Tag: creative non-fiction
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Scaling the Cliff: Submitting to Literary Journals for the First Time
A friend asked me today about getting published in literary journals and magazines, and I want to share my response with all of you. I love helping people get started with getting published, and talk about it often with my friends, so this blog post almost feels past-due. Luckily, the friend who reached out to…
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Writing Prompt #46
Hullo fabulous folks! Grab a pen and a notebook! To celebrate the resuscitation of this blog, Prompt #46 is going to be all about rebirth, rejuvenation, and recovery. When was the last time you sat down and thought about something you overcame in life—college application statements don’t count! It’s time to do a little appreciation…
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Writing Prompt #45
It’s a Tuesday Chooseday! I’m back with another choose-your-own-adventure kind of prompt 🙂 For today, we’ll recycle a prompt from my Spoken Word class that I’ve been enjoying playing with. For an extra challenge, try writing your response with a spoken performance in mind, whatever genre you choose! Apocalyptic The day the world ended I……
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Daily Prompt #43
Are you as excited as I am for Flash Friday? Flash is my favorite genre to write, so this is my favorite day of the week! (nothing to do with it being Friday, promise.) Today, I am anticipating Spring Break more than ever. Finals will be over, and I will step out of the in-between…
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Daily Prompt #42
Ready for some Thursday Thoughts? Going into spring break, what’s on your mind? Someplace warm? All the weather in California? Is it still snowing at home? Work tomorrow? This is the time to reset before diving back in for the students and teachers among us, but it’s just another week for some others. Resetting Still…
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Daily Prompt #40
Welcome back to Tuesday Chooseday! As always, you pick which genre you would like to respond to this prompt with – fiction, nonfiction, poetry, something hybrid and fun – go wild! Revision I’m doing a lot of revising right now, what with it being finals week and all, so revision is on the brain. As…
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Daily Prompt #37
It’s another Flash Friday! And an especially lovely one at that, considering it marks the end of winter term. For today, we turn back to Burroway’s Imaginative Writing for our prompt. Try This 3.2 “Imagine (remember?) that you have borrowed (“borrowed”?) a car and been involved in a fender bender. Write an explanation for the…
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Daily Prompt #36
Ready to get thoughtful? Thursday Thoughts are here again! As a reminder, Thursday prompts are for nonfiction—flash, poetry, diary entries—anything that’s true and from the real world 🙂 Today we are in for those late-night thoughts. The sad ones, the weird ones, the slightly surreal ones. What do you think about when you are awake…
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Daily Prompt #34
Happy Tuesday Chooseday! Remember on Tuesdays, you choose what genre you use to respond to the prompt — fiction, nonfiction, poetry, something fun and hybrid. Up to you! Random Selection For today, you are going to get three random words. I got these words from Random Word Generator. Session Discourage Option Using these three words,…
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Daily Prompt #31
Thursday Thoughts! What are you feeling thoughtful about today? I’m caught up in winter weather, courtesy of the sleeting snow/rain wintery mix making me want to curl up in front of a fire with a mug of tea and a good book. Unfortunately, my apartment doesn’t have a fireplace. Cozy For today’s prompt, think of…
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