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#FridayFlash: Tickets, Please.
J. Dane Tyler —
Authority: 107
The wheels clattering over the track junction woke him from a restless sleep.He blinked into the strange light. For a moment he couldn’t find the source of the blue-white glow, but gave it no further thought when he couldn’t recall getting on a train in the first place. He slid upright in the uncomfortable vinyl ...3 days ago -
Writing Challenge: Description
Incurable Disease of Writing —
Authority: 123
When I write a first draft, I tend to use short statements to describe things. It’s when I go back and flesh out the story that I really concentrate on description. This exercise, from the November/December 2009 issue of Writer’s Digest, is much like my writing style and helps exercise a writer’s descriptive ...6 days ago -
#FridayFlash: Finally Up!
DarcKnyt —
Authority: 420
Hey, whattaya know! I finally got my #fridayflash piece written and posted! How exciting, right? Right?!C’mon, humor me.Anyway, I’m hoping all of you had a happy Thanksgiving and are even now gorging yourselves on leftover turkey, stuffing and trimmings, slipping once again into a blissful food coma. I hope ...1 week ago -
#FridayFlash: Copyright Protected
J. Dane Tyler —
Authority: 107
Music oozed through speakers mounted high in the room’s corners and spilled over the murky half-light spilling through cracks around the heavy drapes and shut blinds. The sliding closet door stood ajar, revealing a jumble of clothes thrown haphazardly onto hangers and shoved onto the packed rod. Some stood free, ...1 week ago -
Exercise 3
DanBailey.net —
Authority: 124
This exercise is to write a fragment of a story (500 words) written entirely in imperative commands. Source: 3 AM Epiphany Here we go: It’s not a unique act, but grab your bag and head for the hills. Drum your fingers on the steering wheel, swear under your breath and blink sweat from your eyes while you ...1 week ago -
Mysteries of Nature
DarcKnyt —
Authority: 420
I know it’s in my nature to write. To want to write, anyway. But getting to the keyboard and actually turning something out has proven to be a challenge, and not in a good way.The why behind not writing has, therefore, been very mysterious to me. No matter how I tried I just couldn’t [...]1 week ago -
How to Easily Set-Up a Blog to Promote Your Book
Earn Passive Income —
Authority: 152
Blogs are increasingly becoming a valuable marketing tool for writers. Plus, they are so easy to use and set-up that every writer should have one (especially since they’re free). Even technophobes can embrace blogs. What is a blog? A blog is basically an easy-to-use website. Amazingly, blogs are free and require no ...2 weeks ago -
#fridayflash: In Short Order
J. Dane Tyler —
Authority: 107
He drags on the cigarette and lets the smoke out through his nostrils in a gray-blue plume. It clashes with the red vinyl of the stools, chairs and pocked countertop. A lump of adobe which used to be a pile of donuts fossilizes under a glass cover at the L-turn. A waitress is smacking her [...]2 weeks ago -
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Saturday Scribes —
Authority: 110
Theme: Midway Words: dappled fearsome firefly For any of the NaNoWriMo novelists out there struggling to stay on track, despite increasinly unweildy plots and unruly characters, here are some suggestions to get your characters out of a rut. These don’t have to end up in the finished book, but they might ...2 weeks ago -
Exercise 2
DanBailey.net —
Authority: 124
This exercise is to write a 600 word short story from the first person POV, using a personal pronoun only twice. Source: 3 AM Epiphany Here’s my take: The machine travels the country and I follow it. This is how it has been for the last two decades. One pull of the arm, one big jackpot, and there’s ...2 weeks ago -
Writing Challenge: Setting
Incurable Disease of Writing —
Authority: 123
In the process of developing characters for my novel, I’m also developing the setting. It’s one of my weaknesses. The November / December issue of Writer’s Digest Magazine has a great exercise to stretch the setting description skills. Pick a scene you’ve already written and rewrite it using as many of ...3 weeks ago -
500 Words
A Life Less Ordinary —
Authority: 412
My words fly up, my thoughts remain below: Words without thoughts never to heaven go. —William Shakespeare, Hamlet In 500 words I can tell a story. I can take you where I want you to go and bring you back safe and sound. I can lift you up and lighten your heart. I can beguile you, seduce you. I can draw out ...3 weeks ago -
A Minor Epiphany
DanBailey.net —
Authority: 124
I’ve been thinking about writing lately, and how my productivity has basically tanked since I departed college for the RealWorld™. There is a litany of contributing factors to that, and I think that with this post, I’ll be scratching the surface of that set. First and foremost, it’s because I am not ...3 weeks ago -
Sensible Writing Exercises
Writing Forward —
Authority: 115
Ah, the senses: sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell. How do these things relate at all to writing exercises ? We delight in the pleasures of the senses, but infusing writing with sensory stimulation is not an easy task. It takes a daft and creative writer to forge written images that trigger a reader’s senses. ...3 weeks ago -
Wordless Weekend – NaNoWriMo Write-In
The Broad Brush —
Authority: 422
National Novel Writing Month Write-In NaNoWriMo I’m writing on NaNoWriMo . Related articles by Zemanta Scrivener Offers Discount (trippingthemuse.com) Similar Posts: What’s your novel? National Novel Writing Month – 2009 Wordless Weekend – Sake Squared NaNoWriMo November 1st Kickoff ...4 weeks ago -
Christina Baker Klines "A Writing Life"
Madam Mayo —
Authority: 124
Today Im guest-blogging at novelist Christina Baker Klines "A Writing Life" with this piece on how to break a writing block. Christina Baker Klines "A Writing Life" is an excellent and wide-ranging blog on writing--- one of the best Ive seen in my nearly 4 years of reading blogs. Here are just a few of the recent ...4 weeks ago -
from Mary
My Wonderful Life —
Authority: 127
Ever tried to do a writing exercise? I havent since college. But I did enjoy them back in the day...before I had grey hair! So Mary at Marys Writing Nook, who is a professional-published writer (dont we all envy her!?), did one that looked like fun. I asked her for an assignment and stuck it away in the draft folder ...4 weeks ago -
6 Ironic Grinners! Cheeky Quote Day at The Social Poets - 4 Nov 2009
The Soul Calendar —
Authority: 417
Ironic funny quotes comin at ya, hard and fast! :) From Denny: Found a lot of witty quotes for the Cheeky Quote Day! segment over at The Social Poets today! They will definitely get you thinking while you are laughing, a real two-fer to keep the brain cells in stellar fitness shape. :) Witty quotes also ...4 weeks ago -
6 Ironic Grinners! Cheeky Quote Day at The Social Poets - 4 Nov 2009
Beautiful Illustrated Quotations —
Authority: 538
Ironic funny quotes comin at ya, hard and fast! :) From Denny: Found a lot of witty quotes for the Cheeky Quote Day! segment over at The Social Poets today! They will definitely get you thinking while you are laughing, a real two-fer to keep the brain cells in stellar fitness shape. :) Witty quotes also ...4 weeks ago -
6 Ironic Grinners! Cheeky Quote Day at The Social Poets - 4 Nov 2009
Visual Insights —
Authority: 539
Ironic funny quotes comin at ya, hard and fast! :) From Denny: Found a lot of witty quotes for the Cheeky Quote Day! segment over at The Social Poets today! They will definitely get you thinking while you are laughing, a real two-fer to keep the brain cells in stellar fitness shape. :) Witty quotes also ...4 weeks ago
