A defense of prompts, an opportunity, and a goldfish
On writing, Prompts
The other day I may have bought a few books at the Half-Priced Books 50% off sale. While the checker was scanning each book (took a while), one book (John ... Read more
Prompts
Timed-write challenge
Prompts
Assignment: At least four times this week, set a timer for at least one hour and sit down to write. The rules: 1. Don’t answer your phone, check your email ... Read more
Fiction Excercise: Pick an object you’ve encountered today and write a piece of short fiction that includes that object.
Prompts
What Liz wrote: Dry-mouth, her neck in a knot, she kicked her foot a little to the right to check. Was he still there? Shit. He was. She stretched her ... Read more
A prompt and how I approached it
Prompts
The prompt: Write a first-person story in which you use the first-person pronoun (I or me or my) as little as possible. 600 words. Caffeine Dreams isn’t likely to last ... Read more
Loving Revision and a prompt
On writing, Prompts
Blank white screen. That his how I began this next draft of my “completed” novel. Feeling compelled to make this partially articulated thing–this story egg–into a wonderful thing with arms ... Read more
Homework
On writing, Prompts
So, my mentor has given me this 78 question autobiographical questionnaire to complete as a writing exercise. The idea is to write quickly and not spend too much time on ... Read more
Turning
Prompts
Think of one person in your life that you dread seeing, let alone even thinking about. Maybe out of fear of their manipulation (you always fall for it), their obvious ... Read more
Red Bicycle Prompt
Prompts
I finished reading Jesus’ Son by Denis Johnson for my first critical response paper (part of MFA program). I finished the last twenty pages sitting here at Batdorf and Bronson ... Read more
A writing prompt
Poetry, Prompts
Take a book you are reading and choose a passage that you like. From that passage, pluck out 25 imagery words that stand out to you. Write something that contains ... Read more
Knee highs, puddles, multi-tasking and a writing prompt
Prompts
Emy and I went shopping at Tuesday Morning last Friday. Man, I love that store. I bought all sorts of xmas gifties, including three toys for the dog. I think ... Read more