Archive for September, 2009

Word of the Week: Abuse

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Your challenge is to use this week’s word of the week as the inspiration for a piece of flash fiction or a poem.

Word of the Week: Abuse

RYOS #3

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Anyone remember the roll your own stories we’ve done in the past? Let’s do another :)

The idea is quite simple. Get a six-sided die and then roll it four times, once for each category below. As you can see each category below has six options beneath it. As you roll your dice the number will correspond to one of the options. Voila. Once you’re done rolling you’ll have a random writing prompt that is sure to be fun and help get your creative juices flowing.

Word:

1. Verdant
2. Dragon
3. School
4. Coffee
5. Politics
6. Writer’s Choice

Setting:

1. Rainforest
2. Restaurant
3. Igloo
4. Castle
5. Bus Stop
6. Writer’s Choice

Supporting Character:

1. Mad Scientist
2. Talking Dog
3. 14 year-old Girl
4. Shutter Bug
5. Angry Scientist
6. Writer’s Choice

Image Prompt

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Soldier

Use the image above as inspiration for a story or poem. The image is courtesy of IStockPhoto.com.

Image Prompt

Monday, September 14th, 2009
Behind the cut is a photo that contains an unexpected element.  Write about a character in the picture. (more…)

Word of the Week: Widget

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to use today’s word of the week as inspiration for a short story, piece of flash fiction, or a poem.

Word of the Week: Widget

Start Thinking…

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

That really is this Monday’s exercise. NaNoWriMo is coming up, it’s not so close that it should start actually being on your mind in any sort of serious way, but you may want to start thinking about what you’re going to write this year.

So…

Start thinking ;)

Word of the Week: Greyscale

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

Your challenge is to use the word of the week as inspiration for a poem or piece of flash fiction.

Word of the Week: Greyscale

Word List Exercise

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

Here is your exercise for this week.

Below is a list of words that will inspire your next masterpiece.  You must use all of the words.  It’s up to you if you’d like to make it a timed writing exercise. (more…)




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