Weekly Writing Prompt — 4/20/11 Edition

Weekly Writing Prompt

Writers:

For everything this day is suppose to signify, the most important is your reminder to make your art a priority in your life. That’s why you get this little note. To be sure that you are carving out even just :20 a day to write and create.

Reminder that our work session Sunday is simply a write-in, much like you would experience at the Bindlestick or Toad’s or any of the other spots we’re known to plop down and write. Feel free to bring Easter Treats to share. Same time – 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Same place — North Bend Library Meeting Room. Please let me know if you plan to attend so we can make appropriate accommodations.

The calendar is really against us this year as our next working session is Mother’s Day. I have only had one person say that they could attend. Additionally, my family is quite adamant about me being home that day, so there will be no meeting that day. Let me reiterate:  No Work Session on May 8. The following meeting will be our Annual Meeting. Please do plan to attend. That will be on May 22.

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Travel, it’s a wondrous thing that allows us new perspectives on the world and its inhabitants. I want you to travel in your prose, poem, blog or whatever this week. Take yourself to an exotic land, or outer space, or inner space. Become a terranaut, or a pickle salesman in the streets of Sarajevo at the turn of the century. Whatever, wherever. The point is to explore somewhere new within the pages (screen). Let your mind wander as you let your characters travel. Always wanted to hitchhike across the continent? Have your thrifty character do it for you.

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If you come up with something you like and you’ve spent enough time revising, send it out into the world. Find a place for it to land. If you need help with the where and who, let me know. I am happy to help,.

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We are still looking for volunteers for the Warrior Challenge. Please let me know if you plan to do this.

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Those awaiting my critiques, be prepared, this weekend is all about clearing out my “to critique” file. 😀

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And now your moment of Writing Zen:

“The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel.” ~Piet Mondrian

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What did you Write today?
~Casz

Casondra Brewster
Moderator/Founder
Sno Valley Writes!
Helping Writers Reach New Literary Peaks Since 2008
http://www.snovalleywrites.org
Check us out on Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/SnoValleyWrites

“But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
Falling, like dew upon a thought, produces
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.” ~ Lord Byron

Weekly Writing Prompt -April 14, 2011 Edition (Better Late Than Never)

Weekly Writing Prompt

Writers:

We have a huge opportunity for SnoValley Writes! But in order to take advantage of it — we’re going to need a good portion of our group to join the effort.

As you know Warrior Dash is coming to North Bend, WA, July 16th and 17th, 2011 and your board of directors is looking for groups to volunteers to participate on behalf of SnoValely Writes! In exchange, the organization coordinating the event will provide us with a donation of $1,000.  As volunteers you would receive a t-shirt, food throughout the day and access to all our live-music and festival-like atmosphere, in addition to earning a significant donation for SnoValley Writes!   If we’d like to double the donation — $2,250 —  our group would need to volunteer one shift on Saturday and one Sunday.

Our goal, is to at least fulfill the requirement for the $1,000 donation.
We need to pull together our Epic Writers — we need a minimum of 25 people  (at least 16 years of age — in case you were thinking you could bring family members) to staff one (or all) of the following shifts:

Saturday:
SHIFT #1:  Saturday, July 16, 2011 from 6:00am-1:30pm
SHIFT #2:  Saturday, July 16, 2011 from 12:30pm-8:30pm

Sunday:
SHIFT #1:  Sunday, July 17, 2011 from 6:00am-1:30pm
SHIFT #2:  Sunday, July 17, 2011 from 12:30pm-8:30pm
**Please note times are an approximation and subject to slight changes

Tasks for the Day:
·         Check-in / Packet pick-up (Assist in the distribution of race packets to racers)
·         Supervising course obstacles for participant safety and cheering them on
·         Stationed at Beer, Turkey Legs, Gear Check, or Merchandise
·         Start and finish lines water distribution & congratulatory section
**The above is an example of some volunteer tasks for the day.  Actual tasks may vary and will be assigned on race day.

