[Write the Story] Wrapping Up a Business Trip
I am getting to this today. Everything that piled up to cause a hiatus week was done yesterday. Huzzah! You’ll notice a note at the bottom. This was my judgement on the story when I wrote it. Not all stories are going to be good or strong – and for anyone starting out, just know […]
[Write the Story] A Day in the Life
Prompt: A Day in the Life Words: identical, pot roast, decorate, sign, abuse, library, amnesia, butcher, submit, sensation Story: “Have you had this experience before?” Kayla blinked twice, slowly at the councilor. Did she really have to submit to such a stupid question? “Um, no. I’ve never before found myself in a butcher shop holding […]
[Write the Story] Today at the Amusement Park
There’s a “time shift” in the dates stories are written in this and the next couple of stories – pages stuck together, but I wanted to keep the notebook in order. So… —— Prompt: Today at the Amusement Park Words: Ferris wheel, revive, dinosaur, split, disk, assumption, exceed, narrow, snickerdoodle, join Story Flynn had no […]
[Write the Story] Friends on the Town
This one was written over two day – interruptions happen – but you can tell sometimes when thoughts are interrupted. I found an incomplete sentence in typing…and left it, because that’s the point of some of these exercises. If I do something more with these, I’ll fix the errors, but for now, you get the […]
[Write the Story] The Year is 2563…
This week’s Write the Story story Prompt: The Year is 2563… Words: space station, knuckle, interview, horse, twenty-seven, lipstick, transformation, studio, distribution, assert Story “In a space station everyone can hear you scream.” The interview seemed to come to a complete stand still. Did she have lipstick on her teeth? Cara resisted the urge to […]
[Write the Story] Business as UNusual
Prompt: Business as UNusual Words: housewife, moonwalk, dog, basement, conclude, alien, ignore, lightning, embrace, time Story Kevin was never sure how he ended up appointed to the UN, but here he was about to conclude his first speech. He couldn’t quite ignore the feeling his time was coming when they all found out he was […]
[Write the Story] A Lunch Date Gone Wrong
Prompt: A Lunch Date Gone Wrong Words: eruption, salad, fire, career, assume, roller skate, draw, promise, full moon, sweet Story “Tell us everything that happened.” I took a second to draw in a deep breath. The whole situation was so stupid, and now the Special Investigations Units of Police and Fire were involved. “Ma’am? Are […]
[Write the Story] Chasing the Enemy
Note: This story is very Sarah Kuhn-esque. I was reading her book, Heroine Complex when I wrote this. [asa]0756410843[/asa] Prompt: Chasing the Enemy Words: demon, bystander, escaped, parakeet, destiny, hammer, singing, ash, cathedral, heels Story Why did I have today of all days to wear heels? The thought echoed through my brain with every painful […]
[Write the Story][Writing Blog] ConDFW and Drama Story
Or something like that (I wrote a draft of this yesterday). I’m busy trying to nail some stuff down for ConDFW in JUST TWO DAYS! Ack! There’s a new anthology appearing and a Redheads sketch to polish up. Cats to herd. Ducks to row. That sort of thing. [asa]B01N7IXPPE[/asa] My schedule is light for Friday, […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] The Christmas Haul
Just in case anyone was concerned… the pen blog is safe for a while. Thanks to wonderful people in my life who totally enable me. I still have to clean out the GIANT BOX OF PENS – which is part of the Grand Organizational Process of 2017. JetPens did an awesome black ink sampler… so […]