This morning browsing my reader, I came across a writing prompt over at the Mad Chronicler. I’m such a sucker for prompts, so I spent some time this morning working on a piece of short fiction. I would love to see what else comes from this prompt, so if you take up the challenge, please … Continue reading Writing Prompt from the Mad Chronicler
The Laundry Room Whitney Carter She thudded ungracefully down the basement stairs, the laundry basket clasped against one hip, bumping against the wall with each step. The fifth step down gave a familiar squeak as she gathered scattered pieces of cat litter between her toes. She double checked the bottom step out of absentminded habit … Continue reading The Laundry Room
If you’re anything like me, I have a hard time writing if I can’t get a story’s hook correct. It will bother the daylights out of me, so that I write a sentence or two, then go back and try to edit the first line, which usually results in having to hit the backspace button … Continue reading A Look at Effective Novel Intros
The only bad thing about this list is that all of these are already taken. 😥 No seriously though, it's useful to read other writers' successes, even if they're only one-liners. Here's the full list, but here's a few of my favorites: "Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same." -Emily … Continue reading 51 Of The Most Beautiful Sentences In Literature
Yeah, I know what your English professor tried to tell you. But if your English professor could make a living writing fiction, they would have been doing it. - Dean Wesley Smith Writing fiction is hard, and in some ways is harder than writing non-fiction. At its core, non-fiction is based in finding a unique … Continue reading 8 Steps to Writing Better Fiction
