Notebooking Daily Writing Exercise September 26, 2014

September 26: Ekphrasis Day! Today pick from one of the following images and place yourself in the scene. Give at least two snippets of imagined history, and include at least a whiff of imminent danger. 1) This cityscape...

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Be Wary Citizens! Arts & Letters is now accepting Flash Fiction

The renowned journal Arts & Letters out of Georgia College is now, as of yesterday, accepting flash fiction pieces of 500 words or less. You may submit up to three pieces a time through their Submittable page under...

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Notebooking Daily Writing Exercise August 16, 2014

August 16: Rrrrr sounds. Now if you write about pirates you get bonus points, but also remember that the scoring is like Who's Line is it Anyway or QI, where the points don't matter. Today Look through these two...

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Notebooking Daily Writing Exercise August 13, 2014

August 13: Ekphrasis Day! Today we'll work off of a couple pieces of art. Pick one and write about it. Whether you place yourself in the scene, with the artist as they're creating, with people viewing the art objectively...

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Notebooking Daily Writing Exercise September 12, 2014

September 12: Narrative day. Today work with one of the following story fragments, whether you want the prompt to be the end of the story, the prelude to it, somewhere in the middle, or even just the inspiration for a story, it's up to you. 1) Picking cans out of a park's garbage can to recycle, a...

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Notebooking Daily Writing Exercise September 4, 2014

September 4: Graffiti. Graffiti can mean many things. The first thought is often of gang tags, shoddy throw-ups. Or perhaps artists you've seen portrayed or covered in the media like Banksy (whose piece is pictured above)....

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Notebooking Daily Writing Exercise September 3, 2014

September 3: Wordbank day! I hope everyone's Labor Day was productive and fulfilling. I had a little bit of this and it was delicious. Today we'll return to the wordbank for our inspiration. From the following links to word sources, pick ten or more individual words that strike your fancy and write...

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