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 →
Happy birthday to meeeee! (Actually, my birthday is May 8th, but still…) I received some money for a gift and took myself to get a Bucilla needlepoint kit. I didn’t realize this, but Bucilla is now owned by Plaid Online, … Continue reading →
In designing my opera gloves, I am using a couple resources. The first is the stitch dictionary by Barbara Walker, A Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns. Additionally, I did a web search for a few different opera glove designs, but … 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 →
This has an interesting approach. Rather than just write a story, we write a list of all the items we can remember from our household home. We don’t order the list, just write it without censoring. Then, read the list, … Continue reading →
The object here is to write down what you dream for a few mornings in a row, then pick one to expand on. The key is, tell the story as though it were plausible, don’t let the reader know it’s … Continue reading →