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How can I "scrape" some stats for NY Appellate Division orders?
I'm trying to get some stats from New York First Department Appellate Division orders, INAL [more inside]
Short Story recs for high school speech/forensics
Recommend me some short stories (ideally with some unsettling or creepy elements) that will work for a high school speech competition. [more inside]
What can a law library do?
I have been asked to co-chair the county law library committee for my local bar association. Our mission is to come up with programs and services that would help the community during this time of pandemic and mass economic dislocation. [more inside]
Seeking fiction recommendations--what's your favorite?
I'm looking for books to read! [more inside]
Wedding Vows: Seeking Suggestions & Guidance
We're writing our own wedding vows. We'd love any help finding beautiful poetry and prose to express the strength of our passion and commitment to one another; we'd also appreciate guidance on how to structure our vows. [more inside]
Please help me choose oral recitations to memorize!
My new hobby is memorizing recitables and I'd like help selecting poems and prose to learn. I found this AskMe, but I have some very specific criteria that aren't represented in it. [more inside]
Witchy Chicken Soup for the Depressed Millennial Soul
My best friend is going through some hardship. I'm trying to help her find relatable, inspirational, spiritual books about dealing with depression. Details inside. [more inside]
Looking for a reading for a scattering of ashes at sea
I'm looking for a short essay or non-rhymey poem that talks about loss and renewal for an ash scattering in the ocean. [more inside]
After 35 years how I can learn to communicate my inner life effectively?
Following an incredibly tumultuous, confusing, and painful recent journey I have had over the course of the last year or so it has been suggested to me that I should write down my experience(s). How can I obtain clarity of thought on something with so many constituent parts, and hopefully therefore also achieve an ability to Communicate the thoughts via the written word in order to achieve my goal in this regard?
Composing in one's head
I'm interested in examples of people who have composed lengthy pieces of prose in their own heads. [more inside]
Frustrated amateur writer seeks supportive group/space.
I'm a creatively frustrated, uneducated amateur writer/enthusiastic reader and I have no clue what groups/spaces would be suitable for sharing work/discussing other's work. I am concerned about joining something that is beyond my capability and I ideally want somewhere friendly and constructive. Does anyone have any suggestions? [more inside]
Please suggest some short media for confidence and encouragement.
I’m trying to wrap up some big stuff these days and could use some media to boast confidence, courage, and focus. Brief prose, poetry, non-fiction, religious texts, and music would be welcome. I'd prefer to avoid longer things in order to save time. Thanks!
No dirty limericks, but a veiled sonnet would be nice
Wedding poetry recommendations for a pair of active, late 20-somethings? [more inside]
What are some works of SFF that use extraordinarily beautiful language?
What are some works of SFF that showcase beautiful language on a par with All The King's Men, Gilead, and Raymond Chandler's detective novels? I've read plenty of SFF that has transported me, but little that's struck me as gorgeously written. Thanks!
Authors and novels recommendations for improving writing craft?
I have always been fond of writing poetry, but lately I seem to want to expand my writing craft towards short stories. I think the most notable clincher for writers to improve their overall craft is simply by reading voraciously; with an eclectic wide range of authors and literary works. What are some wonderful literary works, authors, playwrights, short stories, non-fiction, fantasy work, et cetera. Can you recommend for me? To further my own voice and writing craft. [more inside]
Examples of amazing but still accessible writing?
I'm not a smart man. But I do enjoy well written things. But well written books, poems, articles or whatever sometimes seem to be to hard to get into.
Anyhow I would love to have examples of what people find to be amazing, creative and perhaps unique in the form of the written word. I don't care if it is famous or not. The best of the best of accessible yet amazingly written works. Thanks!
How to get better at organizing my ideas in writing?
How can I get better at organizing my ideas in writing? I want to be able to write essays, long-form blog posts, articles, etc. I want to be able to use in-depth writing as a tool to accomplish things, instead of just enduring it when it comes up. I'm interested in resources (classes? books?), techniques, and advice. [more inside]
Wedding Reading both for, and about, sisters
Asking for a friend: She has been asked to do a reading at her sister's wedding in a few weeks. She does not want to use anything biblical or from Shakespeare. Rhyming is ok, but it doesn't have to, and not epically long. The important and tricky part - she'd like it to be on the theme of sisters, but wedding appropriate. Help?
Internet community where I can get feedback on my prose and storytelling
I am about 15,000 words into my first novel, and I'm finding it difficult to get feedback from my old English major friends. I'd like to know how the pace, grammar, syntax, etc. of my story strike various experienced readers, but I certainly don't want to put my manuscript online in an unsecured environment. Any thoughts? BTW, I live in the Maine woods; no, there are no local meet-ups. I really wish there were.
Why is this Bukowski poem poetry?
Yesterday I was reading a Bukowski poem, and as much as I enjoyed it, I got to wondering: "Why is this poetry?" [more inside]
What makes it tick? What makes it NOT tick?
