Back in 1998 I was writing… a lot. And most of what I wrote back then was short fiction. It was a renaissance of sorts because I hadn’t really planned on it. In fact, for the past year before that I was writing a lot of poetry snippets. Not real poems, mind you, just bits … Continue reading Flash Fiction Challenge #8 (Something New)
“Look at the stars. Look how they shine for you. And everything you do. Yeah, they were all yellow.” ~Coldplay It’s funny how I got into Coldplay. I used to visit my local record store and see albums chronically on sale, as if they wouldn’t sell if they were ever to revert to regular prices. … Continue reading Flash Fiction Challenge #3 (The Color Yellow)
“Look around you and choose an object in the room. Now write something from the point of view of that object.” A small child walks past me, intent in a conversation with herself. I can’t often tell what they’re saying when they come in here because of the voices swirling around my circuitry, but I … Continue reading 300 Writing Prompts: #49
“Write a quick love story. The story must end badly.” Don’t most love stories end badly? That was the question posed by my English Lit professor at the beginning of the semester, and he challenged us to find a story in classical English literature that didn’t end poorly. For starters he gave us Wuthering Heights, … Continue reading 300 Writing Prompts: #47
“What color do you feel like today?” The stream is green. It’s supposed to be blue but I think there is too much algae at the bottom, giving it that green hue that should seem healthy but doesn’t. We want our water to be blue, or clear, so that we can see through to the … Continue reading 300 Writing Prompts: #31
“You are a children’s book writer. Write the first few lines of your new book.” It was a stormy day in Montmartre when the Grosvenor triplets stepped off the bus and disappeared into the fog surrounding Paris in late afternoon. Trena thought it was the most beautiful dusk she had ever seen, even though the … Continue reading 300 Writing Prompts: #20
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