Internet Writing Workshop 5/30/10

Animal World

Prepared by: Alice Folkart
Posted on: Sunday, May 30, 2010
at The Internet Writing Workshop

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In 400 words or less write a scene from an animal's point of view, have the animal want something from either a human or another animal.
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Is a dog waiting and waiting for his walk? Is a cat plotting to catch and eat the canary? Is a deer being hunted? That does the fish, swimming back and forth in his little aquarium, think of what he sees? The hamster--where does he think is he going in his running wheel? Perhaps the thoughts of a pet in a carrier on the way to the vet or going on a trip . Is this the voice of an old animal, tired, ready to die? What about the pampered 'accessory' dog who goes everywhere in his mistress's purse? Tame or wild, your choice.

Razor's Edge 5/28/10

originally posted at The Writing Vein
on 5/28/2010
with additional introduction

This week's prompt set is about ... COLLISION

It has three parts:
[1] Listen to the Andreas Mavrides video first and just write what comes to you as you listen. The goal this week is to just write. Don't edit. Don't wonder what it's about. Let it flow out of the pen or through your fingers on the keyboard.
[2] Read my freewrite as I was listening to The part Transcending part 8/8.
[3] Watch & listen to the Anna Oxygen video. Write a response to either your freewrite from part one above, or to my write from the Transcending video.

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[2] freewrite 5/28/10 by Dot
Walking to the edge of the outline, wondering where it came from and who put it there, she dared to look up. She hadn't intended to do anything but look at the figure on the ground. To see if she could see from the outline who this person was when they inhabited a body, when they could walk and breathe and smell the air just like she was doing now.

A shadow.

Left behind a shadow on the earth of a life that has ended.

How or why or who, she had no idea. This remnant drawn by someone else's hand the only acknowledgment in this place of this other life which was now gone.

That shadow crossed her eyes and she looked up and she saw. Not a beacon of light nor the glow of a soul. What she saw made her stop, pause, reconsider her own senses. The energy this other being left behind reflected back to her herself. The energy magnetic and luminescent with mirror-like qualities that let her see inside herself. Against the backdrop of the other's breath.

She put her right palm against her cheek. Glided her fingertips over her lips, across her chin, down to her throat. Felt the pulse of her heart in the right dip of her neck.

Alive.

The other was not.

Alive and seeing her essence floating in the detritus of another being's life.

[3]

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Internet Writing Workshop prompt 5/23

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Thank you productive members of The Internet Writing Workshop for this week's prompt:

It's a deal.

Prepared by: Alice Folkart
Posted on:
Sunday, May 23, 2010
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In 400 words or
less give us a scene where two characters make a deal. Show us what the stakes are for each, what he or she stands to gain or lose.
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Parents make deals with kids. Kids make deals with each other. Husbands and wives, friends, make deals. Bosses make deals with employees. In other cultures fathers strike bargains over the worth of their daughters as wives--how many goats is she worth? The colorful ways to drive bargains and make deals are endless. Have fun.

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mid-week prompt

This is a previous post from WOW! Women on Writing --

I've been saving it to do and decided to post the link here. It's an exercise for Creating Dynamic Characters.

Anne Greenawalt's post starts :

"Writers know that creating strong, memorable characters is one of the most (if not the most) important part of writing a story. ..."

Ah, yes, we know that. And sometimes we need reminders or boosts in the process. The exercise she posted works for writers of all ages and is a great way to work on creating a character who lives and breathes. Give it a try!
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weekly feature: Internet Writing Workshop prompt

I've been missing the daily poetry prompts.

"So, write some more," I say to Myself.

"Good idea," Myself says to I.

And a day goes by. Two days. Three. Then it's a week later. Plus a day or two.

Sigh.

The time allotted to creating daily poetry prompts has passed and there was no more time to create and post. I've been struggling to keep up with my weekly prompts, Razor's Edge, on Fridays at The Writing Vein. But it was such a good idea and I loved having them ready.

I will build some time into my schedule to post prompts ahead, like I did for NaPoWriMo. But, for now, I have another solution.

In my blog reader today was another installment from The Internet Writing Workshop. I've seen them before, read most of them. One of their features is a weekly writing practice. The title of today's is "Wake Up".

And I thought, "ah ha! This is my temporary answer."

Myself replied, "Yes, why re-invent the wheel when you're still driving the old one? Let those who've been doing this for many years help out a bit."

I said, "Deal!"

So here is the first of their weekly prompts here. Well - not THEIR first, but my first posting of their prompt! With a space to add your stories in the comments below. One prompt a week. And make sure to click on over to their website to check out previous posts. Good stuff there, including some interesting historical information.

Thank you productive members of The Internet Writing Workshop.

Without further ado, here is this week's prompt:

Wake up
Prepared by: Charles Hightower
Posted on: May 16, 2010
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Exercise: In 400 words or less, your character awakes in an unexpected location and you must show how the character reacts.
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Your character comes to consciousness and is surprised by the surroundings. Show your readers what the character experiences, how he/she behaves.

The tale should begin the moment the character wakes up. Remember, this is not to be a story about a dream, but about a real event in your character's life.
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Return here to post your story in the comments!
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missing the daily poetry

It has been a week since the end of NaPoWriMo. And I miss it. I've had brief discussions with the other two writers I was doing this "with." We all three miss it. But the month ended and so did the daily poetry.

Today, in a text message exchange, one writer and I wondered at this sudden absence of poetry writing. And why the month of April, that someone dubbed NaPoWriMo, made a difference.

My conclusion? It's because, as with NaNoWriMo, there is this giant pool of interpreters who have agreed to participate in this big "shared field of writing energy." For whatever reason, when we put our collective heads together in our separate writing spaces, the energy and time and creativity is there. We may be writing alone or in small groups - but the energy field we create encompasses the whole earth.

What if?

What if we could access that every day? Or most days. Not just in special months?

What. If?