September 2011
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“I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women...”
– True freakin story, Oscar Wilde.
August 2011
Blog you all should follow: The Bob Lawlbog →
Steve is a friend of mine from high school, and he’s really, really funny. He has a very dry, controversial sense of humor that a lot of people don’t get, but once you realize he’s joking, he’s HILARIOUS. His blog is well-written, and unlike most of Tumblr, he’s actually writing longer posts about his opinions on things (and he is very opinionated. One time when we...
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Write a scene that takes place in pitch blackness.
Concentrate on the other senses that your characters are aware of, since they—and maybe the narrator—can’t see anything.
What causes this darkness?
Are the characters outside or inside?
Are they scared?
Read followers’ works inspired by this prompt:
This is how it happened. by KatsKradleXX
Dawning Darkness -...
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Prompt idea by imaginingatower:
Start a story with this line:
“She bit her lip and turned to Nate. ‘I think we’re on the wrong bus again.’”
Read followers’ works inspired by this prompt:
Just a little hope by i’m-not-having-a-good-day
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Write a story from the perspective of someone who is going to use a date rape drug on someone else.
How did the person choose whose drink he/she is going to put the drug in?
What about this person’s past makes them capable of wanting to do such a thing?
Is he/she successful? Does he/she suffer any consequences?
What happens to the person who ingests the date rape drug?
Read...
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Prompt idea by imaginingatower:
Write about the days of the week as individual personalities.
Read followers’ works inspired by this prompt:
Sunday Dinners by merry-golightly
Frienddays by all-theprettylights
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The Most Popular Books You Can't Find
I get daily emails from Shelf Awareness and I thought you guys might find this interesting:
BookFinder.com’s ninth annual list of the top 100 most sought after out-of-print books during the past 12 months features “a fair share of out-of-print mainstays such as Madonna’s nearly perennial number one Sex, but also a host of interesting newcomers.” Here are the top 10:
Sex...
Maybe I'll get yeahwrite.org
We are kinda an organization, after all. Of writers.
Sigh.
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HAHAHA YW JOKE!
“A linguistics professor was lecturing to his class one day. ‘In English,’ he said, ‘A double negative forms a positive. In some languages, though, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative. However, there is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative.’ A voice from the back of the room piped up, ‘Yeah, ...
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Hmmmm...
The existing yeahwrite.com looks like no one has updated it or been on it since 1999.
yeahwrite.net…?
ywrite.com…? (cept that makes me think of “why write”)
yeah—write.com…? (kinda lame tho…)
yeahwriters.com (still not crazy about… this blog is called Yeah Write!, not Yeah Writers, it’s just that yeahwrite.tumblr was taken)
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I am FRUSTRATED.
yeahwrite.com is taken.
yeah-write.com is taken.
yw.com is taken.
Aaaaaaaaaargh.
Definitely want a dot-com.
Suggestions?
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thesparklynarwhal asked: I saw on the publishing trendsetter website that you are a double major in English and German Literature. I just wanted to tell you that I think that's really awesome! German lit sounds so intense! Never heard of that combo before, haha. Anyways, that's basically all I wanted to say :]
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minigigi asked: A friend and I hope to start a Writers Club at my high school. We plan to offer prompt ideas, like your blog, and maybe peer editing or something, in case for grammar or just for a different perspective. Do you have any advice on what else we could do? Please and thank you. (:
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Write a scene in which one character is teaching another character to role a J.
What is the relationship between these two people? Friends? Dealer and buyer? Boyfriend and girlfriend? Father and son!?
Why do these people smoke weed? Or do they?
What prompts the teacher to start explaining the process?
Also: If you don’t know a joint is rolled, see if you can do research, whether via...
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Prompt idea by MSTrimmer:
Write about an affair from the perspective of someone other than the people directly involved. They could know the married partner or the other man/woman (if only one of them is married).
Read followers’ works inspired by this prompt:
Behind Closed Doors by KatsKradleXX
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My very last post for my internship →
This is officially my very last contribution to Publishing Trendsetter (sad). It’s the last part of a 3 part series I did called “Internviews”. I answered a bunch of questions before, during, and after. So if you want some more insight on a little bit of what a pub internship is like, check it out!
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living-borderline asked: I'm in a serious writers block (it's been about 5 months:/) and I just thought I'd say that your last prompt (about headaches) gave me a brilliant idea for the next chapter in my book. This is my first "break through" in awhile and it feels good to have these words flowing around inside my noggin again. Thanks love!
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Write about someone who is trying to listen to someone else, but they have a growing headache.
What’s causing the headache? Is it a migraine, or related to a stressful recent event?
Can the person still concentrate on the conversation he/she is trying to have?
Read followers’ works inspired by this prompt:
Blue and Grey by Elephantcurtsy
Pain On Pain by Change Of Ideas
Vocal...
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Prompt Idea by Change Of Ideas:
Write about a game of chess from the perspective of the pieces.
Read followers’ works inspired by this prompt:
Chesu No Heitai by Change Of Ideas
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GUYS.
I’ve been so good about keeping up with posting your stories. I’m so proud of myself!
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Write about someone who shoplifts.
Why does he/she steal?
Is the character poor? Does he/she have something against the shop/person from whom they are stealing? Do they like the thrill?
Read followers’ works inspired by this prompt:
Home of the Brave by Elephantcurtsy
Perfect Competition by Change Of Ideas
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Prompt idea by viscountjan:
Write a story personifying two eating disorders: anorexia and bulimia. They are known as Ana and Mia, respectively. Write about their obssession of being thin and their twisted idea of real beauty. And, most importantly, write about their victims and how those victims vanquished/conquered these disorders.
Read followers’ works inspired by this prompt:
Meet...
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spazolot asked: Hello. I was wondering if you could add YARN-The Young Adult Review Network to your Lit Mags list. We would love to publish more teen writers (especially essays which are very hard to come by it seems) and spread the word on our award-winning site - YARN recently won the National Book Foundation's Innovations in Reading Prize. Thank you in advance for your assistance and for this brilliant...
