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    Poetry Deep Dive 10

    By Myr,


    Genre Deep Dives
    Top Read Poems since Poetry Deep Dive 9
    Top 6 Most Read Poetry - Ballad
    a poem that tells a story and was traditionally set to music. Usually follows a form of rhymed (abcb) quatrains alternating four-stress and three-stress lines.
    Bragi's Bagatelles by Parker Owens Complete Gentle Healer by Ticklishboy30 Complete Around the Bend - NaPoWriMo 2022 by Valkyrie Long-Term Hold A year of schoolwork: poems I submitted for a grade by MythOfHappiness Complete A Loving Memory by Ticklishboy30 Complete Broken Angel by Ticklishboy30 Complete Top 10 Most Read Poetry - Blank Verse
    a poem with regular metrical but unrhymed lines, almost always in iambic pentameter.
    By Chance or Appointment by Parker Owens Temporary Hold Terpsichore Behind the Mask by Parker Owens Complete Fountain, Field and Forest by Parker Owens Complete Old Coats: Explorations in the Cedar Closet by Parker Owens Complete Haiku, Secret, and Wisdom by Headstall Complete Seasoned to Taste by Aditus Complete Seasoning of the Seasons by Valkyrie Complete The Foretelling by Headstall Complete Breathless and Mendacity by Headstall Complete Caliban and Miranda by Refugium Complete Top 0 Most Read Poetry - Cinquain
    a short poem consisting of five, usually unrhymed lines containing, respectively, two, four, six, eight, and two syllables. Cinquains may be paired and manipulated to create longer forms. For example, the mirror cinquain has lines of syllables 2, 4, 6, 8, 2, 2, 8, 6, 4, 2.  Cinquains are often used in teaching schoolchildren early forms of poetry.
    No stories Top 1 Most Read Poetry - Confessional
    Features intimate and personal revelations, often drawing on the poet's own experiences, emotions, and struggles.
    Family embrace by Jean87 Complete Top 0 Most Read Poetry - Ekphrastic Poetry
    Responds to or describes a work of visual art, capturing the essence of a painting, sculpture, or other visual medium through words.
    No stories Top 0 Most Read Poetry - Epic Poetry
    a lengthy narrative poem, typically set in the far past, involving heroic and extraordinary adventures and dealings of people with gods or other superhuman forces.
    No stories Top 10 Most Read Poetry - Free-Verse
    poetry that follows natural speech patterns, but does not rhyme or follow a regular meter
    tim's Bits and Pieces by Mikiesboy In Process Headstall's Reflections by Headstall Temporary Hold Occasional Poetry by Parker Owens Complete timmy's poetry by Mikiesboy Complete Disasters, Delights and Other Detours by Parker Owens Complete Cozy Contemplations by Headstall Long-Term Hold Musings of a Messed Up Mind by Mikiesboy Complete Lyrical Laments by Headstall Long-Term Hold Moggy's Mutterings by mogwhy Complete Headstall's Poetry Prompts by Headstall Complete Top 0 Most Read Poetry - Ghazal
    A poetic form with rhyming couplets and a repeating refrain, often exploring themes of love, loss, and longing. It has its roots in Arabic and Persian poetry.
    No stories Top 10 Most Read Poetry - Haiku
    a short poem of three lines with five, seven, and five syllables respectively. While there are several schools of Haiku writing, the most faithful to the original will use some aspect of the natural world as its subject, and will not contain any personal references to the writer/observer.
    tim's Bits and Pieces by Mikiesboy In Process Headstall's Poetry Prompts by Headstall Complete April Musings by Valkyrie Long-Term Hold NaPoWriMo - 2017 by Emi GS Complete By Chance or Appointment by Parker Owens Temporary Hold Poems and Short Quips by MacGreg Long-Term Hold NaPoWriMo-2016 by Emi GS Complete Kavya, My Poetry by asamvav111 Complete Puppilull's poetry prompts by Puppilull Long-Term Hold Musings of a Mongoose by Cynus Complete Top 10 Most Read Poetry - Limerick
