So, here's the sitch... How's your current book in the works (or any fictional writing project you left alone for a while) doing? Fine, you say? No... really? How's it doing? Whether your fictional book/work is just doing eh, okay, terrible, or great, we could also use some extra spice in it! I mean, if …
Category: Writing!!!
Mad Libs: Poem Style
Let's have some fun today, guys! I'm sure everybody's familiar with Mad Libs, right? You know, these things... Photo taken from Walmart.com. Well, a lot of people used to do these things as kids. At least, I did after I found my older sister's original Mad Libs book from the 80s yellowing in the bottom …
Please tell the writers they’re funny.
Hey, fellow writers, wanna hear a joke? Here's one that my nieces love... Why was Cinderella bad at basketball? She always ran away from the ball! Ha... ha... But, hey, even the cheesiest of jokes always get a laugh out of somebody, right? Especially me, if anyone. I unapologetically love a good pun. So, recently, …
Give your character… a Wiki page!
HELLO FELLOW WRITERS! It's been a while, I know... but, hey, I'm back with a great new writing tip that I may or may not have just thought up! We all know character development is a super big huge good ol' part of the creative writing process or whatever... but, honestly, it can extremely boring …
A whole week of witty writing prompts!
Try saying that 10 times fast. Today, guys, I thought we could use a little fun. And you were probably thinking it, too, I'm almost sure of it... I mean, hey, it's Friday, even if it doesn't feel like it! So, here, I came up with seven witty writing prompts to get you through until …
Author & Artist Quotes
Now, I know it's kind of an odd hour to be up and posting... but, you know, I do my best work after midnight, so whether you're a late-nighter like me and get to see this before you go to bed, or you're the complete opposite and wake up before 2 pm to read all …
“A sneeze”
Guys, I'm getting the book back out. Remember this? 642 Things to Write About! Ah, yes, this book has jump-started a lot of great short stories that are never short enough for me to actually focus on long enough finish... But, today, I'm pulling another prompt from the book and just going for it! So, …
A writing tip for today!
So, I've started to notice a trend in my own writing as of lately... and, well, I kind of wanted to share it with y'all today! Without any explanation, here is the tidbit I've just conjured up... As soon as you say or think, 'no, I can't write that...', you have to write exactly that. …
Dialogue prompts for ya!
So, I had a pretty good time writing up my fall-themed writing prompts the other week... and I thought, hey, why not do some more general ones that don't necessary deal with a specific season or holiday time? You know, that way, if you actually secretly hate autumn and all the things that come with …
Two 5-word stories… or one?
Me trying to blog this week... is rough, I'll tell ya. But, after staring at the blinking type cursor for twenty minutes while daydreaming about my next gas station celebrity encounter, something quite magical happened... I typed five words. But then I kept deleting and re-typing them. But then... I wrote them twice! And then... …
