Unfolding the Map
The map was so much larger than he remembered it, and ...
Artist Date or Field Trip:
Grab a map of your town, close your eyes and point. Now go visit the place where your finger landed. Describe.
Literary Quote of the Day (unverified from the web)
Christopher Columbus wrote, "For the execution of the voyage to the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps."
INKDrop:
Christopher Columbus ran into the Caribbean Islands without a map. Not bad shooting there Chris! Where have you ended up by accident? List some good places and some bad places. Create a character who stumbles into a place quite by accident and then jot down positive and negative outcomes. Which seems more likely?
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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