    a poem that is typically humorous and bawdy, written in five-line, predominantly anapestic trimeter with a strict rhyme scheme of AABBA, in which the first, second and fifth lines rhyme, while the third and fourth lines are shorter and share a different rhyme.
    tim's Bits and Pieces by Mikiesboy In Process Timmy's Journal by Mikiesboy Complete Kavya, My Poetry by asamvav111 Complete Fireworks & Rain by Aditus Complete Alex's Little Book of Poems by Alex Complete My Poems, Satires & Other Lyrical Nonsense by D.K. Daniels Long-Term Hold JUMP! NaPoWriMo 2022 by Aditus Complete Bible Sex Laws - An Exploration in Limericks by Refugium Complete NaPoWriMo by Mikiesboy Complete Limerick's loony bin and other crazy sh% by Aditus Complete Top 10 Most Read Poetry - Lyric
    a poem that expresses personal feelings or emotions, typically written in first person. There are several general groupings of lyric poetry, including elegies, odes and sonnets.
    By Chance or Appointment by Parker Owens Temporary Hold Fireworks & Rain by Aditus Complete Marvin B Erotic Poetry Collection by Marvin B Temporary Hold Birds by Parker Owens Long-Term Hold Snippets of Oddly Romantic Lines by Former Member Temporary Hold Bragi's Bagatelles by Parker Owens Complete Gentle Healer by Ticklishboy30 Complete Around the Bend - NaPoWriMo 2022 by Valkyrie Long-Term Hold Poems and Moments by Juanmdez Long-Term Hold Broken Angel by Ticklishboy30 Complete Top 10 Most Read Poetry - Mixed Forms
    a mixture of two or more forms of poetry
    Disasters, Delights and Other Detours by Parker Owens Complete By Chance or Appointment by Parker Owens Temporary Hold Fireworks & Rain by Aditus Complete Abhean's Verses by Parker Owens Temporary Hold Doing It Again - NaPoWriMo April 2024 by Mikiesboy Complete Calliope's Carousel by Parker Owens Complete Philippe’s Poetry - Words of Rhythm and Rhymes Summary Poem by Philippe Long-Term Hold Terpsichore Behind the Mask by Parker Owens Complete JUMP! NaPoWriMo 2022 by Aditus Complete Fountain, Field and Forest by Parker Owens Complete Top 10 Most Read Poetry - Rhyming
    a poem containing two or more words that repeat the same or similar sounds in the final syllable, usually placed at the end of lines placed so they echo each other
    By Chance or Appointment by Parker Owens Temporary Hold Fireworks & Rain by Aditus Complete Marvin B Erotic Poetry Collection by Marvin B Temporary Hold Birds by Parker Owens Long-Term Hold Blackbird Singing by raven1 Long-Term Hold Treasures Found by Headstall Complete The Spider and the Flea by Lee Wilson Complete Haiku, Secret, and Wisdom by Headstall Complete Something in the Way by Lee Wilson Complete Seasoned to Taste by Aditus Complete Top 5 Most Read Poetry - Sonnet
    a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, typically containing ten syllables per line, traditionally using iambic pentameter. A sonnet must contain a turning point (or, volta), in which the thread of the theme changes direction. There are three main sorts of sonnet: Italian (or, Petrarchan), Shakesperean, and Spenserian; each of these has a different rhyme scheme. The Italian rhymes ABBAABBA CDCDCD or ABBAABBA CDECDE; the Shakespearean uses ABAB CDCD EFEF GG; the Spenserian ABAB BCBC CDCD EE.
    By Chance or Appointment by Parker Owens Temporary Hold Fireworks & Rain by Aditus Complete Delicious Delights by Aditus Complete Bragi's Bagatelles by Parker Owens Complete Around the Bend - NaPoWriMo 2022 by Valkyrie Long-Term Hold Top 1 Most Read Poetry - Translation
    a poem translated from another language
    Around the Bend - NaPoWriMo 2022 by Valkyrie Long-Term Hold
  9. Myr

