Thursday, September 18 Hey Everyone — I’m back from my summer hiatus with more prompts, recommendations and explorations of the craft of writing. Today’s prompt: Write about frustration. Suggestions and inspirations: 1. Writing in prose, write a series of dialogue-free actions that depicts growing frustration. Write for 15 minutes 2. Writing poetry, create pacing, wordContinue reading “The Face of Frustration”
Category Archives: Rants & Rages
Rant 2.0
For Monday, July 7, 2014 Prompt #64 Today’s prompt follows up on last week’s rant prompt. Again, hints for good rant writing. Choose a topic about which you feel passionate. Let yourself go off on tangents. Let yourself be angry. Let yourself be funny. Let yourself be both. Keep your pencil moving and don’t eraseContinue reading “Rant 2.0”
Thursday Thoughts: Why Write?
July 3, 2014 It’s Thursday Thought-day again, so instead of posting a prompt, I’m posing another writer’s question. Ponder, discuss among friends, consider, debate. We write for different reasons at different times. Why do you write? Do you write to understand life more fully — to explore subjects, people, or places? To better understand yourself?Continue reading “Thursday Thoughts: Why Write?”
Let It All Out
July 2, 2014 Prompt #61 Today’s prompt is all about the rant. The “shout, shout, let it all out,” break-the-rules writing that demands you your speak your mind without apology. Instructions Scribble down attitudes and actions that infuriate you. List big issues, like poverty, or smaller ones, like not using yourContinue reading “Let It All Out”
Ellen Orleans 