7/31/19

Summer Writing Exercise Series #38: Erasing The Crystal Egg 4

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#38 For today's exercise we have split paths for fiction and poetry, though I highly recommend that even fiction writers try the poetry exercise. For fiction, write a piece that includes the line of dialog "What has...

7/30/19

For Your Enjoyment: The Sciences Sing a Lullaby by Albert Goldbarth

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The Sciences Sing a Lullabye (audio link) Physics says: go to sleep. Of course you're tired. Every atom in you has been dancing the shimmy in silver shoes nonstop from mitosis to now. Quit tapping your feet. They'll dance inside themselves without you. Go to sleep. Geology says: it will be all right....

Summer Writing Exercise Series #37: Three Things and Some Subtext

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#37 For today's writing exercise you will write a piece of poetry or prose which contains the following three things. Nice and simple. If you're not intimately familiar with these things do a little reading and see if...

7/29/19

Summer Writing Exercise Series #36: One of Two Falling Starts

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#36 For today's writing exercise you will write a piece of poetry or prose which begins with one of the following sentences. Sentence 1: Where was once was the safe inside of an airplane was now rushing air and clouds. Sentence...

7/28/19

Summer Writing Exercise Series #35: Title Mania with Enigma

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#35 For today's writing exercise you will write a piece of poetry or prose which uses one of the following as its title. For a bonus challenge, try to use as many of the titles in your piece as you can manage organically. Titles: No...

Know Your Literary Journals: Reed Magazine

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Reed Magazine is California's oldest literary magazine in publication. It is produced by San Jose State University's MFA program. It's a thick journal that publishes new writers alongside Pulitzer Prize winners...

7/27/19

Summer Writing Exercise Series #34: 3x5x5 Wordbank 5

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#34 For today's writing exercise you will pick one word from each of three groups and write a sentence that includes all of the words, feel free to change tense, pluralize etc. Repeat the process five (5) times using...

7/26/19

Summer Writing Exercise Series #33: Three Things and Tree Things

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#33 For today's writing exercise you will write a piece of poetry or prose which contains the following three things. Nice and simple. If you're not intimately familiar with these things do a little reading and see if...

7/25/19

Summer Writing Exercise Series #32: Starting with a drink of water

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#32 For today's writing exercise you will write a piece of poetry or prose which begins with one of the following sentences. Sentence 1: If he had a million dollars, he would trade it for a glass of water without...

7/24/19

Summer Writing Exercise Series #31: Rob Gonsalves in the galactic classroom

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#31 For today's writing exercise you will write a piece of poetry or prose which is inspired by the following piece of art: The Chalkboard Universe by the amazing surrealist Rob Gonsalves Many options...

7/23/19

Summer Writing Exercise Series #30: Title Mania with Benny

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#30 For today's writing exercise you will write a piece of poetry or prose which uses one of the following as its title. For a bonus challenge, try to use as many of the titles in your piece as you can manage organically. Titles: Dark...

7/22/19

Summer Writing Exercise Series #29: 3x5x5 Wordbank 4

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#29 For today's writing exercise you will pick one word from each of three groups and write a sentence that includes all of the words, feel free to change tense, pluralize etc. Repeat the process at least five (5) times...

7/21/19

Summer Writing Exercise Series #28: Three Things in Zimbabwe

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#28 For today's writing exercise you will write a piece of poetry or prose which contains the following three things. Nice and simple. If you're not intimately familiar with these things do a little reading and see if...

7/20/19

Summer Writing Exercise Series #27: Starting with Paint

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#27 For today's writing exercise you will write a piece of poetry or prose which begins with one of the following sentences. Sentence 1: The paint would never have a chance to dry. Sentence 2: The sound of an aerosol...

7/19/19

Summer Writing Exercise Series #26: Title Mania with Spontaneous Inventions

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#26 For today's writing exercise you will write a piece of poetry or prose which uses one of the following as its title. For a bonus challenge, try to use as many of the titles in your piece as you can manage organically. Titles: Of...

7/17/19

Summer Writing Exercise Series #24: Rob Gonsalves at the Beach

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#24 For today's writing exercise you will write a piece of poetry or prose which is inspired by the following piece of art: Pursuit of Balance by the amazing surrealist Rob Gonsalves Many options here from the...

7/16/19

Summer Writing Exercise Series #23: Five Words with Tribe

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#23 For today's writing exercise you will write a piece of poetry or prose which contains the following five words. Nice and simple. Words: Pager Train Drastic Gravy Flummox ------------------------------------ If...

7/15/19

Summer Writing Exercise Series #22: Starting with a Wig

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#22 For today's writing exercise you will write a piece of poetry or prose which begins with one of the following sentences. Sentence 1: The borrowed wig scratched his ears. Sentence 2: The wig wasn't intended to...

7/14/19

Summer Writing Exercise Series #21: Title Mania in Coruscant

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#21 For today's writing exercise you will write a piece of poetry or prose which uses one of the following as its title. For a bonus challenge, try to use as many of the titles in your piece as you can manage organically. Titles: Cold...

7/13/19

Summer Writing Exercise Series #20: Erasing The Crystal Egg 3

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#20 For today's exercise we have split paths for fiction and poetry, though I highly recommend that even fiction writers try the poetry exercise. For fiction, write a piece with a repetition of the dialog sentence "Five...

7/12/19

Summer Writing Exercise Series #19: Five Words and a Toaster

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#19 For today's writing exercise you will write a piece of poetry or prose which contains the following five words. Nice and simple. Words: Extra Frolic Tangle Tamp Credence ------------------------------------ If...

7/11/19

Summer Writing Exercise Series #18: 3x5x5 Wordbank 3

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#18 For today's writing exercise you will pick one word from each of three groups and write a sentence that includes all of the words, feel free to change tense, pluralize etc. Repeat the process five (5) times using...

7/10/19

Summer Writing Exercise Series #17: Ekphrastic Crossing

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#17 For today, we're going to write a poem or prose piece inspired by another piece of art or an ekphrastic piece. The piece of art in question is this photo from Pulitzer Prize winning Reuters photographer Adrees Latif: Whether...

7/9/19

Summer Writing Exercise Series #16: Erasing The Crystal Egg 2

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#16 For today's exercise we have split paths for fiction and poetry, though I highly recommend that even fiction writers try the poetry exercise. For fiction, write a piece with a repetition of the dialog sentence "Five...

7/6/19

Summer Writing Exercise Series #15: Five Word Start

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#15 For today's writing exercise you will write a piece of poetry or prose which contains the following five words. Nice and simple. Words: Worsen Endemic Trunk Adjourned Ratchet ------------------------------------ If...

7/5/19

Summer Writing Exercise Series #14: Title Mania with Cardinals

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#14 For today's writing exercise you will write a piece of poetry or prose which uses one of the following as its title. For a bonus challenge, try to use as many of the titles in your piece as you can manage organically. Titles: Fallen...