Location:
All shifts will take place at:
Meadowbrook Farms
North Bend, WA
**Location is subject to change

What SnoValley Writes! get in return:
For each shift that your organization covers, the Warrior Dash organization will make a donation of $1,000 to our organization.   Each volunteer will receive a Warrior Dash staff t-shirt (to be worn during the shift).  They will also feature our logo on the Warrior Dash webpage with a link to your webpage.
If you are interested and available in volunteering at Warrior Dash Washington 2011 in support of SnoValley Writes!, please let me know.
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Now to the writing portion of this week’s creative push email.

In honor of the above’s opportunity:

Tell me a warrior’s tale.

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Easter Sunday (Apr. 24) is our next meeting. I know that many of you will be involved in community, church and family activities; however, we are still going to meet and take advantage of the time and space provided by our gracious King County Library System hosts. We will be there from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in a modified Write-In. There will be no moderation and no “lesson” as is typical. It will simply be a time to work together, ask or give feedback, etc. Much like our Writers’ Cafe or DayTripper Meet-Ups. I encourage all of you to take advantage of this time to make your art a priority in your life.

Please RSVP regardless — so we can insure that enough space (tables and chairs) are readily available and because, as always, I am beholded to give a count to the library, both before and after the event.

The following work session is scheduled for May 8. This again is presenting challenges with attendance due to the Mother’s Day holiday. I need a pre-count to see who might be able to attend. Worse case, we will again provide the space and time for writing, critiquing and just making writing a priority in our life. However, if there are enough people — we will continue our focus on critiquing — this time focusing on verbal response. So let me know if you think you will be able to make it on May 8th and more information will follow as attendance deems it appropriate.

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And now your moment of Writing Zen:

“I went through a pretty intense experience. I met a lot of darkness inside and met it head on. I came out with a decision to live that was very compelling. And I wanted to write about that.”
Ned Vizzini quotes

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What did you Write today?
~Casz

Casondra Brewster
Moderator/Founder
Sno Valley Writes!
Helping Writers Reach New Literary Peaks Since 2008
http://www.snovalleywrites.org
Check us out on Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/SnoValleyWrites

“But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
Falling, like dew upon a thought, produces
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.” ~ Lord Byron

Weekly Writing Prompt — April 6, 2011 Edition

Weekly Writing Prompt

Oh my fellow creative souls!

Happy National Poetry Month! Bonus points if you have read these poets:  Armantrout, Gibson, Lasky, Manguso, Schomburg, Wier, Collins, Kaminsky, Lyalin, Phillips and Spicer. If you haven’t — get on it! Being a good reader helps you be the best writer.

Life just seems to constantly remind us that everything that has happened — ever turn, every hill or valley, each choice at the fork in the road has brought us to this point. At this point, I can feel the electricity of Spring and all the creative energies that have been bound up all cold and stormy winter are ready to come shooting out through the earth in our souls and bursting out and blooming into an explosion of colorful treats.

What dirt and dust will you brush away in your writing? Will you work to make it beautiful? If you want to reach new literary peaks this year come join us Sunday at the North Bend Library Meeting Room at 3 p.m. for our regular work session.  You will need to bring a piece you’ve done from one of the prompts — Again, you can find them all on the Web site blog or under the Notes section on our Facebook page. I really want to spend time on the critiquing process Sunday. Oh, you’ll write, so don’t forget the journal and pen or power cord and lappie (either is acceptable). Do please RSVP — so I may plan accordingly. For instance, if we have 5 people I will schedule our time differently than if there is 15 of us — make sense?

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This week’s prompt comes to you from my personal month-long Noir film festival. Write a poem or a story from this phrase:  A stranger came to town…

Besides our Sunday work session, you can use those poems and stories to enter/submit to the following:

Spring Garden Press Poetry Award. Prize is $500. Deadline is April 15. See submission requirements at www.springardenpress.com/spg/contests/html

Lois Cranston Memorial Poetry Prize

CALYX, A Journal of Art and Literature by Women is pleased to announce the Tenth Annual Lois Cranston Memorial Poetry Prize judged by award-winning poet Sidney Wade.  The contest runs from March 1 to May 31, 2011.  First prize is $300 and publication in the journal.  Complete guidelines are available online at http://www.calyxpress.org/Cranstonprize.html

