Saving The Cat…Or Trying To…Part 2
Take a deep breath guys…this post is a bit rambly (I’m gathering my thoughts) and very link happy lol…click away though, they’re all very useful :) This months Save The Cat homework is to come up with...
View ArticleAm I Really A Writing Retreat Type?
You may have noticed I’ve been a bit quiet? I’ve not been on FaceBook, I’m behind in replying to comments, e mails and reading blogs. I guess it was appropriate then, that at the end of a week where...
View ArticleThe Kitchen Widow
Prompt number 6 from the 30 Day Writing Challenge Start a piece with “I am standing at my kitchen window…” I am standing at my kitchen window, staring out into the rain…waiting…he’s late. Waiting to...
View ArticleDo You Struggle Keeping Track of Your Story Timeline?
Writer Wendy Clark (well her husband actually) has created a FREE downloadable Story Timeline that will help you keep track. I think it was last year December that I originally shared this resource on...
View ArticleOh Scrivener…Where Have You Been All My Life?
Well, I am soooo excited! Now that I’ve just completed week 2 of the Scriveners course I feel confident enough to actually use it. So I’ve set up a “Blog” project and for the last few days I’ve been...
View ArticleAm I Branching Out Into Erotica?
Prompt 9 of the 30 Day Writing Challenge is: You’re sitting in a cafe when you look up and see… Write a fictional piece about what would happen if you saw a celebrity in a coffee shop. “Is this seat...
View ArticleThe Things They Carried
Reading Richard Skinner’s “Fiction Writing” i just wanted to share with you a small idea that I love Tim O’Brien wrote a book called The Things They Carried which is a collection of short stories about...
View ArticlePoor Penelope
Prompt 10 of the 30 Day Writing Challenge is: Find something that you wrote a long time ago and rewrite the beginning, giving it a different tone. Original version (written May 2011) On Monday evenings...
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