I'm looking for examples of analysis of why a particular passage of prose is excellent, or why it fails. [more inside]
He was, however, unsure of his own judgement...
Is placing certain adverbs like "however" and "nonetheless" after the first clause in a sentence an actual stylistic best practice, or just a personal preference I made up? [more inside]
positive ugly art
Is there any art that you find ugly, but still admire or value? [more inside]
Details, details, details...and then BAM!
As a reader of fiction (especially if you're a devotee of speculative fiction), how much do you like detailed descriptions and/or lists as part of the story? What if the story switches between detail and expediency? [more inside]
My name is Christopher John Francis Boone
Please recommend books that are similar to 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time' (not just ones about autism). [more inside]
But most of all, I wish her love.
Long-shot-arama: 13 years ago, I read a poem at my daughter's christening and then promptly lost the piece of paper I'd read it from. It was all about the things I wished she would have in her life, and I'm 98% sure it ended with "but most of all, I wish you love". Ring any bells? [more inside]
Anything goes when it comes to prose, but...
What books/authors can you recommend where there is poetry in the prose? [more inside]
Help me find a prose reading for my best friend's wedding!
My best friend is getting married! And I am doing the reading! Yay! Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find anything that really fits the couple. Halp. [more inside]
Most influential short stories and novels in terms of style since 1950?
Which novels and short stories, from any genre, since WWII, have been the most influential on prose style in "literary fiction"?
Good short prose samples on the web?
Are there any websites with large collections of exquisite examples of prose? [more inside]
What to read after Ulysses?
Ulysses. Lolita. Proust. Books where the quality of the prose is the best part, more so than the plot. Help me find more? [more inside]
Help me prune the academic wankery
What are unnecessarily formal "academic jargon" type words that I should seek and destroy in my papers? [more inside]
Who're good speculative fiction writers who write fine prose?
Who're good speculative fiction writers who write fine prose? [more inside]
recommended prose stylists
Please recommend some great prose stylists! [more inside]
Beautifully Written Books for Young People
What young adult novels (or chapter books for kids) are written in particularly elegant prose styles? (Bonus points if the story and characterization are good, of course, but I'm especially looking for books where the writing style itself is beautiful.) Examples include The Graveyard Book, Haroun & The Sea of Stories, and When You Reach Me. [more inside]
writing that's direct, morally complex, and personal at the same time
There's no shortage of excellent "what to read" threads around here, but I'm looking for something a bit more specific. The tricky part is I'm looking for a style and a point of view, rather than a particular genre or subject. [more inside]
Words of long lasting love in English, Welsh and French please!
Celebrating a golden wedding anniversary next month - photobook in production - your favourite quotations, poetry and passages (in English, Welsh and French) please! [more inside]
Looking for writing similar to Wendy Cope and Dorothy Parker
Please recommend some witty poetry and/or prose in the same vein as Dorothy Parker and Wendy Cope!
Words to money
(Pro)sefilter: want to sell prose. Looking for advice. [more inside]
Perhaps a chair coated with glue?
With NaNoWriMo looming ever nearer, I would like to hear your best tips, tricks, habits, and techniques for staying chained to the keyboard. [more inside]
Short passages of particularly strong or weak nonfiction prose?
In search of short passages of especially strong or weak nonfiction prose! [more inside]
I want to eat me some yummy books.
I love food, and I love fiction. I'd love to read more fiction with tremendous descriptions of food. Any recommendations? [more inside]
Sources for short prose for public editing practice?
Where might I find real-life examples of 300-700-word pieces of prose that are neither perfect nor unsalvageable — "problematic," let's say — on which I can practice the craft of editing? [more inside]
I'd like to buy a book for my girlfriend to help her structure her ideas in academic writing.
I'd like to buy a book for my girlfriend to help her structure her ideas in academic writing. My girlfriend is a graduate student in the humanities. She is clever, erudite and rigorous, but her ability to build an argument is poor. She finds it particularly difficult to unpack a complex concept and present its constitutive parts in a logical sequence. The book I'd like to buy helps writers with these specific problems, ideally (but not necessarily) within the context of research in the humanities. [more inside]
So... not Hemingway.
ProseFilter: Nabokov's Lolita was once hailed as "a love letter to the English language." I'm looking for modern and contemporary authors with similar aspirations. [more inside]
Suggest some similar similes!
Help me come up with an evocative simile that conveys a profound but unemotional appreciation of a thing. My existing, imperfect prose is inside for your delectation. [more inside]
Combining art forms
Could anybody suggest titles of books that are collections of prose (fiction)/poetry and photographs/drawings? Books along the lines of, say, Eduardo Galeano's "The Book of Embraces" which has short compositions about various topics and simple, yet pleasing, drawings. Thanks!
Who else writes like John Banville?
Which other authors write as sensually as John Banville?
supplanted by a deathly paleness his hand?
I have been receiving experimental poetry through my blog. Who is sending it and why? [more inside]
DeadWhiteMaleFilter
The Great Books: where should I start? I seek timeless wisdom. [more inside]
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