Aesthetica Creative Works Competition
The 2011 Aesthetica Creative Works Competition is now open for entries! Aesthetica Magazine is inviting all artists, photographers, writers and poets to submit their work into the Creative Works Competition. Now in its fourth year, the competition is dedicated to celebrating and championing creative talent across the disciplines and welcomes entries from poets and writers working in short fiction!
The Competition has three categories, Artwork & Photography, Poetry and Fiction.
Winners and finalists are published in the Aesthetica Creative Works Annual.
Winners of each category receive £500 prize money (apx. $800) plus other prizes.
Entry to the Creative Works Competition is £10 (apx. $16).
The entry fee allows the submission of 2 images, 2 poems or 2 short stories.
The deadline for submissions is the 31st August 2011.
More guidelines on how to submit can be found online at http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/submission_guide.htm

The Crazyhouse/Tupelo Press Award – Prize is $3,000 and publication. Deadline April 15. See www.tupelopress.org for details.

Nimrod Literary Awards. Prize $2,000. Deadline is April 30. See submission details at www.utulsa.edu/nimrod

And for those who want something light-hearted and fun:

By April 15 get your entries into The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest. Award is “a pittance.” Your submission should be a single, unpublished (bad) sentence — strongly recommend to not be longer than 50 to 60 words. Multiple entries OK. See submission details at www.bulwer-lytton.com
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And now your moment of Writing Zen:

“The aim of literature … is the creation of a strange object covered with fur
which breaks your heart.
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— Donald Barthelme

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What did you Write today?
~Casz

Casondra Brewster
Moderator/Founder
Sno Valley Writes!
Helping Writers Reach New Literary Peaks Since 2008
http://www.snovalleywrites.org
Check us out on Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/SnoValleyWrites

“But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
Falling, like dew upon a thought, produces
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.” ~ Lord Byron

Weekly Writing Prompt — March 23, 2011 Edition

Weekly Writing Prompt

Greetings Writers!

*First order of business…say this out loud three times:  I AM A WRITER.

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Did you say it?

Good.

Now Believe it. Do it. Live it.

**Today’s prompt to kick your muse in high gear is about strategy.  Whether it’s the strategy you have to make writing a priority in your life, or the strategy of a business person’s plan, or the strategy of a sport’s coach…it evades all our lives and is something for which we must take note.

What strategies do your characters employ to get what they want? Is there a strategy by some other character is tactically implementing to prevent your MC from getting it? What’s your strategy for telling that story? For the poets, can you dissect the word:  strategy (and not strategery…that isn’t a word, sorry folks)? Investigate what it means to be strategic, to apply a strategy. Does nature have a strategy. Ask yourself, write the answers as you see it.

Think. Strategize. Write.

***Feel free to bring whatever you compose based upon this prompt to share at our next work session, which is this Sunday, March 27 at 3 p.m. at the North Bend Library. Please RSVP with me by Friday night so I can plan accordingly. Topic is going to be discovering and examining theme in our work. Hope to see a record crowd this week!

****We are still looking for a volunteer who resides further “north” in the valley to organize at least a bi-monthly Writers Cafe in the Fall City/Carnation/Duvall area. If you’re interested in doing something like this, which provides important creative time for our northern valley members, please Email me. I will answer any questions you may have and assist in any way possible.

*****There are several community event opportunities that need volunteers and project managers. Those interested in spearheading a) Writing Contest b) Word Jazz and c) Festival at Mount Si Arts Festival, please email me with your desired volunteer level. I do tend to have more soldiers than generals in these call outs. I would love to see some generals step up. There are some highly capable and energetic people in our dear SnoValley Writes! membership; don’t be shy. The learning potential and networking with the larger arts community abound within these opportunities.

