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Category: starters
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Make your opening paragraph Google-worthy!
Strange title for today’s post, I know. I’ll let you know in a minute or two what I mean by it, but in the meantime, read this short passage from “Man Changing into Thunderbird,” by Armand Garnet Ruffo(published in the summer 2013 edition of The Malahat Review): The room is cramped with people. an…
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Picture it #001…a photo to inspire your writing!
Ok, so it might lead to some angst, but just look at this image by Brooke Shaden–a girl in white falling into a dark abyss–and you’ll see that there’s a poem waiting there for you to write!
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STARTERS : Great opening lines from 2013 BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS
I picked up a copy of the 2013 BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS, edited by Cheryl Strayed. Here are a few of the best opening lines: On Thanksgiving my father asked me if I wanted to visit the Nazi. –“Keeper of the Flame,” by Matthew Vollmer The first time I heard her I didn’t hear her at…
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4 Days to SIWC… 4 Writing Prompts from the 4 A.M. Breakthrough
4 Prompts from one of my favorite prompt books, The 4 A.M. Breakthrough, by Brian Kiteley 1. Write about a shopping list, as if this shopping list had much more meaning than it could possibly hold. Imagine this list found hundreds of years later and analyzed for hidden meaning (or perhaps without understanding of its…
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8 ways to connect to your creativity , from The Portable MFA
The following 8 ways to connect to your creativity come from The Portable MFA in Creative Writing, by The New York Writers Workshop (pp. 204-205): 1. Read a newspaper and free-write about something you find there. 2. Write a letter to an old lover. (Don’t send it.) 3. Do a physical activity you’ve never…