026 – The Challenge Day 16
Today’s Rescue Week prompt is to write a story that would fit on Twitter: 140 characters only! It’s not as easy as you think…
Today’s Rescue Week prompt is to write a story that would fit on Twitter: 140 characters only! It’s not as easy as you think…
Remember: even when you write a story this tiny, you are training your creative brain…
Yes, it is possible to write a story in as few as 140 characters, but you’ll have to let the reader do some of the work… The Prompt Write a story in 140 characters Tips 140 characters means just that: every space, every punctuation mark, each one counts. If your character is a product of … Continue reading “May 23 – Limits: Twitter Stories”
Are you familiar with the Short Story Thursdays emails? Every week for almost five years, Jacob Tomsky has been researching and sending a short story to an email list of rabid readers. He doesn’t write the stories (he’s a best-selling memoir writer and budding novelist), but he does curate them. Driven by his mood, he … Continue reading “How Reading Short Stories Made Jacob Tomsky A Better Writer”
OK, so that was a fairly large story you wrote yesterday and you’ve probably got some ‘life’ that you’ve been neglecting while you wrote. So today you’re getting a bit of a break. (And remember, the prompts are always optional) The Prompt Write a story of no more than 140 characters Tips Bonus credit: post … Continue reading “[Writing Prompt] Twitter Fiction”
Day three and it’s a holiday in the US, my kids go back to school tomorrow and frankly, I think we all deserve an easy day today so… The Prompt Write a Twitter length story. 140 characters. That’s it. (But watch out. It’ll take longer than you think to come up with a real story … Continue reading “[Writing Prompt] – Twitter Fiction”
I asked a friend the other day how her writing was going. “I’m thinking about writing,” she replied. “Does thinking count for anything?” Ouch. Sound familiar? So, you know what I’m going to say, right? Thinking…well, actually thinking DOES kind of count as writing. (There, did I surprise you? Wait for it…) But only if you’re doing … Continue reading “Does Thinking Count As Writing?”
Ever have one of those lessons that you know, but you need life to kick you in the face with again and again, because you can’t make yourself learn it otherwise? I’m currently letting life kick me in the face with this one: Write First. Then Let Life Happen. It’s hard to make time for … Continue reading “One Simple Rule For Writing Success”
Write A Twitter Story
It’s one thing to be funny in conversation with friends, but writing comedy can seem harder, somehow. Today we’ll try out some techniques to make our funny stories funnier. This prompt is adapted from ideas in The Hidden Tools of Comedy: The Serious Business of Being Funny by Steve Kaplan, which was recommended to me … Continue reading “[Write On Wednesday] What A Laugh”
How To Write A StoryADay For A Month I. Use the site during the StoryADay May challenge, to find prompts and to find community (either in the blog post comments or in the community forums. (Come back on April 25 to get access, or get on the mailing list now!) It can be fun to go online … Continue reading “How To Write A StoryADay – Tips For Success”
This prompt is inspired by the book 44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith and by the Prairie Home Companion Lake Wobegon stories, both of which tell small (and sometimes tall) tales in sometimes-unrelated episodes, but all of which happen in and around the same setting. The Prompt Write a flash fiction piece about a … Continue reading “[Write On Wednesday] Home Town Tales”
Next Tuesday is Release Day for a new picture book illustrated by our friend, the lovely and talented Debbie Ridpath Ohi. The book is called “Naked!” and was written by Michael Ian Black. (The two previously collaborated on the hilarious “I’m Bored“.) It’s such a good title, that we’re going to steal it today. The … Continue reading “[Writing Prompt] Naked!”
Write a open letter from a misunderstood character
Write a story in which the main character acts on something that really irritates YOU
Seriously? Why tell stories? No-one’s beating down your door to pay you money for your stories. There are billions of people in this world. Why are your stories any better than theirs? Who’s going to listen? You’re Asking The Wrong Questions Humans are storytelling animals. Imagination and emotion are what keep us from skating through … Continue reading “Why Write?”
Seedpod Publishing is a “micro-publishing cooperative” — which sounds to me like a collection of authors and publishing people banding together to distribute literary fiction, digitally. They publish books and help with promotion and distribution – all digital and Digital Rights Management free, so your readers can read your book wherever they want, not linked … Continue reading “[Monday Markets] Seedpod Publishing”
StoryADay participant Gabi (and her alter ego Iggi), also known as Gabriela Pereira is a writer/teacher/entrepreneur living in New York City. She has just graduated from an MFA Program in Creative Writing with a special focus on Writing for Children. She writes middle grade and teen fiction, with the occasional short story for grown-ups thrown in … Continue reading “Writing In The Real World – Interview with Gabi”
…Obituaries are wonderful sources of lifestories, character sketches, intriguing stories.