I thought we’d try something a little different for this week’s prompt. Write the opening scene for three different stories based on this photo, then pick which one you like best and complete the short story. Have fun and happy writing.
Tag: writing
Where Do You Get Your Ideas?
Tell a non-writer you’re an author and the first question out of their mouth is usually, where do you get your ideas? Sometimes it’s a puzzle for writers too. What happens when the story idea bank runs dry? When I began writing, one major issue I had was one too many story ideas. They’d…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Take It Slow Week
It seems like it’s been an odd week because it had a holiday sandwiched in the middle of it. I almost forgot that today was Friday. I spent a good part of the day outside working on upcoming projects. One of those is finally deciding what to do with a site I sort of…
Conflict and Emotion-Keys to A Great Story(and getting published)
Thank you for your submission but we’re sorry it’s not suitable for us… On my journey to becoming a published author, receiving letters with that opening line became a weekly event. Sometimes I’d sit down and cry while other times I’d just get angry. These are great characters I’d tell myself. Are all these…
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Team Player
Whether you’re watching the World Cup games or not I thought this might be a fun writing prompt. You have a dream that suddenly you’re on a team in a crucial game and about to take corner kick. If this is a good dream then maybe you’re a top notch player and about to save the…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-We Made it to 500!
I was going to say it’s so hot today that you could fry an egg on the sidewalk but that would be a cliche and I’m a writer and should be able to come up with something better. However, my mind’s a blank right now. Thank you to this week’s guest blogger. Many of…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Finally Caught Up With Back Titles
The first Ramblings of the summer. I’m happy to say that I’ve finally caught up with all my back titles. I re-released the last of the batch yesterday. The next title I get rights back to is in October which gives me some breathing space and a chance to work on my mystery. Here’s a…
Readers First, Writers Second
It’s the first day of summer and I’ve already read the first book on this year’s books of summer. Many of you know I set aside twelve books each summer to read while the days are long and hot. I’ll reveal this year’s dozen very soon but the focus of this post is all…
Keep On Writing
I’ve been sorting through some of my old files and I came across this short article I wrote for, well, I can’t remember because it’s been that long. Best thing is it’s still relevant and fits in with the summer writing challenge so here it is… Raise your hand if you’ve begun writing a book. Now…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Multi-Tasking
An earlier than normal Friday Ramblings. The work week isn’t over just yet but I’m going to take a few hours off to watch a World Cup soccer game. After that, it’s back to work. Thank you to this week’s guest blogger. I finally got another back title revamped and published. When I say back…