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Important notice about account security

Dec 4, 2013

There was recently an incident on another website, completely unrelated to deviantART.com, that resulted in account email addresses and passwords for that site being leaked online. While the information was not deviantART-related, your deviantART account may be at risk if you use the same email address and password for multiple sites. To protect your deviantART account, we strongly suggest that you change your password. When updating a password, create one that is complex and unique, making it impossible for would-be intruders to identify it, whether by educated guess or calculated attack. DeviantART strives to provide all our members with

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Important notice about account security

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Mid December News: Season of Love

Dec 15, 2013

As we celebrate another festive and joyful season, I take time to celebrate my many blessings. I am blessed to know so many whose hearts have connected with mine – having reached forth loving hands – creating everlasting bonds. I happily return home to DeviantART again and again, to find affectionate support and comfort. I cannot even begin to thank everyone who has made such a difference in expressing his or her dearest friendship and sincerest care towards me. All of you here who I have the esteemed honor to call “friend” – have deeply touched a special part of my soul. I did not wish for another holiday season

News

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DD and DLD Suggestion Contest--The Kickoff

Dec 15, 2013

EDIT--PLEASE MAKE SURE you send suggestions ONLY to the DLD Staff and DD CVs listed below in order to receive the correct amount of points for the contest! DOUBLE EDIT--Please check the DLD and DD Admin participants lists, more names have been added! TRIPLE EDIT--Our lovely Fan Fiction CV, SingingFlames (https://www.deviantart.com/singingflames), is joining our list of Admin. If you'd like to suggest Fan Fiction, PLEASE ONLY SEND THOSE SUGGESTIONS to her! DailyLitDeviations (https://www.deviantart.com/dailylitdeviations) does not currently feature Fan Fic. --- Daily Literature Deviations is a group dedicated to promoting the work of Literature artists on deviantArt. By showcasing one featured Daily Deviation per day

Contests - Projects - Challenges

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Features

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ACCEPTALLART CONTEST 2013 WINNERS!

Dec 2, 2013

Well done to every one of you, all of your artworks were amazing! :hug: It was wonderful to see so much talent from so many different people, and especially how all of you guys interpreted the theme "Music"! See all entries here The prizes are: ** I will notify the prize donors, however, if you do not receive your prize, it's your job to contact them. ^^ (if you'd like to offer prizes, feel free to comment below!) :bulletred: First: 100 :points:, feature from ceedeng (https://www.deviantart.com/ceedeng), f-innick (https://www.deviantart.com/f-innick), WorldWar-Tori (https://www.deviantart.com/worldwar-tori), 3 commissions from Kanadesonya (https://www.deviantart.com/kanadesonya), llama from The-Lost-Hope (https://www.deviantart.com/the-lost-hope) :bulletorange: Second: 75 :points:, feature from ceedeng (https://www.deviantart.com/ceedeng), :de

Contest Winner Announcements

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PE: Poetry Forms- An A-Z

Mar 5, 2013

An A-Z of Poetry Forms! Hello! To kick start this week at projecteducate (https://www.deviantart.com/projecteducate), we're starting off with a slightly lighter-hearted article listing just some of the poetic forms that exist out there. Lets be honest, there are hundreds and we can't list every single one. This is just a slice of the forms out there and if you are wishing to expand your understanding of different forms, do some research and don't take this as gospel! Each form has a direct link to a site that describes the form in more detail, usually with examples too. I have also included some good examples from dA when I have found them. Yes some of these link to wikipedia

ProjectEducate

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Amazing Deviants (11) : Introducing WeirdandLovely

Dec 14, 2013

I come with the 11th edition of Amazing Deviants. WeirdAndLovely (https://www.deviantart.com/weirdandlovely) is a rather new friend of mine, but I have known she is an amazing author (writer) long before we even spoke for the first time. :giggle: She's an amazing person, and I'm glad I got this opportunity to interview her her for my interview series. Without further ado, here is ... :WeirdAndLovely (https://www.deviantart.com/weirdandlovely) Tell us about yourself. I’m just a college freshman who wants to own her own bakery one day. I write about nature, heartbreak, love, frustration, sex, friends and family. I love being outside, just to walk around and enjoy nature. I take pictures of nature and animals, be

Interviews

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PE: Poetry Forms- An A-Z by BeccaJS, journal

PE: Poetry Forms- An A-Z

Mar 5, 2013

The Name Game by ShadowedAcolyte, journal

The Name Game

Jun 14, 2013

The Name Game Pitfalls to Avoid and Tricks to Use while Naming People and Places We've all been there. You're reading a pretty interesting piece of fantasy fiction, and a few paragraphs in you learn that the main villain's name is "Abraxas the Cruel, Lord of the Black Tower." You wince at the unoriginality, close the deviation, and move on to something more interesting. We've all been on the other side of things, too, with a detailed plot outline in hand, staring at a Word document that displays only a single line: "???? knew what he had to do--kill the president." We're sure that once we get that protagonist's name down, that perfect name,

