Exploring the Places No One is Talking About
In the continuation of working with figurative language, this prompt was to use euphemisms. Euphemism: Figure of speech that replaces a harsh, direct, or unpleasant term with a milder, more indirect expression (Grammarly.com). We must be free-spirited And strong-willed While going Toe-to-toeWith those a bit too economical with the truthThey aren’t even trying to Hide their light-fingered ways So we
Love can be for people, places, and for things. This prompt was one of mine to the different forms of love that are locked in our memories. Tell me about your first car in the comments. The Gold Brick My first car was a family hand-me-down. Originally my Nana’s it was a gold 1994 Lexus
A little something for Valentine’s Day. Not an ode to a person but love of a living thing. Thorny vines clinging to an old barbed wire fence. Delicate petals scorching under the Texas sun, edges turning from palest pink to scorched brown. Despite their delicate nature and the tenacious tendency to cling, and the thorns
I am back after the chaos of the holidays. The prompt for this week was to write a poem while using the figurative language, apostrophe. Apostrophe: Apostrophe as a figure of speech is when a character addresses someone or something that isn’t present or cannot respond. The character might speak to someone deceased, an inanimate
The prompt this week was to write a poem with a hyperbole. Some were serious, mine was written to be funny. Hyperbole: exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally (Grammarly.com). Also, I am sorry for not posting more. In addition to the normally busy life I lead, the holidays are upon us.
I try and do poetry once a month and lately I’ve been highlighting using Figurative Language. This week we looked at antithesis. My hope with this is to make writing club members aware of tools that they can use later in other writing projects. Antithesis: uses parallel structure to juxtapose contrasting ideas. (Grammarly.com) This prompt
The prompt that produced this story was “Found Footage.” The inspiration was The Blair Witch Project. This is probably the best well know found footage movie. This was a great way to end the Halloween season. My short story does not deal with video but film. This is the unpolished, original story. I will probably
In my quest to learn to write concisely in creative endeavors the prompt this week, in the spirit of Halloween was two sentence horror. Write a horror story in just two sentences. This was very difficult but people also really liked this prompt. I do love a challenge. Do you enjoy reading horror? Have you
If you have read enough original Grimm or Anderson fairy tales you know that Disney had to tone them way down to be G rated. The prompt this week was to retell a fairy tale and in the spirit of spooky season – go dark with it. I don’t think my retelling is really horror
Denton Writing Club’s first zine! Depending on how this one does we will look at publishing more on a schedule but for now, we are just super happy to have this one live! There are also print versions. I have to give full credit to the members of the writing club that are willing to
McGee Travel Tales 