Exploring the Places No One is Talking About
One of the things that we’ve really been working on at writing club is writing concisely. This week’s prompt was a mini-saga, a 50 word short story. My plan was to write flash fiction and then shorten that over time. I have done this but plenty of people have written something new for each of
The prompt this last week was dreams – open to any interpretation of that. Even though I decide on the prompts, I had no idea what I was going to write about when I sat down to write this one. It’s not my best but at least I got something on the page. What do
The idea with this prompt was to start with free verse poetry and add an element of form poetry to making writing a bit more of a challenge. Examples: The form poetry element was left up to the writer, I just provided suggestions. I chose to play with a Sonnet (14 lines – turn at
The purpose of this prompt was to make the setting the main focus. I wanted people to write something that if they moved the story out of this particular setting, the story wouldn’t work. I could not have written this story at sea level or on the Great Plains. As a writer I tend to
A Drabble is a story of 100 words. I selected this as a prompt to work on concise writing. If you remember the Flash Fiction from a few weeks back my plan was to use that as a starting point for this piece. Some group members used it, some didn’t and that’s okay. We all
The prompt for this poem was pick a poem, any poem ,and take a single element that you like from that poem and write your own poem using that element. I selected My Last Duchess by Robert Browning. This poem is deceptively dark and messed up. That is not the element I chose to replicate,
So my prompt for this one was: You’re Earth’s 1st interplanetary ambassador on the way to meet the other planet representatives… and go. This pieces was 100% influenced by Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and Treasure Planet. Is it perfect no, was it fun to write, yes. The starwhales are laughing at me as I
The prompt for this week was basic flash fiction – no more than 1000 words. One of the things that I want to work on is writing concisely. This and some other prompts I have planned help with that. Do you like writing flash fiction? Let me know in the comments. I began my life
The prompt this week was form poetry, specifically the Terza Rima. Here are the guidelines for writing one: Form poetry is difficult for me, it is difficult to work within specific rules but it is helpful also. I have to actively work to change my way of thinking. Challenges are good and it makes me
The prompt this week was to pull color swatches and write a story or poem using those colors and/or the names of the colors in the story. The colors that I pulled were named: Hunt Club (dark green), Turkish Coffee (rich brown), and Framboise (deep magenta). In other news, if you are curious as to
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