By Lori Moritz
This is not about a writing exercise… this is a writing about exercise… the physical kind.
I have read it countless times by a countless number of successful writers: You should exercise your body if you want to exercise your mind.
Now, I used to shrug this stuff off with...
I have been away from online ventures for the past two months because I almost died.
You think I’m kidding, but it’s true.
I know it has created a detriment to my writing audience, so I am in the works to ramp this back up again.
The good news is, I am having fun. I want to wrap up the old...
Time for a new challenge… it’s been awhile.
Parameters:
Write a short response to the prompt.
Read and respond to other responses.
Vote for your favorites by clicking the thumbs up. (Note, it will only let you vote once per user or per IP address)
After enough responses and votes come in, a...
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J.D. Salinger, God rest his soul, wrote more than just the incredible coming to age novel, The Catcher in the Rye. He wrote many short stories, and many related to a central group of characters. I’m taking a UCLA Extension class called Putting Dialogue to Work. The first assignment requires that we...
Tantra Bensko wins!
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Write about the Witching Hour
-by Tantra Bensko
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Midnight came and went many times today.
I have never experienced this before. I knew no one was looking when I started turning my head around like an owl to see all the midnights lining up around me.
One started speaking to me. Come....
Alright. Sure. Maybe it sounds strange… of course it does. But Tarot DOES have its uses outside of predicting the future and personal insight.
If you find yourself stuck, with no inspiration, in the dreaded state of Writer’s Block, get yourself a tarot deck.
Here’s the exercise:
If you...
Hey folks! I’m a home school teacher and after school tutor by profession… so good courses mean a lot to me. I’ve been scrounging around the internet for three years trying to find good online courses and forums. So far, I would say only two programs were worth it. Here’s my 2¢:
UCLA...
Blood Rain
- by Adam Wilby
I hated the rain.
I hadn’t always felt this way.
I vividly remember the day that I did.
It was August 23rd 2008 when everything changed.
I looked into the face of the man I had just punched. Blood was dripping from his nose, for his own part he was staring with an expression of...
THE PUNCH AND JUDY SHOW
- by Adam Wilby
Judy heard the keys rattle in the lock as Punch let himself into the flat they had shared together for the past two and a half years. She had never liked the flat much, situated as it was directly above the record shop where Punch worked during the day, it was also...
Lori Moritz Yes! Just log in and go to posts. Click on Cordelia's lament and press edit. Then do ...
Adam21 Is there a way you can edit posts here or do you need to delete and replace?
Reaso...
Lori Moritz Adam, you need to expand this... it is a cool concept. I want to know how many times ...
Lori Moritz I will have to add the Terry Pratchett book to my 2011 list, which I shall post soon....
Adam21 Out of all those books the only one I've read is Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys...believe ...
Lori Moritz I think we need to re-establish our skype tradition. I am logged in a lot.
That s...
Lori Moritz These are some great ideas.
I am waiting for the artwork to be finished before I ...
Lori Moritz I will put some comments up on it later today ;)...
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Lori Moritz used to think the only route to immortality would be through a handsome, charming vampire. She found many, and boy did they suck. She now seeks immortality through the pen.
Lori Moritz used to think the only route to immortality would be through a handsome, charming vampire. She found many, and boy did they suck. She now seeks immortality through the pen. 