Tag: flash
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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 #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 # 39
Happy Fantastic Monday Everyone! As a nod to the in-between space I am occupying right now, part-finals and part-spring break, today’s prompt is about the betweens. The liminal spaces of the world. Threshold For today, write about standing on the threshold of something. Peeking through your wardrobe into your very own Narnia. The big challenge…
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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 #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 #29
Tuesday Chooseday! My favorite weekly prompt! Remember, you choose the genre you wish to use to respond. Poetry, fiction, non-fiction. Get creative! Write me a recipe, or a letter. How about a scene from a one-act play? Talking Books For today’s prompt, turn to page 34 of the nearest book. Look for the first paragraph…
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