Narrative Thread: For today's writing exercise begin a story or poem with the following and see where it takes you.
Stewing garlic emanated from the kitchen was thrust throughout the apartment by the ceiling fa...
4/28/16
4/26/16
Ekphrastic Tuesday in the mountains
Daily Exercise Genre: Ekphrasis.
Ekphrasis is from Greek meaning the description of a work of art as a rhetorical device. That's actually pretty straight forward, but another way to look at it, is it's highfalutin fan fiction,...
4/24/16
Weekend Triple Threat: Title Mania, Three Things, How To
Since it's Sunday here are three options for today's exercise. Choose one, choose them all, just be sure to produce something.
Title Mania (use the following title and write a piece to somehow fit it.)
A Step or...
4/23/16
Complete a Piece Saturday: Rhymebank exercise
For today's Rhymbank exercise you will follow a series of steps and then produce a piece using some of the generated lines or phrases. You will need either a blank document or a few blank notebook pages, and will refer back to things you write in the early exercises, but through the process...
4/21/16
Narrative prompt: Red cast from
Photo (I think) by BENEDEK BOGNÁR
Narrative Thread: For today's writing exercise begin a story or poem with the following and see where it takes you.
Red cast from the setting sun added a filter nostalgic to...
4/20/16
Three things exercise: Monument Valley, A Flat Tire, A Gumball
For today's exercise write a piece of poetry or prose that somehow utilizes the following three things:
Monument Valley, A Flat Tire, A Gumb...
4/19/16
Ekphrsastic Tuesday with Igor Morski
Daily Exercise Genre: Ekphrasis.
Ekphrasis is from Greek meaning the description of a work of art as a rhetorical device. That's actually pretty straight forward, but another way to look at it, is it's highfalutin fan fiction,...
4/18/16
Inspired by Writing Monday: Nanoism #333
Inspired By: For today's writing prompt read the following short piece (it will always be something quite short, we don't have all day to work on writing, wouldn't that be awesome?) and take inspiration from it. Whether you like specific words, character names, you like the setting, the general plot...
4/17/16
Weekend Triple Threat: Title Mania, Three Things, How To
Since it's Sunday here are three options for today's exercise. Choose one, choose them all, just be sure to produce something.
Title Mania (use the following title and write a piece to somehow fit it.)
Triptych in...
4/16/16
Title exercise: Agate
For today's exercise use the following as the title of a poem or piece of prose.
Agate
(I could fill this post with images of agates, they're my absolute favorite type of mineral/rock, even more than geodes and the...
4/15/16
Title exercise: Flat Beer, Salad and Sandals
For today's exercise use the following as the title of a poem or piece of prose.
Flat Beer, Salad and Sand...
4/14/16
Title exercise: Reverberating in the Skull
For today's exercise use the following as the title of a poem or piece of prose.
Reverberating in the Sk...
4/13/16
Title exercise: Wistful and Wrong
For today's exercise use the following as the title of a poem or piece of prose.
Wistful and Wr...
4/12/16
Title exercise: Yet Another Tipping Point
For today's exercise use the following as the title of a poem or piece of prose.
Yet Another Tipping Po...
Title exercise: Lost Luster
For today's exercise use the following as the title of a poem or piece of prose.
Lost Lus...
4/10/16
Inspired By Prompt: Nanoism #668
Inspired By: For today's writing prompt read the following short piece (it will always be something quite short, we don't have all day to work on writing, wouldn't that be awesome?) and take inspiration from it. Whether you like specific words, character names, you like the setting, the general plot...
4/4/16
Inspired By Prompt: Nanoism #683
Inspired By: For today's prompt read the following short piece (it will always be something quite short, we don't have all day to work on writing, wouldn't that be awesome?) and take inspiration from it. Whether you like specific words, character names, you like the setting, the general plot structure,...
4/3/16
Weekend Triple Threat: Title, Three Things, Narrative Thread
Since it's Sunday here are three options for today's exercise. Choose one, choose them all, just be sure to produce something.
Title Mania (use the following title and write a piece to somehow fit it.)
Population...
4/2/16
Three things exercise: A Shovel, A Water Fountain, Angel Falls
Photo by Adam Ive
For today's exercise write a piece of poetry or prose that somehow utilizes the following three things:
A Shovel, A Water Fountain, Angel Fa...
4/1/16
Three things exercise: An Aspen Leaf, Schadenfreude, A White Board
For today's exercise write a piece of poetry or prose that somehow utilizes the following three things:
An Aspen Leaf, Schadenfreude, A White Bo...
