Imagine the sky a different color. In fact, split it right down the middle. To the left the loveliest color in your imaginative arsenal and to the right the most frightening color. Choose one of these questions to get you rolling along in your writing. 1. Who would live under such a sky? 2. What…
I remember when I first starting thinking about writing my book In Times Passed. I worked at a factory and was a product grader. I would pull off the line anything that didn’t meet quality requirements. Doesn’t take much thought or intelligence, just good automaton-like reflexes. I would listen to music, day dream, write letters in…
Frequently description starts wide then slowly narrows down. In this prompt, start narrow, as tight into an object as you can; then move out, not just on the image but on the crux of the story as well. My example: The ridged metal round, a green stripe accenting it, was crimped tightly to the multi-flattened…
I thought that since I just finished the improved version of my book trailer, that I should talk about what I used to put it together. The main programs (Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Premiere) should be no surprise. The pictures were standard digital images I took with a simple digital camera. I opened them up…
How about a miracle? What if Sally just found herself knee deep in an overflowing toilet while the dog is barking crazily at something and is on the verge of being winded. In ten minutes a young couple will be coming by to see her house, which she needs to sell in record time. What…
I have been working on making a book trailer for my novel In Times Passed. This has not been an easy process. I have pretty much everything I need to produce one except a clear idea of how to put across just the right amount of information to create interest in buying the book and…
Write in first person about the beginning of history for a species. Find the voice of the tribe’s oral historian and have him or her share the tribe’s beginnings to either a formal or informal audience. Focus on establishing a voice for the speaker and putting across the mythology the group reveres.
I love to read. I can do it anywhere. Long ago,when my parents would get into an argument, I would pick up a book and start reading. The sound of them would just disappear. I would dive into the story, think about the characters and what was happening to them, or read a really great…
