Everybody has a secret, one thing that they’ve been too embarrassed, too ashamed, too shy, or too afraid to tell anybody else. Secrets are gold mines for writers; name five novels, and I’ll bet you that at least four of them are based, in part, on someone keeping a secret from somebody else.
There’s a lovely [...]
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Writing Exercise: Secrets
Posted in writing, writing prompts, tagged creative writing, fiction writing, freewriting, prompt, prompts, writing, writing exercise, writing exercises, writing fiction, writing prompt, writing prompts, writing tips on August 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Writing Exercise: Body Modification
Posted in writing, writing prompts, tagged body modification, contemporary fantasy, contemporary fiction, creative writing, fantasy fiction, fantasy writing, fiction writing, prompts, scarification, science fiction, science fiction writing, speculative fiction, tattoos, writing, writing contemporary fantasy, writing contemporary fiction, writing exercise, writing exercises, writing prompt, writing prompts, writing speculative fiction on August 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
From ear piercing to tattoos to plastic surgery to scarification, body modification has long played a significant role in worldwide culture, and still does today. It’s a nearly universal practice; historically, tattooing, scarring, piercing and the like have been used to mark rites of passage, to enhance beauty, to denote tribal or other [...]
Writing with the Tarot, part 1
Posted in writing, writing prompts, tagged craft of writing, creative writing, creativity, fantasy writing, fiction writing, freewriting, prompts, science fiction writing, Tarot, writers, writing, writing advice, writing craft, writing exercises, writing fantasy, writing fiction, writing help, writing prompts, writing techniques, writing tips on August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ah, the Tarot. Images from movies and TV and books, of a Bohemian or mystical individual, laying
cards out in an arcane pattern, telling us how our lives will progress, whether we will find love or win the lottery.
There’s both more and less to the Tarot than that; basically, it’s a series of cards with [...]
Writing Exercise: Technology
Posted in fantasy, science fiction, writing, writing prompts, tagged creative writing, creativity, fantasy, fantasy fiction, fantasy writing, freewriting, journal writing, science fiction, science fiction writing, technology, writers resources, writing, writing exercises, writing fantasy, writing help, writing prompts, writing science fiction, writing tips on August 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My computer died a couple of days ago. Well, it didn’t completely die, but the video card did. I didn’t lose any data; I just can’t see any of it. Fortunately, my father-in-law owns a computer store and loaned me one until I can replace it.
For the two nights I didn’t have a computer, I felt [...]
Writing Exercise: The Master Study
Posted in writing, writing prompts, tagged creative writing, fiction writing, writing, writing advice, writing exercises, writing fiction, writing help, writing prompts, writing tips on August 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Most of the writers I love have one thing in common: exquisite use of language. Neil Gaiman’s words are razor-edged, as are Connie Willis’, Guy Gavriel Kay is fluid and lyrical, and reading Patricia McKillip is like falling into music. Their styles, though, are very distinct, and there are elements of each of them that [...]
Writing exercise: politics
Posted in writing, writing prompts, tagged creative writing, fantasy, fantasy fiction, fiction, fiction writing, government, politics, science fiction, speculative fiction, writing, writing exercises, writing fantasy, writing fiction, writing prompts, writing science fiction on August 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When most people think about politics, they think of government policy, election campaigns, lobbying, and everything that involves the people who run the government. Of course, politics encompasses more than just government. Politics includes competition in the workplace, between family members, between members of any organization, even between friends.
It can be difficult to write about politics, however; [...]
Writing Prompt: Embarrassment
Posted in writing, writing prompts, tagged creative writing, fiction, fiction writing, freewriting, journal writing, journaling, journals, writing, writing exercises, writing fiction, writing prompts on August 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I was talking with some friends at work yesterday about embarrassment. Not just feeling mildly foolish, but the kind of embarrassment that makes you want to run and hide. The kind that makes you avoid certain people when you see them on the street. The kind that comes back to you, years later, in the [...]
Writing prompts and exercises
Posted in writing, writing prompts, tagged creative writing, fiction writing, freewriting, writing, writing exercises, writing prompts on August 5, 2008 | 3 Comments »
At work, between students, I frequently spend my bits of spare time poking around the Internet, looking for things to spur on my writing. So I frequently search for “writing prompts” or “writing exercises.”
There’s a certain kind of prompt that I absolutely hate; maybe it works well for others, but it doesn’t for me. [...]
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