******And now your moment of Writing Zen:

“You must write for children the same way you write for adults, only better”  Maxim Gorky

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What did you Write today?
~Casz

Casondra Brewster
Moderator/Founder
Sno Valley Writes!
Helping Writers Reach New Literary Peaks Since 2008
http://www.snovalleywrites.org
Check us out on Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/SnoValleyWrites

“But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
Falling, like dew upon a thought, produces
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.” ~ Lord Byron

Weekly Writing Prompt — March 16, 2011 Edition

Weekly Writing Prompt

Greetings Fabulous Fellow Writers!

I’m going to start with your moment of Writing Zen, this week, instead of traditionally ending with it.

“The great struggle in life is not between good and evil, which are both relative terms, but between the desire for certainty and the desire for freedom. Freedom and certainty cannot equally coexist. The more you have of one, the less you have of the other. And certainty is merely an illusionary product of fear.” ~Tom Robbins (Author)

That is your writing prompt as well. Drive your character back and forth between certainty and freedom. What does she give up or gain? Show me the pain, the indecision, the exhiliration and peace once the choice (whichever is right for your character) is made.

Lots of deadlines coming up at the end of the month for contests, journal submissions, etc. If you don’t have a goal for one, and have a story you want to set free into the world, Email me back and I’ll see what I can do to help you find an appropriate landing zone for your newly launched baby. 😀

Now get your butt in that chair and write!

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What did you Write today?
~Casz

Casondra Brewster
Moderator/Founder
Sno Valley Writes!
Helping Writers Reach New Literary Peaks Since 2008
http://www.snovalleywrites.org
Check us out on Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/SnoValleyWrites

“But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
Falling, like dew upon a thought, produces
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.” ~ Lord Byron

Weekly Writing Prompt — March 10, 2011 Edition

Weekly Writing Prompt

Once again you get our weekly inspirational time together just a tad early. My Wednesday promises to be co-opted by those who would wish me and mine ill — so, I wanted to make sure you didn’t miss this.

Don’t forget field trip on Saturday night. Leaving North Bend Library Parking lot at 6 p.m. Reading/Signing with local authors, Aaron Dietz, J.R.D. Middleton and Grace Krilanovich. They are billing it as “New Literature Wilderness Exploration Group.” (as a side note, prominent folks from Dark Coast Press and Emergency Press will be there…come find out what makes them tick and what new wild literature they want to publish next).

Sunday is our regular work session. North Bend Library Meeting Room 3 p.m. Please RSVP to let me know you’re attending and so I can structure the session appropriately.

Here is the prompt:  Irregular Creature.

If you create something you love and it’s within 1,000 words and you get it done before noon on Friday. Submit it here: http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2011/03/04/irregular-creatures-flash-fiction-challenge/

If not, bring it Sunday to share with the rest of your fellow writers.

Also here’s another resume builder potential for your writing:  http://www.undergroundvoices.com/UVcontribute.htm

For those that really want to dive in big —  I mean BIG:  Tin House (as in the literary mag that features folks like Dorothy Allison, Stephen King and Sherman Alexie) Summer Writers Workshop. It’s a weeklong (July 10-17) intensive series of workshops, seminars, panels and readings lead by the editors of Tin House magazine. Tin House Books, and their guests. Full and partial scholarships available. Scholarships are highly competitive and awarded based on the merit of a writing sample only. To apply, fill out the scholarship application in addition to the general application. First come, first serve. See more info here: http://www.tinhouse.com/writers-workshop/applying.html

And now your moment of Writing Zen:

‘It’s a kind of zen question: if you write a book and no one reads it, is it really a book?’

Lee Child

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What did you Write today?
~Casz

Casondra Brewster
Moderator/Founder
Sno Valley Writes!
Helping Writers Reach New Literary Peaks Since 2008
http://www.snovalleywrites.org
Check us out on Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/SnoValleyWrites

“But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
Falling, like dew upon a thought, produces
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.” ~ Lord Byron

Weekly Writing Prompt — March 2, 2011 Edition

Weekly Writing Prompt

Woohoo! Just like a magazine subscription you’re getting this a tad early. I’m fighting with a boring protagonist right now, so I thought I’d take a break and get this all penned to my fellow writers.

