Exploring the Places No One is Talking About
This prompt was just to write about plants: trees, flowers, cactus and in whatever way made you happy. The pieces that people produced for this prompt were a lot of there were other similar to mine about specific species of plants but there were also creative pieces. There was one with definite horror vibes about
So the second part of last week’s screenplay prompt was to add dialogue. I set the prompts up this way so that people could focus on the different elements without feeling completely overwhelmed by a new style of writing. Again, this is a scene from my work-in-progress novel. There context missing but that because I
I am done with draft four! I’ve actually been done with it for a couple of weeks. I have sent the draft to a few friends to beta read for me and I’m waiting anxiously for feedback. The plan, once I receive all of their feedback here in the next few weeks, is to edit
This is weeks late. I’ve been busy. This prompt is a bit of an attempt at writing a screenplay. Fun fact: from the research I did before this prompt, there are no hard and fast rules for writing a screenplay. Part one of our screenplay prompts was just to set the scene. Dialogue will be
The prompt for this week was to write in 2nd person. While this was a difficult prompt, there were some fantastic pieces. My favorite might be the one where a club member wrote a choose your own adventure that needed crowd participation. Top tier writing and presentation. Second person generally serves one of two purposes:
While working on a different Kansas post from earlier this year, I realized that I didn’t actually post about visiting Fort Larned National Historic Site in late 2025. I am going to fix that now. Both of these sites are free to visit and are worth the time. Pawnee Rock State Historic Site Before we
If you remember, late last year we went to Utah for some fantastic trail riding. This year my sister and I took a shorter, but no less beautiful trip to the Arkansas Ozarks with the mules. We stayed at the Boston Mountain Foxtrotters and Horse Camp. The horse camp is nothing fancy, it is a
This deep dive into newspapers started with something fun: writing into an advice column. I want to note that while I am advocating for newspaper style the subject matter can be anything from real to fantasy to sci-fi. My question is actually one I have been asking lately – not for a thesis – but
