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Writing Challenge: Setting
Incurable Disease of Writing —
Authority: 124
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 ...18 hours ago -
500 Words
A Life Less Ordinary —
Authority: 481
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 ...19 hours ago -
A Minor Epiphany
DanBailey.net —
Authority: 117
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 ...4 days ago -
Sensible Writing Exercises
Writing Forward —
Authority: 114
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. ...6 days ago -
Wordless Weekend – NaNoWriMo Write-In
The Broad Brush —
Authority: 516
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 ...1 week 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 ...1 week ago -
from Mary
My Wonderful Life —
Authority: 423
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 ...1 week ago -
6 Ironic Grinners! Cheeky Quote Day at The Social Poets - 4 Nov 2009
The Soul Calendar —
Authority: 536
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 ...1 week ago -
6 Ironic Grinners! Cheeky Quote Day at The Social Poets - 4 Nov 2009
Beautiful Illustrated Quotations —
Authority: 542
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 ...1 week ago -
6 Ironic Grinners! Cheeky Quote Day at The Social Poets - 4 Nov 2009
Visual Insights —
Authority: 422
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 ...1 week ago -
6 Ironic Grinners! Cheeky Quote Day at The Social Poets - 4 Nov 2009
The Healing Waters —
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 ...1 week ago -
6 Ironic Grinners! Cheeky Quote Day at The Social Poets - 4 Nov 2009
Comfort Food From Louisiana —
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 ...1 week ago -
6 Ironic Grinners! Cheeky Quote Day at The Social Poets - 4 Nov 2009
Romancing The Chocolate —
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 ...1 week ago -
Ironic Grinners - Cheeky Quote Day! 4 Nov 2009
The Social Poets —
Authority: 543
Fashion photos often say so much more than they originally intended... From Denny: Quotes are like this dramatic photo of the swish of elegant drama against a backdrop of a crumbling facade...the ironic ones are often incongruous. Quotes are often those snappy quips that sideline our serious side and whack us ...1 week ago -
Writing Challenge: Point of View
Incurable Disease of Writing —
Authority: 124
I’m not sure why I chose to share this exercise, other than I’ve had some pretty weird dreams recently. I hope it helps us all with Point of View. Write about a recent dream, using the viewpoint of the objective author. Without any comment or interpretation whatsoever, report the events (the more bizarre, the ...2 weeks ago -
NaNoWriMo and the Snowflake Method
Hunting the Muse: A Creative Writing Blog. —
Authority: 114
November is known by many writers as the birth month of first drafts. National Novel Writing Month has always seemed like a very fun -- if not stressful -- idea to me. While I have often weighed the benefits of joining in, Ive ended up skipping out on the event for the last two years. Theres always been something else ...2 weeks ago -
The Mother Egg
Writing Time —
Authority: 118
Two former students have just been published in a wonderful online magazine The Mom Egg (www.themomegg.com) Denise Emanuel Clemen wrote “Holding Cory” an incredibly moving piece about reuniting for the first time with the son she had to give up...2 weeks ago -
Six Things a Day
Still Standing on her Head —
Authority: 414
I was web browsing a week or so ago and came upon this article by Linda Gregg. Linda says "I have my students keep a journal in which they must write, very briefly, six things they have seen each day - not beautiful or remarkable things, just things." I have seen this exercise referred to a number of times before, ...3 weeks ago -
Bob Yehling- THE WRITE TIME: 366 EXERCISES TO FILL YOUR DAILY WRITING LIFE
The Brainpan —
Authority: 141
366 Exercises & Inspirations For Working Writers THE WRITE TIME: 366 EXERCISES TO FILL YOUR DAILY WRITING LIFE By long-time WWW presenter Bob Yehling “Not only an obvious affection for the craft of writing, but also for the nurturing of the writer’s spirit.” ...3 weeks ago -
Feath’s Bookcase
Writer Sites —
Authority: 127
Feaths Bookcase Feath’s Bookcase offers generators for: • Fantasy ideas • Genre-less ideas • Characters • Descriptions • Plots • Quotes It also is a great place for writing prompts and ways to use Tarot cards for character development.3 weeks ago
