Saturday, October 17, 2009

Writing Prompts for October 17, 2009


Kisses
She looked into his eyes and ...

Artist Date or Field Trip:

Go find a public display of affection and add to the story.

Literary Quote of the Day (unverified from the web)

“Your heart is my pinata,” jokes Chuck Palahniuk.

INKDrop:

Love hurts, love heals, love moves the plot forward and gives your characters goals. What traditional and non-traditional views of love do you bring to your writing and how will you avoid trapping your characters with your own views?

Connect:
Join Second Life (it's free) and check out the INKsters group there for more virtual inspiration and literary camaraderie. NaNoWriMo is coming!! Go sign up! (It's free too, except it will take your soul).

Competition idea: Grab a literate friend or two, agree on the topic today, and write. Maybe 1000 characters (fits in your cell phone notepad), or 500 words (our gold standard), or longer. Then share your work with somebody and ask them to select their favorite effort from today. You might be surprised how much you love winning (or hate losing).

And stop by our old home page and see if we've managed to catch up.

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