Capbreton. Photo courtesy of Makunin, @ Pixabay It’s that time again. Today’s prompt: Target Word Count : 200 (give or take 10) I saw the picture at 02:00 this morning, and couldn’t really think of what do to with it. The picture is of the seas bunkers that were built in Capbreton, France during WWII, […]
Read More Anatomy of an edit: Part 4It’s strange, I’ve been writing lyrics and poetry for so long, and yet, when asked to explain it, I can’t. I mean, sure I can explain the mechanics of poetry: how its put together, but how do you go from rhythm and rhyme to something that actually touches the soul? How do I do […]
Read More Poetry: Part 1 overivewYesterday I posted my edits for the flash fiction contest I’d entered, taking the story down to it’s required 150 words (give or take 25), and I said, that it would be a better story if I could take it to the 300-500 range. This sounded like a good exercise to me, and so this […]
Read More FlashFiction rewriteAnother Friday!Flash, and another post writing break down. This time the prompt was the Mona Lisa – word count 150 give or take 25. Admittedly that gave me a lot more leeway than last week’s challenge, but I was about to find out that that isn’t always enough. I’m discovering that with flash fiction, […]
Read More The anatomy of an edit: Part III(as if I really need an excuse) In case you haven’t figured out by now, I am a learning junkie. It started when I was child and my mom and dad would do their cryogen demonstration* for the boy scouts and it has followed me in everything I do. It’s one of the things I […]
Read More Writing, an excuse for learningFriday was once again ‘Flash!Friday’ and I almost didn’t participate. I didn’t have anything, not really and the word count requirement was even more challenging: 100 words, no more, no less. At 18:00 I sat down and told myself “If you can write a 300-500 word story in an hour or two, this should be […]
Read More The anatomy of an edit, part IIWhile I was writing about the woes of taking a writer to the movies, I remembered my own childhood, and having to tell my dad: “just sit back and watch…” I was too young to know the phrase “suspension of disbelief” but I understood the concept. To my dad’s credit, he was trying to teach […]
Read More Never take a scientist to a Science Fiction MovieOnce or twice a year, I take my phone off the hook, go ‘back home’ and go to the movies… all weekend. I catch up on movies that I haven’t seen in a while, brush up on the originals when there are sequels in the theater so that they’re fresh in my mind, but mostly […]
Read More Never take a writer to the moviesThe more flash fiction I write the more I enjoy it. I also fear it. As if limiting myself to 500 words or less to tell a story weren’t hard enough, last Friday I tried my hand at telling a story in 95-105 words, and today the goal was 100 words exactly. I thought 100 […]
Read More Flash Fiction AddictionAdvice on writing is pretty much like advice on anything that is personal: what people tell you is usually a lot more about them and their writing, and a lot less about you and yours. Sure some advice is sound and good for everyone: proofread what you write; use a dictionary; the spellchecker is your […]
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