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How to Bring UX Thinking Into Your Writing
Technology and writing sometimes feel like separate islands. As writers, we usually just want the easiest, fastest tools to help our writing process. It sometimes takes a lot of prompting to get us to try new tools, even if they’re recommended by prolific writers.
By Leigh Victoria Phan, MS, MFA7 months ago in Writers
Writing Down The Bones Deck #18
Hi guys, It has been a while since I completed one of these card prompts. This post series has been inspired by Denise E Lindquist. I never would have known about this deck of cards if it wasn't for her. So thank you Denise for sharing this lovely deck of cards with all of us on Vocal.
By Chloe Rose Violet 🌹7 months ago in Writers
STILL Early September: 12 Goals Accomplished
I listed many different kinds of goals for myself in 2025. Some goals I knew I’d get done and others I felt fairly confident that I’d get them done. Both of those kinds of goals were 100% reliant on me doing them, though. Then, I had the Maybe Goals, they were not entirely in my hands, so I couldn’t say for certain that I’d get them done.
By Stephen Kramer Avitabile7 months ago in Writers
Quick Subscriber Run Down
I am writing a Sci-Fantasy romance series. Part one is entitled Second Chances Can’t Be Ignored; the main title for the entire overarching plot is Emerald Dreams in an Azure-Stained Reality, of which I have several years’ worth of backstory already planned out and noted. I am currently revising part one and writing part three. So, I decided to share the rough draft of parts one and two and see what feedback I can get from the excellent writers and critics right here on Vocal.
By K.B. Silver 7 months ago in Writers
Naushad Parpia Shares Strategies for Entrepreneurs to Spot Profitable Opportunities
They carefully focus on customer needs, potential demand, and competitive advantages. Entrepreneurs utilize research, experience, and observation to identify opportunities that others often overlook. Naushad Parpia emphasizes that calculated risk-taking is essential for long-term business success.
By Naushad Parpia7 months ago in Writers
How to Do Price Analysis for Ecommerce in 2025
Pricing has become the defining factor in e-commerce success. With customers able to compare offers in seconds, retailers can no longer rely on instinct or flat pricing strategies. Instead, businesses are leveraging structured price analysis to stay competitive, build trust, and maximize profitability in a fast-changing online marketplace.
By PriceIntelGuru7 months ago in Writers
All my Top Stories in one place
Fiction A body on the bridge 1. I remember thinking. Will this photo catch their eyes? It’s dark even though there were lights on the bridge. Then I thought, maybe the title would grab them. Something with death as a quiet wink beneath the title. There was a horrible crime in my city, what a perfect and terrible thing.
By Caitlin Charlton7 months ago in Writers
Don't hate AI...It is alcohol to the senses. Use it responsibly.
Embracing AI is like drinking alcohol...you take tiny sips, savor the taste, and take it in small doses. Don't allow yourself to become drunk by over indulging. Just let yourself become just mellow enough to enjoy it every so often. Over use of it will dull your senses and remove your sense of wonder and creativity. Like driving drunk without full control of who you really are.
By Novel Allen7 months ago in Writers
How I Accidentally Became a Poet . Top Story - September 2025.
I have always been a storyteller. I won’t bother you with all of the anecdotes, just one: I am eight, and I don’t know how to pen the complex words for my tale about a lost girl and her pirates. During class, my daydreams are occupied with memorizing the next scene. After school, I wait, not so patiently, for my mother to come home. Then, like an orator in a great hall, I stand beside her bed and recite the fictional unfoldings. She scribes them with a swift and loyal hand. Together, we revel in the newest imaginings, manifested, and she teaches me how to read cursive. It is like this for a year, maybe less, at least until I can string together a complete sentence and have become familiar with our second-hand thesaurus.
By Sam Eliza Green7 months ago in Writers
Save It For Later
Introduction This is another short piece on how I create some of my stories. Believe it or not, there are some creators out there who are more prolific than me, and certainly more talented than I am, as I can only work with words.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 7 months ago in Writers
