Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Writing Prompts for November 18, 2009


Booty
Her captive seemed ...

Artist Date or Field Trip:

Probably encouraging you to go out a capture a slave is a politically incorrect thing to do, so how about you run out and capture an item that will serve you well? What did you decide to claim? How will it serve you?

Literary Quote of the Day (unverified from the web)
Ezra Pound writes, "A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him."

INKDrop:

Ezra Pound, never being one to notice how incredibly stupid he is, defines slaves as people patiently enduring until salvation arrives. What groups of people actually do this and how do you feel about them? What do you endure? What constitutes salvation in your mind?

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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