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Welcome to the one-hundred fifty-ninth issue of Love dA Lit! :rose: Every Sunday this article will aim to promote volunteer opportunities, various resources, prompts, challenges, and workshops, as well as highlighting various contests. This is by no means a complete list of all the literature going-ons, merely a tool to help you get involved and stay informed. Note: It's HaikuWriMo month [Haiku Writing Month]! LITplease (https://www.deviantart.com/litplease)'s Community Portal :new:A Smattering of Lit News Navigation Literature Links | Workshops, Prompts and Challenges Literature Contests | Resources | Open Admin Positions Literature Community Relations | Contacting Me

:dalove:         :la:         :dalove:         :la:         :dalove: As the title suggests, this news article’s goal is to spread the dA love into everyone’s heart! You will find here a little bit of everything, from awesome interviews with talented artists, art features, group promotion to random deviants' features. I hope you will find this informative and entertaining! Interviewed artist: DugStanat (https://www.deviantart.com/dugstanat) ~DugStanat (https://www.deviantart.com/dugstanat) :bulletyellow: Tell us what defines you as a person. I am a creator. I love translating my thoughts into physical objects using a few raw materials. :bulletyellow: How did you find out about deviantART and w

The what? The sestina is a fairly old poetic form, dating back to the 12th century or earlier. (This isn’t a history lesson, so we won’t delve into its creator and evolution.) It has seven stanzas, the first six of which have six lines each. The seventh stanza is a tercet (three lines) to tie it all together. All 39 of these lines are usually in iambic pentameter, although they don’t have to be (more on that later). That’s the basic structure - but of course that’s not all there is to it. The real challenge of the sestina comes from the line endings. Rather than using rhyming words like many poems, sestinas con

:new: I wanted to remind everyone that this list is up here! Hopefully those who are participating in NaPoWriMo this year will find this list helpful. You also might enjoy an archive I've begun compiling of visual art pieces with great titles and songs/music videos that I've found useful for writing: https://azizriandaoxrak.deviantart.com/journal/NaPoWriMo-Project-and-Archive-362457000 :new: National Poetry Writing Month starts tomorrow! Don't forget to check out the official page (>here

Welcome to the Praising Life Project It's really hard for anyone to stay positive all the time. I definitely agree with that. However, when things go wrong, it's so easy to forget how much you've been blessed. It's amazing that we have the internet, people who care, and hope... Although there is a lot of bad in this world, there is also beautiful joy and countless things to appreciate. :love: And that makes me praise life. The memories, the laughter, the joy, the hugs through hard times. In this life, we only have one chance! I think one of our life purposes is to spread love throughout this world and leave it in better shape than befo

This is official PlzCatalog (https://www.deviantart.com/plzcatalog) group's PLZ listing. Visit our page to find more lists. If you know more or spot any errors please send us a note or comment below. Plants: ~PumpkinDivider1 (https://www.deviantart.com/pumpkindivider1):iconPumpkinDivider2::iconPumpkinDivider3: :iconautumn-border1plz::iconautumn-border2plz::iconautumn-border3plz::iconautumn-border4plz::iconautumn-border5plz::iconautumn-border6plz::iconautumn-border7plz::iconautumn-border8plz: :iconleafline1plz::iconleafline2plz::iconleafline3plz: :iconFall1-plz::iconFall2-plz::iconFall3-plz::iconFall4-plz::iconFall5-plz: :iconTwCFall1-plz::iconFall2-plz::iconFall3-plz::iconFall4-plz::iconFall5-plz: :iconautumnle

Hello :wave: This feature is making its debut after a long time. I hope I am able to maintain this every week or at least every Month! For a little introduction: This feature takes 3 works each from works that I think and Impressive Literary Pieces and works that I consider exceptional literary pieces. This is all my personal opinion so of course one may not see what I do. However this is my feature so back off :police: Just kidding :la: No I am actually serious From Impressive Literature by !atlantic-lungs (https://www.deviantart.com/atlantic-lungs) :bulletgreen:This work has a feel to it that I cannot grasp. It is vague in a way, however, I love the expressions that are ho

HOW TO GIVE A CRITIQUE It's a great thing that you want to critique other deviant's works and help them improve their skills through your constructive feedback. By critiquing fellow deviant's works, you are developing your critical thought and vision and thus, developing yourself as an artist. However, critiquing is not all about pointing out what others did wrong.  As ChewedKandi (https://www.deviantart.com/chewedkandi) has pointed out in 'How To: Critiquing Artwork' "a critique is giving your opinion in a constructive manner about a subject - be it a piece a music, a piece of art, the meal you've just ate and so on." That's the main point of this article: to share a few poi

SURVIVING (AND THRIVING) IN THE MINTY GREEN JUNGLE FINDING HAPPINESS ON DEVIANTART If you want to get something out of it,  put something into it. Visibility on deviantART is mostly  a numbers game; there are so many users that unless you're interacting with others, even the highest-quality work may go nearly unseen. This advice sounds like a truism, but people seem to have difficulty  understanding that no, their work is not some kind of miracle that breaks all the rules. Don't expect the community to fawn all over you for existing. You have to make them see you. Don't expect the community to fawn over you, period. These people are usuall