I have to rise and shine at 2:30 in the morning! And as I will probably be so worried about oversleeping and missing my flight, I can't imagine I'll really sleep much. But that's fine. The trip is worth it. But Story-a-Day marches on. The prompt today is a story starter about someone waking up …
I barely have time to write about how I don't have time. Today's prompt was for a newsflash. I decided to go back to my novel-in-progress for an idea. And it is possibly the most poorly proofread piece ever. Thanks as ever for reading. Must dash. Earth Girl Wins Space Lotto! Mexitonio, Earth—Miracle June Delphine, …
On the one hand, I have a brainful of things bothering me. On the other hand, at least I can write something, even a mess. Thanks for being here. The prompt was to write letters (or something letter-ish, like texts, emails, or some such). So, here's what I've got! Dear Ms. Hargrove, You’ve asked us …
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This wasn't my best writing day. I received news this morning of the passing of someone important to me, a woman who was another mother to me when I was in college and grad school. I've spent a good part of the day trying to figure out how to afford the plane ticket to go …
Today's prompt was to write one side of a conversation. I thought about writing letters, but you wouldn't see all the letters, just the letters on one person. I recently read a collection of Vincent van Gogh's letters. Most of the letters were to his brother, Theo. Theo's replies are not in the collection. No …
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The Story-a-Day prompt was to write a prose sonnet. The instruction do say you don't have to rhyme, but I wanted to rhyme anyway. Iambic pentameter, however, was more than I wanted to tackle. So, I chose a Shakespearean sonnet. And while I didn't obviously mention the Shakespeare characters I had in mind, they're in …
Today's prompt was to write a story using only dialogue. So, I gave it a shot. I didn't even use any tags. The hardest thing was thinking about pauses. I wanted a moment for my two characters to stare at each other in silence and have the last person to talk be the first person …
Today's Story-a-Day prompt is to tell a story with a list. Story-a-Day links to a story by Jennifer Egan that is a list of things to do. I came up with a to-do list that is a bucket list and because I'm tired, I kept my list short. Maybe it tells a kind of story. …
Yesterday, I ended up just scribbling some lines down for a Ink & Mirabelle story. Ink & Mirabelle are rabbits, and a few years ago, I made a handbook telling a short story about them. In that story, Mirabelle is on the moon and Ink tried in vain to talk her into coming back to …
I didn't take much of a look at today's Story-a-Day prompt since I had an image already in my head. This is why I've never been good at plotting. I have to write to figure out what is going on the scene. In rewrites, a plot takes shape, but I have to explore the space …
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