Stream of Consciousness
A Thought About Thinking.
I have been lingering on a single word lately. Vacillating. It describes a mind in motion without arrival. Thought rocking back and forth, clever, cautious, busy, yet oddly stalled. Not foolishness. Not weakness. Just the strange human habit of circling clarity instead of stepping into it.
By Cathy (Christine Acheini) Ben-Ameh.about a month ago in Writers
My Pet Hilda
Anne Bernays and Pamela Painter - What If? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers prompts The Exercise - Write a composition on the subject "My Pet." The only requirement is that this must be a pet you have never owned. It can be anything from a kitten to a dinosaur, from a fly to a dragon. Describe what your pet looks like, how you acquired it, what it eats and where it sleeps, what tricks it can do and how it gets on with your family, friends, neighbors,or the people at the work. The Objective - To expand your conception of characters and relationships.
By Denise E Lindquistabout a month ago in Writers
Fear, Anger, Pleasure
Anne Bernays and Pamela Painter — What if? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers prompts — The Exercise — Write three short paragraphs, the first "fear," the second "anger," and the last "pleasure" without using these words. Try to render these emotions by describing, physical sensations or emotions. Try to make your language precise and fresh. The Objective - To learn to render emotional states without a falling back on tired and imprecise language.
By Denise E Lindquistabout a month ago in Writers
What It Feels Like
This wasn’t supposed to happen, she said. She thought she had weathered all the storms, she thought she had fought all of obstacles that already taught her everything she knew about life. The thing is, he was different. He opened up this piece of her that she thought died. This piece of her that was trapped, alone, imprisoned in her own thoughts. Closed off and shut the door. Crying in the dark. Understanding for so long, that no one will ever be able to understand her. She lived most of her life with that in her head. At this point in her life, she was ready to accept that. He stopped her in her tracks.
By Slgtlyscatt3redabout a month ago in Writers
Fiction Prompt About A Sex Scene. Content Warning.
Anne Bernays and Pamela Painter — What if? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers prompts — The Exercise — With this caution and exhortation in mind, write a sex scene for a story in which you know your fictional characters well. The Objective - To gain access to this rich material indirectly so that this universal experience can feel singular, as though coming to be for the first time in history.
By Denise E Lindquistabout a month ago in Writers
The Wind And Fire
Few of us contemplate the wind these days. Wind is a herald of change. When fire is touched by the wind, it flares up in anger. When the wind caresses the surface of a lake, the water is so moved that it ripples in joy. When the wind trusses through the trees, their leaves dance and jump in response.
By Willow Walkerabout a month ago in Writers
One Character In A Fiction Story
Anne Bernays and Pamela Painter — What if? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers prompts — The Exercise — Write a story whose forward movement is propelled by: a character's belief in something: a tale such as in Alice Hoffman's White Horses, a religion, astrology, the I Ching, a friend's lie, or winning the lottery Allow something imagined to fire your character's imagination and provide the fuel to cause that character to act and move the story toward some conclusion. The Objective - To respect the minds and imaginations of your characters. To see how a character's imagination can transcend the confines of a limited point of view - as in Hotel New Hampshire and Zuckerman Unbound. To allow characters to experience the full range of thought of which we all are capable.
By Denise E Lindquistabout a month ago in Writers
