Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Writing Prompts for November 10, 2009


Too Perfect
She'd tried a bit too hard to be perfect and ...

Artist Date or Field Trip:

Visit a local college or university and hang out in the student union. What do you see of interest?

Literary Quote of the Day (unverified from the web)
John Ciardi writes, "A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in the students."

INKDrop:

How has education benefited you as a writer? What has it done to inhibit you as a writer? Examine the role education plays in the lives of the characters you create and discover how your own views of higher learning color their views.

Connect:
Join Second Life (it's free) and check out the INKsters group there for more virtual inspiration and literary camaraderie. NaNoWriMo is here! Go sign up and catch up! (It's free, 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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