A character hears – from a friend, or offhand, that there is a secret going around – about them. But – at this point of hearing – the character isn’t sure, whether it’s fiction, or non-fiction. Prompt contributed by Monarch … Continue reading Weekly Writing Prompt – 1/16/2022 – 1/23/2022 – ‘The Rumor’
Take a step back from where you are in your writing process to consider the destiny of your character. Tell their fortune. Perhaps you will even write a scene where they visit a tarot card reader or crystal ball visionary, … Continue reading Weekly Writing Prompt – 12/19/2012 – 12/26/2021 – ‘Fortune Teller’
Birchesby Robert Frost When I see birches bend to left and rightAcross the lines of straighter darker trees,I like to think some boy’s been swinging them.But swinging doesn’t bend them down to stayAs ice-storms do. Often you must have seen … Continue reading 12/19/2021 – 12/26/2021 Weekly Poem – Birches – by Robert Frost
Write a piece that incorporates… Father… A Crown… Use the sentence “This is Delicious” based on a prompt found at The Story Shack Prompts Generator Continue reading Weekly Writing Prompt – 12/12/2012 – 12/19/2021 – ‘Delicious’
Write a piece that uses the phrase, or sentence ‘No Need.’ Also, a great storm. From Writing Prompt Generator at The Story Shack Continue reading Weekly Writing Prompt – 12/05/2012 – 12/12/2021 – ‘No Need’
“I Am Much Too Alone in This World, Yet Not Alone”By: Rainer Maria RilkeTranslated by: Annemarie S. Kidder I am much too alone in this world, yet not alone enoughto truly consecrate the hour.I am much too small in … Continue reading 12/05/2021 – 12/12/2021 Weekly Poem – I Am Much Too Alone In This World, Yet Not Alone – By Rainer Maria Rilke
Here’s an Ocean Tale By Kwoya Fagin Maples My brother still bites his nails to the quick,but lately he’s been allowing them to grow.So much hurt is forgotten with the horizonas backdrop. It comes down to simple math. The beach … Continue reading 11/28/2021 – 12/05/2021 Weekly Poem – Here’s an Ocean Tale – by Kwoya Fagin Maples
Love Letter Written In A Burning Buildingby Anne Sexton I am in a crate, the crate that was ours,full of white shirts and salad greens,the icebox knocking at our delectable knocks,and I wore movies in my eyes,and you wore eggs … Continue reading 11/14/2021 – 11/21/2021 Weekly Poem – Love Letter Written In a Burning Building – by Anne Sexton
Saint Augustine said in his ‘Confessions’, (considered to be one of the earliest examples of autobiography) “What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, … Continue reading Weekly Writing Prompt – 10/31/2021 – 11/07/2021 – ‘In Search of Lost Connections’
Weekly Writing Prompt – 10/24/2021 – 10/31/2021 – Shadow – Light, Presence & Depart; Collage a Mess of Images/Ideas, Turning Too Much to Enough. This We Call Art. Guillaume Chiron is a French artist who enjoys making humorous collages inspired by domestic life in … Continue reading Weekly Writing Prompt – 10/24/2021 – 10/31/2021 – A Scene in a Philosophical Novel: Like a Surrealist Collage – Here We Are, at Long Last, In the Wild World.
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