Inspiration

Explaining My Inspirations For My Women's Wrestling Fiction Stories on Vocal
A lot of you may have noticed that I've been writing some fiction stories centering on the world of women's wrestling. I've been writing these stories for the last year or so, as a way of taking my fandom of women's wrestling to yet another level. For those of you familiar with my Lifetime-esque fics, don't fret, they are still coming.
By Clyde E. Dawkinsabout 4 hours ago in Writers
The Itch to Explore: Why Adventure Themes Keep Players Coming Back
Something specific happens when a game puts you at the edge of a map and tells you the next territory is uncharted. The curiosity that fires up is not a complicated psychological phenomenon. It is the same basic human drive that built trade routes across deserts and sent people up mountains for no commercially justifiable reason. Game designers figured out early that they did not need to manufacture this impulse; they just needed to create conditions where it could activate. That discovery quietly became the foundation of one of the most durable design principles in the medium.
By sammmyabout 6 hours ago in Writers
COmedy Writing
John Vorhaus wrote Married With Children and a book called “The Comedy Toolbox” never read the book but I have read a couple of his lectures. I would highly recommend his writing and advice on comedy writing to any aspiring comedy writers.
By DJ Robbinsabout 12 hours ago in Writers
Quarter 1 Performance Report. Top Story - April 2026.
Last year (2025), I challenged myself to write at least one story for each of the 48 Vocal communities. I have achieved that goal, but a lot of new community stories were cramped into the last two weeks of the year.
By Lana V Lynxabout 20 hours ago in Writers
Word Powers
Many stories are written about Authority, Goddess of authors and writers, scripters and scribes. What stays consistent in most tellings is, like her sisters Authenticity and Autonomy, her words materialize.
By We the PPULa day ago in Writers
157 Articles Later, I Realized I Was Chasing the Wrong Thing
I didn’t start writing because I loved writing. I started because I thought it could make money. That’s the part most people don’t say out loud.
By abualyaanarta day ago in Writers
I Published 157 Articles on Medium.
There’s something specific about crossing 100+ articles on Medium. At 10 articles, you’re experimenting. At 50, you’re still inconsistent.
By abualyaanarta day ago in Writers
I Wrote 157+ Articles on Medium
When people talk about making money on Medium, the conversation usually swings between two extremes: “You can’t earn anything anymore.”
By abualyaanarta day ago in Writers
Why?
Do you ever ask why? Why did this happen? Why me? Why did someone hurt me? What did I do to deserve this? I often wondered these very questions. I am a product of abandonment. My mother abandoned us, my dad, sister and me, when I was a year and a half. It left wreckage. I lived a lifetime, in fear of more abandonment. That shaped the way I behaved around people. It made me more permissive than I should have been. You tend to let people walk all over you, when you fear them leaving. That was difficult enough, but there was more.
By Alexandra Grant3 days ago in Writers
Into The Apriverse - A Mikeydred April Dollar Prompt For All Vocal Creators
Introduction Every month, we set prompts in the Vocal Social Society. We offer a dollar tip to five random creators who take part and ask them to share their stories in the comments and on the thread in the group.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 days ago in Writers
I Tried Dozens of Writing Apps and I Use Next to None of Them
There are an endless number of programs and apps designed to help writers with the craft, with a new one appearing on the scene seemingly every week. They all have their own merits, usually tailored to a specific type of writer. Need to build a habit? 4thewords. Want Word but not Microsoft? LibreWriter. Need something so robust and feature-rich that it's almost its own operating system? Scrivener.
By Tina H4 days ago in Writers
The Road to 500 Stories on Vocal
Since the Spring of 2018, I've written over 400 stories and had six Top Stories on Vocal as of February 2026. Now, I'm focused on achieving another milestone: 500 stories written. Now you're wondering how I could I possibly come up with topics to write about. It's based on personal experiences and events that are happening in the world. The question is will this feat be achievable by year's end? It's a longshot, but not impossible either. I write everything from sports to video games. One of my goals as a writer on Vocal is to encourage everyone to take something away from any story I write. In early 2018, I was at my lowest point in my life. I was going through mental health issues, including a couple of suicide attempts. One day, I went to my local library and was on a computer. I wanted something that'll lift my spirits up a bit. All of a sudden, I discovered something online where I could freely express myself. That site was called Vocal. When I wrote my first story on there, I was automatically hooked. I kept writing more and the rest, as they say, was history.
By Mark Wesley Pritchard 4 days ago in Writers