5 MORE Prompts to Kick-Start Your Writing
1. Found object I don’t care what the object is, if you stare at it long enough and then force yourself to write, a story will probably emerge. In one class the teacher had us walk around the Visual Arts Center and pick an object to write about. Two quite hideous chairs prompted “Making Space,” a short story about empty nesters dealing with transition. The chairs became a metaphor for childhood, family, adaptation, and even, ironically, comfort - since the chairs themselv
5 Prompts to Kick-Start Your Writing
1. Observation There is literally an endless supply of writing prompts at your fingertips at any given moment. All you have to do is be aware. We can choose what we notice. Take an extra minute to focus on the details of that stranger walking by that catches your eye. What's his deal? What's unusual about him? I’d had a germ of an idea for a story where a woman continuously scraped gum off a busy sidewalk and DNA tested the samples. During the same period of time, in my n
Upcoming Event
Ever wanted to write fiction? Interested in how stories are born? Come hear me speak this Thursday at Twin Hickory branch library - 5001 Twin Hickory Rd, Glen Allen. Save me from talking to the walls and a homeless guy that's just there for the coffee (I'm joking - there won't be any coffee). I will also give this presentation the following Thursday, August 20 at 7 pm at the Dumbarton Branch at 6800 Staples Mill Rd, Henrico. #mywritingprocess #writing #writingprompt #writinge
Real Spiel - Holy Cow! It's My Birthday! April Issue
April Archive: 2 minute recommends for Bonnie ZoBell "What Happened Here", Paula Hawkins "The Girl on the Train", and Katherine Heiny "Single, Carefree, Mellow" Word Jogger link to interesting writing prompts that don't suck 5 short stories that will improve your own writing - my guest blog on Author Crowd Kim Drew Wright news including Poetry VA awards, A Mother's Life in Intima Journal, NYC Midnight advancement, The Long Road link in Sixfold Journal, and progress on The Str
Real Spiel - Ain't Gonna Cry March Issue Archive
Holly Gilliatt's St. Louis Sisters series What Alice Forgot review Word Jogger - writing prompt Rejection Notes from Editors - how to tell what they mean & what you should do about it Kim Drew Wright News Kat Moore's Poem in Souvenir Lit READ THE ISSUE #2minuterecommends #wordjogger #writingprompt #writingtips #poetry #realspiel #archive
Real Spiel Archive - Be Mine Damn't - February Issue
Real Spiel Archive - Be Mine Damn't FEB Issue Joyce Carol Oates' "Where You Going? Where You Been?" 1 minute recommends for M.T. Anderson's FEED and Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart Word Jogger - writing prompt Tips to obtain an editor and cover artist Kim Drew Wright News Irene Wellman's poem from Street Light journal #archive #fiction #editors #wordjogger #writingprompt #writingtips #2minuterecommends #realspiel #poetry
Real Spiel - Rock On With Your Bad S(h)elf Issue
Jan. 7, 2015 Archive Adriana Green's Race Card Project David Levithan's Every Day recommend Cover Letters for Lit Journals - 7 tips Judy Witt's "At the Edge" poem word jogger prompt Kim Drew Wright news Chuck eats a candy cane #realspiel #archive #wordjogger #coverletter #writingprompt #poetry #2minuterecommends
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Dec. 17, 2014 Archive: "American Holiday" short story Word Jogger photo prompt by Jennifer Zwick Publication tips for Journal submissions Sixfold ranking results My holiday card "Ode to the Midwest" by Kevin Young #archive #writingprompt #wordjogger #publication #submissionprocess #realspiel #poetry #2minuterecommends
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Dec. 3, 2014 Archive Jason Wolverton's "Why Taking a Dump in a Kohl's Dressing Room is Never a Good Idea" Jeannette Walls' The Glass Castle Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane Word Jogger - prompt Blackout poetry NaNoWriMo failure Peggy Trojan's "Condolence" #wordjogger #writingprompt #realspiel #archive #blackoutpoetry #nanowrimo #poetry #2minuterecommends
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Nov. 13, 2014 - Archive Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's "A Private Experience" and TedTalk Ready. Set. Dialogue! Sixfold contest Anne Rankin-Kotchek's "Letter to the World from a Dying Woman" #realspiel #archive #dialogue #writingprompt #poetry #2minuterecommends #wordjogger