1.  Update: A second run of  “FALL INTO STORY” our second annual Views, Voices & Verses journal has arrived in. If you want a copy at a discount — $12 — verses the $15 on the street cost, please let myself or Sheri Kennedy (sherikcarriage@msn.com) know as soon as possible. By next Wednesday, all the copies which remain after this members-only discount special sale will be held by the hungry merchants in our area that want it. Once you raise your hand to say you want a copy, or two or three, Sheri or I will make arrangements with you to get the book in your hands.

2.  Our group has grown and accomplished so much. But where to take things next remains the question. Please take five minutes and answer this survey so we can determine where to go with the group.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/R68JNF7

The information you leave in that survey will help guide your board of directors to accomplish even more and provide better leadership for you, our fellow authors.

3.  You didn’t think you were going to get away without writing did you? Well, actually, yes, you’re prompt is to fill out the survey monkey. 😀 Above.

4.  Field Trip! March 12 at Elliott Bay Book Company to see three local authors — Aaron Dietz, Grace Krilanovich and J.R.D. Middleton read from their current works. I can bring up to six others. I will be leaving from the North Bend Library parking lot at 6 p.m. on that evening. If you want a ride — RSVP now. If you need to drive yourself and want to follow me, that’s cool, too. Event starts at 7 p.m.; I suspect we’ll be back in North Bend around 10 p.m.

5.  If there is something specific you would like covered in the work sessions, please let me know. Next one is March 13 (the afternoon after our field trip), at 3 p.m. at the North Bend Library Meeting Room.

6.  And Now your moment of Writing Zen:

“The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.”
Oscar Wilde quotes

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What did you Write today?
~Casz

Casondra Brewster
Moderator/Founder
Sno Valley Writes!
Helping Writers Reach New Literary Peaks Since 2008
http://www.snovalleywrites.org
Check us out on Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/SnoValleyWrites

“But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
Falling, like dew upon a thought, produces

Weekly Writing Prompt — Feb. 23, 2011 Edition

Weekly Writing Prompt

My fellow writers:

I hope this day finds you well, safe and warm. Weather like what we’ve all experienced lately –that flings us back and forth between spring-like sunshine and winter’s harsh blast — is enough to make any one feel like they aren’t sure what to expect next.

Honestly, we shouldn’t.

But, it’s a great mood to write into the conflict of your story — because isn’t it the uneasiness with decision that many of our protagonists find themselves in between the pages of the stories we write? Has your protagonist been playing it safe? Or are they taking risks that let your story weave into uncertainty and likely more exciting reading?

Today’s prompt is to take a character and make them make those choices that are the riskiest. It doesn’t mean that they won’t break their neck when they fall — but what happens when they are recouperating in the hospital? Or end up with a new job because they lost their former job during their sick leave? The alley at night probably isn’t the best choice to walk, but your heroine swore she heard an animal in distress, plus it saves walking past her old boyfriend’s house. Push the envelope. Play safe with your driving in the snow — but not on the pages of your story. Think of the riskiest thing you would NEVER do and make your character do it. Write until your own heartbeat is palpitating. Got 1,500 words and you found ‘The End?’ Then consider sending it out. Upcoming contest/submission deadlines include:

Feb 28 – Gulf Coast Contest:  http://bit.ly/ez6WR5

Feb. 28 – Ledge Fiction Awards:  http://bit.ly/gEpjOy

Apr. 15 – Bellingham Review: (I’d like to see many of you try for this one) http://bit.ly/gyqwEN

There are a ton more…and I’ll try to get you some more later on this evening. But for now I’m plotting my escape from the city by the sound and heading back to my beloved valley.

But, first, your moment of Writing Zen:

“Every great and original writer, in proportion as he is great and original, must himself create the taste by which he is to be relished.” ~ William Wordsworth

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What did you Write today?
~Casz

Casondra Brewster
Moderator/Founder
Sno Valley Writes!
Helping Writers Reach New Literary Peaks Since 2008
http://www.snovalleywrites.org
Check us out on Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/SnoValleyWrites

“But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
Falling, like dew upon a thought, produces
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.” ~ Lord Byron

Weekly Writing Prompt — Feb. 16, 2011 Edition

Weekly Writing Prompt

Writers:

Apologies for the delay in your weekly nudge to focus on your art and passion. It’s been one of those days. I should have known when I nearly sent this out last night and thought, “Nah, you can do it in the morning as normal….” As they say, “the best laid plans.” However, that was my intuition telling me to get ahead of things. I’ve noticed that as writers, we have a stronger intuition than most (regardless of gender). It’s because we people watch and we understand what motivates us human beings to do the wild and wacky things that create the groundwork for stories.

