To Pick a Title
Posted in Creating, Nanowrimo, Writing on November 2nd, 2008Quick and dirty survey:
To Crown a King
or
To Steal a Sword
?
Archive for the 'Writing' Category
Warmup #25
Posted in Creating, Nanowrimo, Writing, warmups on October 25th, 20081200 word challenge:
Write a diary entry of someone witnessing a historical event that hasn’t happened yet.
Warmup #24
Posted in Creating, Nanowrimo, Writing, warmups on October 24th, 20081200 word challenge:
Be Jane Austen or JRR Tolkien: Write unnecessarily lengthy prose describing some generic and boring piece of scenery. A field is nice, as is an utterly empty room.
Warmup #23
Posted in Creating, Nanowrimo, Writing, warmups on October 23rd, 20081200 word challenge:
Pretend you’re Joss Whedon. Write two characters having a conversation about the weather.
Warmup #22
Posted in Creating, Nanowrimo, Writing, warmups on October 22nd, 2008800 word challenge:
Describe the experience of wearing too small shoes.
Warmup #21
Posted in Creating, Nanowrimo, Writing, warmups on October 21st, 2008800 word challenge:
In honor of my wife: Write a romantic scene: either true love (think Princess Bride), or angst (Troi and Riker in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Mulder and Scully, Mal and Inara, Kaylee and Simon, The Doctor and Rose (or almost any other of his companions, really), Aragorn and Eowin. No examples in prose come to mind; I must be reading the right kind of books.)
Warmup #20
Posted in Creating, Nanowrimo, Writing, warmups on October 20th, 2008800 word challenge:
Finish this short story: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” (No further quoting from A Tale of Two Cities permitted.)
Warmup #19
Posted in Creating, Nanowrimo, Writing, warmups on October 19th, 2008800 word challenge:
Make an argument in favor of something horrible (genocide), or against something wonderful (kittens).
Obviously, you don’t need to choose genocide or kittens. I’ll leave it up to your personal preference, but remember that kittens rock.
Warmup #18
Posted in Creating, Nanowrimo, Writing, warmups on October 18th, 2008800 word challenge:
Fictionalize your day to the point of it being engrossing.
PS: If you’re not me, you may not need to fictionalize too much for it to be engrossing. I’m just trying to make myself feel better.
Warmup #17
Posted in Creating, Nanowrimo, Writing, warmups on October 17th, 2008800 word challenges:
Write the same scene in first person.