Uh… Oops ~blush~
Okay, so I fell off the wagon, and instead of waiting, the darn thing ran off and left me here. So… Let’s do this. JUNEBUG! Since I left off on 5/20, that leaves the rest of those days for stories. … Continue reading →
Okay, so I fell off the wagon, and instead of waiting, the darn thing ran off and left me here. So… Let’s do this. JUNEBUG! Since I left off on 5/20, that leaves the rest of those days for stories. … Continue reading →
This is for Dawn, who is about to become a Mamma. She kept pestering me to write more of this story, so here you go, Mamma! (Have Not-the-Mamma buy you some ice cream for you!) To catch up, here’s where … Continue reading →
This story continues one I wrote for March FADness last year, called “The Rescue.” Fernando came awake to a heavy weight against his chest and stomach, as though a jack collapsed and let the car fall on him. He tried … Continue reading →
This prompt is a lot darker than the ones we’ve been looking at recently. The job here is to use the setting to establish a mood. The object is to use the same setting, but in one make it from … Continue reading →
This prompt explores atmosphere. Horror stories do this very well (we all remember “a dark and stormy night,” right?); so the idea is to play with those images and see what we can come up with. “The Silent Ones” Susan … Continue reading →
This prompt asks us to consider the same situation, but once from the perspective of a dying character, and then from the perspective of a birth. It was interesting what came out of the keyboard; this is one of those … Continue reading →
The purpose of this assignment is to use setting to establish the opening and closing of a story. Setting can lead to Story, frame it, and sometimes be the purpose of it. By doing these exercises (this one and the … Continue reading →
The object of this exercise is to understand how to use nature settings effectively. We are to describe the setting of a man-against-nature story, using as much detail as possible. “Mount Shasta” Mount Shasta is not dormant. It’s one of … Continue reading →
Describe a train ride. The idea is to show travel, but I found it incredibly hard to do – the funny thing is, I ride a train to work every day. So I assumed it would be easy to write … Continue reading →
I haven’t fallen off the wagon, exactly; it’s more that the homework train collided with the posting train and there’s words all over the tracks! I’ll post shortly; just have to get caught up on the homework reading. Hang in … Continue reading →