*
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I have to sleep now (being 12am) for a 6am wakeup and I won't be back until the 25th.
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I don't squirm. I flail. Less restrictive, more expressive.
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But it is certainly wonderful to see literature being treated right on deviantART. Thanks for the feature, ladies, and keep on writing, writers!
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"The world is not enough- but it's such a perfect place to start" - Garbage
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`roguewolf19 looks so Balla.
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<caveatLECTOR>and jon beat me to uranus LOLOLOL
<concrete-surfer> your mom depreciates in value as she's traded
<intangebility> o man. pink is singing sweet dreams on tv atm, and madeline says "string trees are made of peas?"
This is exactly the reason why other people besides the literature GDs were forbidden from featuring poetry and prose Deviations as Daily Deviations. Some admins were featuring angsty and clichéd cathartic poetry as DDs because they were unable to distinguish quality literature from crap. So now only the lit GDs can feature literary DDs. Sadly this rule is a bit hard to apply to other parts of the site. :-/
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