    Non-Fiction Deep Dive 10

    By Myr,


    Genre Deep Dives
    Top Read Non-fiction Stories Since Deep Dive 9
     
    Top 10 Most Read Non-Fiction - Autobiography
    is a self-written account of one's life. Takes stock of the autobiographer's life from the moment of composition. While biographers generally rely on a wide variety of documents and viewpoints, autobiography may be based entirely on the writer's memory.
    An Advent Calendar by Aditus Complete Memoirs of a child of the past century by old bob Long-Term Hold It’s Not How I Remember It by Mark Paren Complete Farm Tales by quokka Complete Self-help by northie Complete Shopping by Bokjay Complete There’s Always One Special Kid by Mark Paren Complete The Afternoon at a Schoolyard by and9993 Complete A Summer Happy Place by Lee Wilson Complete A Gay Man on His Own at Christmas by albertnothlit Complete Top 0 Most Read Non-Fiction - Biography
    is a detailed description of a person's life. It involves more than just the basic facts like education, work, relationships, and death; it portrays a person's experience of these life events. Unlike a profile or curriculum vitae (résumé), a biography presents a subject's life story, highlighting various aspects of their life, including intimate details of experience, and may include an analysis of the subject's personality.
    No stories Top 10 Most Read Non-Fiction - Creative Non-Fic
    writing that uses literary styles and techniques to create factually accurate narratives. Creative nonfiction contrasts with other nonfiction, such as academic or technical writing or journalism, which is also rooted in accurate fact but is not written to entertain based on prose style. Many writers view creative nonfiction as overlapping with the essay.
    tim's Bits and Pieces by Mikiesboy In Process Headstall's Reflections by Headstall Temporary Hold Timmy's Journal by Mikiesboy Complete timmy's poetry by Mikiesboy Complete Disasters, Delights and Other Detours by Parker Owens Complete Cozy Contemplations by Headstall Long-Term Hold Musings of a Messed Up Mind by Mikiesboy Complete Lyrical Laments by Headstall Long-Term Hold Boy Story: The Road Taken by Rip Skor Complete Ravings of a Rabid Werewolf - Poetry by Wolf by WolfM Long-Term Hold Top 8 Most Read Non-Fiction - Letter
    letter is a written message conveyed from one person (or group of people) to another through a medium. [1] The term usually excludes written material intended to be read in its original form by large numbers of people, such as newspapers and placards, although even these may include material in the form of an "open letter".
    Dear Comicality by Myr Complete Vaya con Dios, Carlos by Bill W Complete Azkarah by Defiance19 Complete Dear Carlos by Mikiesboy Complete Random Musings by Bryson Long-Term Hold You should still be here by Kileoli Complete When the stones breathe by Kileoli Complete Ly's Pandora's box by Kileoli In Process Top 10 Most Read Non-Fiction - Reference
    books in the reference nonfiction genre contain relevant information on a subject and where you can go to learn more about that subject. The books in this genre can be about anything people might need to know about. They can be marketing guides for writers or lists of travel destinations in a country or area – anything where one can list information in an easy to use way to help people find the information on a topic.
    WL's Mainstream Gay Book Reviews by W_L Long-Term Hold WL's Gay Manga, Anime, Webnovels Review by W_L Complete Palouse Writing Project by rec Long-Term Hold Naptown 00 - Introduction by Altimexis Complete Why Research Is Important To Me by Mikiesboy Complete Don's Top 10 Writing Tips by Don H Complete How Role-Playing Games Can Help You Write a Better Story by Brayon Complete The Modern Writer as Performance Artist by Libby Drew Complete Plotting with Plugh by Lugh Complete Johnathan Colourfield's Writing Exercises by Johnathan Colourfield Long-Term Hold
  10. Myr
    A story does not fail because the writer lacked ideas. More often, it fails because the reader cannot tell what kind of promise the story is making.
    This week’s Writing Resources focus on the first questions every story needs to answer before the plot gets complicated, the cast expands, or the chapters start stacking up.
    Who is this story about?
    What does that person want?
    What is standing in the way?
    Why should the reader care now?
    Those questions sound simple, but they are not beginner questions. They are foundation questions. Every strong story keeps answering them in sharper and more interesting ways.
    A romance answers them differently than a mystery. A coming-of-age story answers them differently than a fantasy epic. A short story may answer them in a paragraph. A long serial may spend several chapters layering the answer. But the reader still needs enough of a signal to understand what emotional contract they are entering.
    That is the real purpose of a beginning. It is not only to introduce characters or establish setting. It is to teach the reader how to read the story.
    If the opening promises a tense survival story, the reader starts looking for danger, pressure, and hard choices. If it promises an intimate character journey, the reader starts looking for vulnerability, change, and emotional cost. If it promises comedy, the reader gives the story permission to be lighter, stranger, or more exaggerated.
    When the story does not make that promise clearly, readers may not know whether to trust it. They may like the premise and still drift away because they are waiting for the story to tell them what matters.
    This week’s Start Here article is designed to help authors pressure-test that foundation before they get lost in scenes, subplots, worldbuilding, or dialogue polish.
    The goal is not to make every story formulaic. It is the opposite. When the foundation is clear, the writer has more freedom. A clear story question gives every later choice more weight. A surprise works better when the reader knows what expectation was being disrupted. A slow burn works better when the reader understands what desire is being delayed. A plot twist works better when the story has already taught the reader what was at stake.
    So before you ask whether your first chapter is exciting enough, ask whether it is orienting enough.
    Can a reader tell whose story this is?
    Can they tell what pressure is forming?
    Can they feel why this moment matters?
    Can they sense what kind of experience they are being invited into?
    This week, we invite authors to read Start Here: Every Story Needs a Promise and use it as a quick diagnostic for a current draft, an unfinished story, or a new idea you have been meaning to start.
    Read the article, then try the exercise at the end. Take one story you are working on and answer the core questions in plain language. If the answers feel vague, that is not failure. That is useful information. It shows you where the story may need a stronger promise.
    The best stories do not begin by explaining everything.
    They begin by making the reader want to keep asking the right questions.

