Tag: writing
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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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Lit Mags and Reading Fees: What is the Solution?
For a number of years now, reading fees have been a hot topic in the writing community. Why should we be paying to be rejected? These fees have become a norm, with many prestigious (and not so prestigious) journals succumbing to relying on the writers looking to be published for their support. Some of these…
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Daily Prompt #33
I hope you are having another Fantastic Monday! I hear our friends over in California have intense amounts of snow right now, please stay safe! Dungeons & Dragons If you are familiar with D&D, today’s prompt is to write a character background as if you are about to start a campaign. If you are unfamiliar…
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Daily Prompt #32
Time for some Sunday Verse! For today’s prompt, find a line of poetry that inspires you or captures your attention. It could be a Psalm, a line from Shakespeare, something written by Maya Angelou, it doesn’t matter. Any line of poetry. Riff Now that you have your line, use it as an epigraph. Riff off…
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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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Daily Prompt #30
Wacky Wednesday! Time to write something weird, something surreal, something monstrous, something silly. Today’s wackiness is going to draw from your own life. Our prompt will be another from the wonderful Tell It Slant by Brenda Miller and Suzanne Paola. “Memory, in a sense, is imagination: an ‘imagining’ of the past, re-creating the sights, sounds,…
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Online Communities
Instead of the normal Tuesday Review, you lovely folks get to enjoy a class assignment examining online communities—kind of like what I’m trying to build here. What makes a community? According to Merriam-Webster: “a unified body of individuals[.]” These individuals may gather because of common interests, geographic location, shared characteristics, and other such similarities. Are…
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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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Daily Prompt #28
Fantastic Monday comes again! Ready to get your imagination on? For today’s prompt, we’re going to be thinking of animals. Specifically, mythological animals! Creatures Pick your favorite fantasy or mythological creature. Dragons, unicorns, gryphons, owl-bears. Now, describe that creature in detail. What does it look like? How does it move? How does it behave? When…
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