My intuition today is telling me that your assignment needs to be something to support the larger writing community. More specifically to support those that support authors the best — your independent book stores. I’m linking a blog entry here that I want you to read:

http://www.examiner.com/books-in-seattle/5-things-you-can-do-to-save-your-local-bookstore

This is a sad trend and goes above and beyond the normal attrition for such businesses. Books are a huge part of our culture. These independent sellers bring that culture to you in a less commercialized and real way. They also tend to be more author-friendly both as far as sales go and in support for book tours and the like.

Your writing prompt this week is to do two of those five things. I’m shouting from the rooftop now and I try to buy books first directly from the author — at their Web site (which often ties back to their seller of choice) or at a signing — or from an independent seller.

If you haven’t visited an independent book store recently, I encourage you to do so.

In fact our next field trip is likely going to bring us to an independent book store — more on that next week.

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Next order of business is to expect a survey. I wanted to have it done today for you all. But, it won’t happen until likely next week — and that’s only if my day job eases off so I can concentrate on other things. I also have to sit through a long seminar on Thursday night, so I might work on it then. Regardless, when you get the invite for the survey (it’s all done online), please take the few minutes to fill it out. It will help guide us throughout the next year on what we can do to help writers reach new literary peaks.

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And now your moment of Writing Zen:

“A writer should have the precision of a poet and the imagination of a scientist.”
Vladimir Nabokov quote

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What did you Write today?
~Casz

Casondra Brewster
Moderator/Founder
Sno Valley Writes!
Helping Writers Reach New Literary Peaks Since 2008
http://www.snovalleywrites.org
Check us out on Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/SnoValleyWrites

“But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
Falling, like dew upon a thought, produces
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.” ~ Lord Byron

Weekly Writing Prompt — Feb. 2, 2011 Edition

Weekly Writing Prompt

Welcome to February Writers!

A few deadlines to keep in mind today:

Feb. 13th – Jane Austen Short Story Competition

(http://www.zimbio.com/Jane+Austen/articles/tLicCUWELbU/Jane+Austen+Short+Story+Contest+Submission)

Feb. 18th – PNWA Literary Contest Deadline (see http://www.pnwa.org for details)

There are plenty others, this is just a smattering. Check out the latest issue of Poets & Writers for other submission calls, writing-in-residence programs and contests, too.

Get it out there!

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Your prompt today comes to us via the historic demonstration in Egypt this past week plus. I want you to take a historic event — one you have had great interest in and create a character to experience it. This may lead to a little bit of research, but don’t let it overtake your writing time. Just get enough so it can seem historically accurate. Remember fiction can have the “It’s a Magic Train” element to it. For those that don’t know what I’m talking about regarding the Magic Train, you should really break out of your writing shyness and join us during one of our Bi-Monthly Writers Work Sessions. But back to the prompt, get your story going, remember to keep the personal element in the story. What happens to your character during the American Revolution, a day watching the guillotine at work in Paris, or on a ship sailing for the great Silk trading routes? Work on your story  until you think that it’s good enough to send out. Then do it. Send it out!

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Next Writers Work Session is Feb. 13th at the North Bend Library Meeting Room at 3 p.m. Bring something to revise.

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And now your moment of Writing Zen:  Poetry is just the evidence of life.  If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.  ~Leonard Cohen
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What did you Write today?
~Casz

Casondra Brewster
Moderator/Founder
Sno Valley Writes!
Helping Writers Reach New Literary Peaks Since 2008
http://www.snovalleywrites.org
Check us out on Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/SnoValleyWrites

“But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
Falling, like dew upon a thought, produces
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.” ~ Lord Byron