    https://gayauthors.org/writing/start/start-here-every-story-needs-a-promise-r6/
     
  11. Myr

    Paranormal Deep Dive 10

    By Myr,


    Genre Deep Dives
    The Top Read Paranormal Stories Since Deep Dive 9
    Top 2 Most Read Paranormal - Cryptid
    Features creatures from folklore, mythology, or cryptozoology, such as Bigfoot, Loch Ness Monster, or Chupacabra. The narrative often revolves around encounters with these mysterious beings.
    A Night on Pine Ridge by Myr Complete Lovesquatch: A Culinary Cryptid Romcom by Rafy Complete Top 5 Most Read Paranormal - Cursed Objects
    Focuses on objects with supernatural or cursed properties. The plot typically involves characters trying to understand or break the curse associated with the object.
    Dust in the Basement by Celian Complete Charlie vs the Coven of Love by Topher Lydon Complete Ghost In The Guitar by Lee Wilson Complete Just a Tuesday by Celian Complete Hotel Room 606 by Lee Wilson Complete Top 10 Most Read Paranormal - Demonic Paranormal Romance
    centers on a romantic relationship involving a demon or half-demon, blending supernatural allure with emotional depth, danger, or forbidden attraction. The stories balance sensual chemistry and heartfelt connection with infernal magic, moral tension, and the thrill of loving someone who isn’t entirely human.
     
