by Elizabeth | Nov 21, 2012 | Daily Prompt, Featured, Uncategorized
I was recently listening to Sherman Alexie read and discuss a Jessamyn West story on the New Yorker fiction podcast. When Deborah Treisman, the fiction editor of The New Yorker, asked Alexie if the story had a subtext or was really as simple as it seemed, he said that...
by Devi S. Laskar | Nov 20, 2012 | Daily Prompt, Featured, Uncategorized
“What could possibly go wrong?” This question has assumed an iconic (and ironic) place on this tour, and it’s used as a joke whenever someone suggests an activity or destination. We’ll always make fun of a situation – “How about we go to this sushi place and try the...
by Angie Powers | Nov 16, 2012 | Daily Prompt, Featured, Uncategorized
There’s something funny about the way I write. I always start with a situation that, really, with a little patience and common sense, anyone could navigate their way out of it. For example, let’s say I have a character named Rebecca, who is on her way to a very...
by Devi S. Laskar | Nov 15, 2012 | Daily Prompt, Featured, Uncategorized
Over the course of this year’s election cycle you were probably inundated with emails urging you to contribute hard cold cash to one of the campaigns for President of the U.S. of A. Many pundits credited President Obama and his team for a fantastic “ground game.” ...
by Elizabeth | Nov 14, 2012 | Daily Prompt, Featured, Uncategorized
NaNoTIP: Don’t write excessively long, winding, meandering sentences or phrases or paragraphs full to bursting, redolant with, literally stuffed with redundant, repetitive, overly-used adjectives, adverbs, coordinate or otherwise. Remember, you want your messy,...
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