Today’s inspiration is a location with a theme. This series of images is from an abandoned amusement park. You can choose one image from the series, several images or all of the images to inspire your story. I find photography of abandoned places fascinating. How is it that beautiful buildings crumble when humans stop comingContinue reading “#Writober Day 6: Abandoned Amusement Park – Scooby-Doo Where Are You?”
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#Writober Day 5: Why is there always a cabin in the woods that isn’t mine?
Ahhh, The Cabin In The Woods, not only a great movie in its own right, but also the setting of my favorite horror comedy Tucker & Dale vs Evil. The cabin in the woods in today’s photograph was built in 1888 and is located inside Mt. Rainier National Park. Before you get to Paradise, there isContinue reading “#Writober Day 5: Why is there always a cabin in the woods that isn’t mine?”
#Writober Day 4: It was a dark and scary night
I love the eerie silence of today’s image. It screams, “Something nefarious is about to happen!” If you look very carefully, you are not alone. A person and a dog are up ahead. Are they walking toward you or away from you? Do they scare you, or will they come to your aid? IContinue reading “#Writober Day 4: It was a dark and scary night”
#Writober Day 3: Cheritas, Parageusia, and Flying Elephants-Oh My!
Disney’s Dumbo aside, I think flying elephants would be terrifying. The encompassing shadows they would cast; the constant fear of “droppings.” A world with flying elephants would be a scary world indeed. Are these angels down from heaven with an ominous message? What story does this picture tell you? #vss: very short story The newContinue reading “#Writober Day 3: Cheritas, Parageusia, and Flying Elephants-Oh My!”
#Writober Update
I wanted to add a few things to the line-up for #Writober. While reading Slade House: A Novel by David Mitchell for #RIPXII’s Peril of the group read, I had another idea of how to use the #Writober 2 pinterest board. Each image could be a scene in a continuous story. You mightContinue reading “#Writober Update”
#Writober Day 2
How did it go yesterday? Did you find Day 1’s image inspiring? Did you start #Writober with a bang? Jump in with both feet? Or is today the day? If you are starting today, Welcome, I’m glad you’re here. Here’s our visual inspiration for the 2nd of #Writober: This image reminds me of the PeterContinue reading “#Writober Day 2”
#Writober Day 1: Let autumnal writing commence!
Here it is, the first day of #Writober. And here’s Day 1’s inspiring image: I used a random number generator to help me order the photographs for #Writober 2, so there isn’t any significance to this being the first image. However, this image may be timely. It could be the aftermath of an earthquake,Continue reading “#Writober Day 1: Let autumnal writing commence!”
What are you planning for #Writober?
#Writober – a writing and reading extravaganza leading to Halloween September is flying by too quickly. I haven’t even posted my giant Summer reading review yet, but it’s already time to start looking toward October. October is a great time for writing, especially creepy fantasy and horror challenges. I’ve decided to use J.S. Nagy’s challengeContinue reading “What are you planning for #Writober?”
Need your next great idea? Try this!
A few years ago, after reading Dufresne’s Is Life Like This?: A Guide to Writing Your First Novel in Six Months, I created my go to story idea generator; my Plot-o-Matic. The Plot-o-Matic is a set of three different colored cards: green = Subject (person or occupation), yellow = Conflict (something the subject wants or needs),Continue reading “Need your next great idea? Try this!”
Reaping A Bountiful Harvest
I find no meal more satisfying than the one picked fresh from my garden. This year’s harvest is turning out to be very exciting. This year is the year of vine vegetables and many kinds of kale. Yum. The beauties pictured above were used for breakfast, lunch and dinner. For breakfast this morning I hadContinue reading “Reaping A Bountiful Harvest”
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