    Charlie vs the Forces of Evil by Topher Lydon Complete Into the Oblivion by Solus Magus Complete Charlie vs the Anti-Vegan by Topher Lydon Complete Demon and the Fox by LieLocks Complete Charlie vs the Demon Ex by Topher Lydon Complete Necromancer Legacy by LieLocks Complete The Demon's Realm. by E K Stokes Complete A Summoner's Heart by jamiiewhiite Long-Term Hold Damp Sunshine by Parchment_Of_Love Long-Term Hold Torturous Love : Version 3 by Sasha Distan Complete Top 2 Most Read Paranormal - Haunted Tech
    Combines paranormal / horror with modern technology, such as cursed devices or AI gone wrong.
    It's Just a Christmas Surprise, Charlie Boone! by Geron Kees Complete Sparks for Nyx by Myr Complete Top 10 Most Read Paranormal - Paranormal Mystery
    Mystery story with paranormal elements such as ghosts, vampires, werewolves or magic. May also features a detective or investigator who deals with supernatural or occult cases. These protagonists use both conventional and supernatural means to solve mysteries.
    Morningstar: The Malaise by Headstall Complete Shadow Effect by kbois Complete All Lost Things by Josh Aterovis Complete Death in the Shadows by astone2292 Complete The Truth of Yesterday by Josh Aterovis Complete A Change of Worlds by Josh Aterovis Complete Special Circumstances by lawfulneutralmage Complete 40 Souls to Keep by Libby Drew Complete Shadow‘s Reach (Halloween Noir) by Jack Poignet Complete We All Go A Little Mad Sometimes, Charlie Boone! by Geron Kees Complete Top 10 Most Read Paranormal - Romantic Paranormal
     is a paranormal story with romantic elements.  If you have a story that is primarily a romance, but with paranormal elements, use Romance -> Paranormal Romance.
    Oregon in the Fall by drown Long-Term Hold Running with the Pack by WolfM Complete Morningstar: The Malaise by Headstall Complete BigPaws by Jack Poignet Complete Shadow Effect by kbois Complete Secrets 2: Looking Through Different Eyes by Bill W Complete The Light at the End of the Tunnel by kbois Complete Secrets 3: The Road to the Future by Bill W In Process Beyond the Veil by Laura S. Fox In Process Cernunnos by astone2292 Complete Top 10 Most Read Paranormal - Shifters
    Stories that feature multiple types or types other that werewolves of humans capable of assuming animal aspects or full changing into animals
    Oregon in the Fall by drown Long-Term Hold Morningstar: The Malaise by Headstall Complete Wolf in the City by Laura S. Fox Complete BigPaws by Jack Poignet Complete Shadow Effect by kbois Complete Secrets 2: Looking Through Different Eyes by Bill W Complete The Light at the End of the Tunnel by kbois Complete Secrets 3: The Road to the Future by Bill W In Process Beyond the Veil by Laura S. Fox In Process Spirit Wolves by kbois Complete Top 10 Most Read Paranormal - Vampires
    Stories that focus on Vampires - Example: Twilight
    Into the fields of Summer by gabz2000 Long-Term Hold BigPaws by Jack Poignet Complete Re-Organizing by Justin4Fun Temporary Hold Angel Awakened by Painawakened Complete GFD 12: Blood Ties by Comicality Author Passed Away Crossing the Moon by HinderToyBL Complete Crave by LitLover Complete Re-Birth by Justin4Fun Complete The Cat Burglar by Aditus Long-Term Hold Re-Forging by Justin4Fun Complete Top 10 Most Read Paranormal - Werewolves
    Stories focusing on werewolves specifically.  Teen Wolf
    Into the fields of Summer by gabz2000 Long-Term Hold Oregon in the Fall by drown Long-Term Hold Running with the Pack by WolfM Complete Morningstar: The Malaise by Headstall Complete Wolf in the City by Laura S. Fox Complete BigPaws by Jack Poignet Complete Beyond the Veil by Laura S. Fox In Process Timber Pack Chronicles by Rob Colton Complete Enforcer by Rob Colton Complete Higher Education by WolfM Complete
  24. Myr
    Every writer eventually runs into the same problem: you know something is not working, but you are not sure what to fix.
    Maybe the middle of the story feels slow. Maybe the romance is not landing. Maybe the characters are doing things, but the scenes still feel flat. Maybe the title, description, or tags are not helping the right readers find the story.
    That is why we are launching Writing Resources on Gay Authors.
    This new section is a growing library of practical writing articles built around one goal: helping authors make better stories one useful idea at a time.
    These are not long lectures. They are focused craft tools. Each article is designed to answer a specific writing problem and give you something you can try in your own work.
    You will find articles on:
    story structure
    character motivation
    dialogue and voice
    romance and relationships
    tropes
    genre craft
    serial fiction
    editing and revision
    publishing on Gay Authors
    community and reader engagement
    Some articles will help you shape a new story. Some will help you revise a story that is already written. Some will help you make better use of titles, descriptions, tags, and posting choices so the right readers can find your work.
    We are starting with a few articles and will continue adding more at a steady pace.
    The first spotlighted resources include practical trope articles such as Enemies To Lovers Works Best When Both Characters Are Right and Friends To Lovers: Change The Meaning Of Familiarity. These are examples of what the section is meant to do: take a familiar writing idea and show one clear way to make it stronger.
    The best use of Writing Resources is simple:
    Pick one article.
    Try one idea.
    Apply it to one scene, chapter, description, or character.
    You do not need to overhaul your whole writing process. Start with one useful fix.
    If you are working on a romance, try a relationship article. If your story feels slow, look for structure or serial fiction advice. If readers are not finding your story, start with the publishing articles. If you love familiar patterns like friends-to-lovers, enemies-to-lovers, found family, or coming of age, the trope and genre sections will help you use those patterns with more purpose.
    This library is also meant to grow with the community. If there is a writing problem you want covered, tell us. If there is a trope, genre, or craft issue you think many authors struggle with, suggest it. If an article helps you rethink a scene, join the discussion and share what changed.
    Writing Resources is not here to tell every author to write the same way.
    It is here to give authors more tools.
    Read an article. Try the exercise. Join the discussion. And tell us what writing problem you want us to tackle next.
    https://gayauthors.org/writing/
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