Tag: writing exercises
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April 19, 2008 12:53 PM EDT --
I go to Central Park on my lunch hour. I love to feed the birds and watch the children play. Sitting next to a nanny with two young charges happily babbling to one another I thought . . .
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November 15, 2007 04:42 PM EST --
'You have chosen me from low estate to be your queen and companion, far beyond my desert or desire; if, then, you found me worthy of such honor, . . .
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February 23, 2008 12:36 PM EST --
I drink coffee every morning
After time that I've spent snoring
I drink it strong and hot and black
This is the way that I get back into the groove of wakefulness
I . . .
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March 18, 2008 09:21 AM EDT --
He looks at her confused, why does she have to be so difficult. All he ever asked for is her undivided attention, her passionate promise that she loves no one more than him. . . .
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April 12, 2008 12:56 PM EDT --
Stacy had been whining to him about marriage for two years. Why couldn't she just leave things the way they are? He was happy; they had a happy life together why ruin it with . . .
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March 18, 2007 12:59 AM EDT --
(Digging through my old notebooks again. This one is from around 2004, a writing assignment to write ten first lines, 'hooks' for stories. The only one that ever actually became a story was number . . .
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February 21, 2008 10:22 AM EST --
A publishing goal, am I supposed to have one of those? I feel foolish thinking about it. I love to put my thoughts down on virtual paper, but it hadn't occurred to me that . . .
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February 10, 2008 03:29 PM EST --
The dusty typewriter sat on the desk in a room bathed with sunlight. This was where he always went to write his inner thoughts ruminate on loves won and lost, and ache for one . . .
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February 13, 2008 10:58 PM EST --
My husband's employer takes the whole company on vacation every year around late February, early March. We have been to some really nice places...San Francisco, Hawaii, Mexico. . . .
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April 23, 2008 11:46 AM EDT --
Some words create feelings and mental images that for me, go way beyond their official definition... This is one of those words.
Snide :
Etymology:
origin unknown
Date:
. . .
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April 26, 2008 09:57 PM EDT --
incharacter.gather.com
Welcome to In Character ! This group is a character development group for writers, in which we will post character development exercises, and discuss topics related to . . .
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March 01, 2008 12:42 PM EST --
There was music, the kind that never went away: the Stones and the Doors, Janis Joplin, very early Pink Floyd. It was one of those evenings. The kind of evening where she lets herself . . .
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May 31, 2008 12:37 PM EDT --
She took the written test.
She took the polygraph.
She was interviewed by a panel of three, in an effort to determine, if she was a fit candidate to field emergency calls to 911...
Could . . .
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June 18, 2008 11:50 AM EDT --
Dear Mom,
I know, I know. You warned me about this again and again . . . the image you hoped I'd never project. The "look" that would give others (namely "him's") . . .
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January 28, 2007 12:58 AM EST --
Lacy has her on hold. I know why she called; they’re on the rampage again and she wants my help.
Most of them don’t have any idea what took place, nor do they care. . . .
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May 03, 2007 12:24 PM EDT --
Go on a straight line in any direction, and after 40,000 kilometers (forget about fences and walls and buildings and oceans and other minor obstacles), where will you be?
Exactly on your starting point. . . .
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January 13, 2007 02:27 PM EST --
Every once in a while, writer’s block or writer’s laziness kicks in. Even though you may not be in the mood to write a whole article or some of your book, you should still write a little. Taking . . .
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September 10, 2007 02:50 AM EDT --
Write a story, 600 words, about a first hand experience. This can be fiction or non-fiction. However, only use I, me, or my twice throughout the entire story. Yet, make it known in the . . .
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September 16, 2007 06:28 AM EDT --
Alright, I have given us all a bit of a free week for the first exercise. Now, let's get down to work.
This week, let's try and post our submissions for the first exercise. . . .
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June 04, 2008 11:13 PM EDT --
I wanted to paint it purple, with dark wine balustrades and teal around the windows and upper gable; but my husband reneged on his promise. "Go for it Babe. Do it up your way," he'd . . .
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