PE Story Planning: Utter Foolishness by MotleyDreams, journal

PE Story Planning: Utter Foolishness

Jun 12, 2013

Planning Utter Foolishness! Alright, it's my birthday so I thought it was time to change up the deluge of organization and planning articles we've got for you, with a minor thought about foolishness. (Don't ask too much of me, I've been in birthday mode for a good twenty-four hours already. Get someone else to elaborate.) Oh, and cake. There must be cake. Make a wish... *poof* This article had a point... Oh right! Utter foolishness. Instead of detailed planning strategies, I offer you an alternative. I have an abundance of my own examples, but I will do my best to find some others that have some relevance. Hopefully. (Given the trend of thi

Worldbuilding: Environments and Social Structures by Goldfish-In-Space, journal

Worldbuilding: Environments and Social Structures

Jun 12, 2013

Are you ready to build a world? Good! :bigthumb282121818: The Magic Gateway, by jerry8448. This is what we want to do with worldbuilding. Worldbuilding is a complex process, because it is essentially creating the base of a different reality from our own. An author must pull together all the elements of a 'world', and capture that in text. This applies in any genre of writing. Even non-fiction has aspects of worldbuilding because it has setting and world details the same as fiction. In any genre, if the world is flat, the story will be flat and one of the best ways to build a fictional world is to know about one's own. Stories and readers bot

Record Cards, Astronavigation and You by DamonWakes, journal

Record Cards, Astronavigation and You

Jun 15, 2013

Once upon a time, there was a strapping young lad named Arnold J. Rimmer. Arnold Rimmer joins the Space Corps as a lowly third technician, but has great plans to work his way up through the ranks until he is an officer. To become an officer, however, one must pass the dreaded astronavigation exam. Fortunately, Rimmer is organised. He knows how to make the absolute most of his time, and so he takes a sheet of paper and draws up a revision schedule. He blocks out the times he must spend at work, and also those times when he will be distracted by his slovenly bunk-mate, David Lister. On another sheet of paper, he notes down all the subjects tha

Please Pants Responsibly (Paper Notebooks FTW) by PinkyMcCoversong, journal

Please Pants Responsibly (Paper Notebooks FTW)

Jun 13, 2013

There are two ways to write a novel. Plotting (you make an outline, a plan, a roadmap if you will, and then you sit down and write it) and pantsing (you write "by the seat of your pants, throwing caution to the wind). So when I get asked if I'm a plotter or a pantser, I'm all like er, uh, hold on, let me? Pantser? I think? But I kind of, um, do planny things? And it gets kind of awkward because in these inarticulate moments I have managed to confuse everyone including myself. And probably spilled a drink. In recent discussions, however, I've had a bit of a revelation, silly as it is. I've realized that I -- like many writers -- am a pl

Yes You Can! by ShadowedAcolyte, journal

Yes You Can!

Mar 4, 2013

Yes You Can! Helpful Hints On Reading and Discussing Poetry :points: Contest Information Below! :points: Hi! Welcome to projecteducate (https://www.deviantart.com/projecteducate)’s week on poetry forms. I’m here to talk about poetry in more general terms, which might help you with the rest of the week. As a great lover of poetry, it makes me incredibly sad when I see a comment on dA that says I just don’t get poetry or I like this poem, but I don’t know why or I can’t possibly say anything about this poem, it’s just so much better than I could do If you can see yourself in any of those comments, this article is for you! By the end of it

The Ghazal: An Introduction by isthisthingstillon, journal

The Ghazal: An Introduction

Mar 7, 2013

Ghazals The ghazal is a widely-used but poorly-understood poetic genre and style, originating in panegyric Arabic verse and adapted (approximately) into contemporary English poetry. In this article I will be touching on the history of the ghazal, its original Arabic form, and the various ways it's been adapted into English. I will also be spotlighting some great ghazals from deviantART and around the 'net. Please note that the English ghazal, like English haiku, has a handful of forms and aesthetics and no one is more "right" than others; for less confusion I am sticking to the better-known aesthetics in this treatment, and especially to th

France's Fancy Fixed Forms: Rondeau and Friends by HaveTales-WillTell, journal

France's Fancy Fixed Forms: Rondeau and Friends

Mar 5, 2013

France's Fancy Fixed Forms: The Rondeau (& Friends) ~legaspplz (https://www.deviantart.com/legaspplz) Ah, the French. Their proud romantic culture has provided us with a wealth of artistic innovation: a wide range of cheeses and pastries; the Louvre, Versailles, and the iconic Eiffel Tower; and some memorable poetic forms, including the ballade, the villanelle, and today's subject: the rondeau (ron-DOH). While not as well-known today as the sonnet or haiku, these French styles have been around just as long, if not longer. The rondeau, like its cousins, has a restricted number of end rhymes (two, usually labeled 'a' and 'b') and a short refrain repeated throughout. This r

Sonnets by fyoot, journal

Sonnets

Mar 9, 2013

Sonnets This article aims to give you an outline of sonnets, including what they are, their history and some examples of the different kinds of sonnet. Hopefully along the way you'll pick up some tips to help you write sonnets (or write better sonnets!). What is a sonnet? Sonnets feature: Fourteen linesFixed metreFixed rhyme schemeA shift in mood or perspective during the poem Sonnets are short poems which traditionally have 14 lines, a fixed metre and a fixed rhyme scheme. Despite, or perhaps because of, the formal constraints of sonnets, they often deal with themes of emotions, love, and freedom. The name ‘sonnet’ comes fro

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