I prepared the pages early this week and then spaced posting them yesterday, sorry. 2019 Planner May Week Five Last Week I finally typed up the ten unpublished poems from NaPoWriMo. I’m letting them sit a bit before I edit them. At the moment I’m not as excited about them as I had hoped toContinue reading “The Planner Experiment: Final Week of May and Finding Poetry”
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The Planner Experiment: May Week Three – New idea for writing prompts
Finding writing prompts in old movies The other day, while thinking about which classic monster I wanted to put in space for the Monsters in Space anthology, I remembered I have a copy of Little Shop of Horrors, the black and white, non-musical with Jack Nicholson. I also needed to come up with some writingContinue reading “The Planner Experiment: May Week Three – New idea for writing prompts”
Creative Writing for the WWE
Last month, during NaPoWriMo and A to Z Challenge, my word for the letter k was kayfabe. Kayfabe is a word used in professional wrestling for presenting staged performances as genuine or authentic. Imagine my surprise when I found this great video introducing people to the lives of the creative writers working for the WWE.Continue reading “Creative Writing for the WWE”
F is for fainéant
Today’s new word: fainéant n. an idler. adj. idle; indolent. National Poetry Writing Month prompt: Write a poem that emphasizes the power of “if,” of the woulds and coulds and shoulds of the world. Writer’s Digest April PAD (poem a day) challenge: “After (blank),” replace the blank with a word or phrase, make the newContinue reading “F is for fainéant”
C is for cathect- Poem:Call of the King Fisher
Today’s new word: cathect vt. to invest with mental or emotional energy National Poetry Writing Month prompt: Write something that involves a story or action that unfolds over an appreciable length of time. Writer’s Digest April PAD (poem a day) challenge: Write an animal poem. The poem could be about an animal. Or it couldContinue reading “C is for cathect- Poem:Call of the King Fisher”
B is for Brobdingnagian-Poem: Before Work
Today’s new word: Brobdingnagian adj. of huge size; gigantic; tremendous n. 1. a giant; a being of tremendous size 2. an inhabitant of Brobdingnag I came across this word in a book by Roy Peter Clark. It was fun to find out it comes from the fictional land of Brobdingnag from Gulliver’s Travels by JonathanContinue reading “B is for Brobdingnagian-Poem: Before Work”
A is for Agita- Poem: How to take a picture of the mountain in the morning
Today’s new word: agita n. 1. heartburn; indigestion 2. agitation; anxiety National Poetry Writing Month prompt: Write a poem that provides the reader with instructions on how to do something. Writer’s Digest April PAD (poem a day) challenge: Write a morning poem My poem How to take a picture of the mountain in the morningContinue reading “A is for Agita- Poem: How to take a picture of the mountain in the morning”
The Planner Pages: Changing course
The Experiment This month is flying by and I have very few submissions to show for it. My main issue is trying to read enough of each journal to get a feel for it and then when I’ve spent so much time reading the journal, I decide I don’t have a story that fits. I’veContinue reading “The Planner Pages: Changing course”
The Planner Experiment: #CallForSubmissions
Over 500 Followers!! Thank you to each and every one of you who has chosen to follow Experience Writing. I hope you continue to enjoy this writing journey. This is exciting! The Planner Experiment How are your submissions going? Are the planner pages helping? Do you have any suggestions for this week’s pages? I foundContinue reading “The Planner Experiment: #CallForSubmissions”
The Planner Experiment: February Week Three Planner Pages
As I write this, I’m listening to short stories from Asimov’s Science Fiction on their podcast. I also discovered and have been listening to The CryptoNaturalist. I hope to have stories on both of them some day. Earlier today I enjoyed listening to stories, some read by the authors, over at Three-Lobed Burning Eye. IContinue reading “The Planner Experiment: February Week Three Planner Pages”
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