Writing Exercise - The Wit and the Pendulum
I tried my hand again at some humor. It's been tough to write, which just mean I need to keep on practicing and working on it, right?
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In this exercise, I had to slow down time in a short sequence of events. Our perception of time often changes depending on the event. I used an idea I've had on a take on the zombie genre to try and create a sense of anxiety that would probably occur in this situation.
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This week's prompt was to write one paragraph that strongly evokes a certain emotion. I was going to attempt humor, but I couldn't come up with anything, so I tried my hand at some thriller/horror.
Read MoreWriter's Wednesdays - Pictures
This week's prompt was to find a picture and create something around it. I went apocalyptic this week. Here's the picture followed by the story.
Read MoreWriting Wednesdays: Page 5
I joined a writing group, and we do new prompts every Wednesday, so those will be some new upcoming posts. This past week's prompt was using the first sentence on page 5 of the nearest book. Mine came from Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, which, by the way, is a wonderful book that is being adapted to film.
Read MoreWriting Exercise - Names Exercise
This is a writing exercise from the 3 a.m. Epiphany book. I took only words created out of the letters of my wife's name and came up with a short scene. It was tough, to say the least.
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