Tag: Writing Prompts
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Fragmentation in structure, in narrative, and in character-building can be divided into three parts: 1) Fragmentation in structure: Meaning a narrative text is subtly nudging you to pay attention through the way it is told. We’re not taking of hybrids, experimental or hermit-crab forms here, but traditional forms, and yet, by moving around the pieces,…
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Reading and Understanding Contract Documents MONTHLY BLOGPOST Thank you all for the support as my author-website-writing-craft-blog turned two on July 15. I took the occasion to highlight 3 Reasons Why Author Websites get You EYEBALLS AND WORK — a video essay, mailed to subscribers already. As you may have guessed, this month’s blogpost is about…
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MONTHLY BLOGPOST I live in a lush green pocket of the city. Monsoons make it even more verdant, inviting hitherto unknown bird species to my window sill, and which only leave me so I can enjoy the abundant joyous theatre above: rain clouds dancing to a unique rumbling, and then the bounty of rain itself.…
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I invited Sage Tyrtle to talk about “The King of Elkport” , to tell us a bit about the inspiration behind it, what readers should expect, and any similar books that we have read. Here’s what Sage wrote-in for the Guest Blogpost: The inspiration for this book came from thinking about the way rich people…
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This month, somehow, I managed a wonderful mix of publications: CNF in Fatal Flaw Literary, Fiction in The Citron Review and Column in trampset. On the new writing front, sadly, not looking good. I felt encouraged with a truckload of nearly-there decline notices (which are really heartbreaking at the point of receiving them). As they…
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Let’s look at pieces that stand apart from the others and marvel us. Those that make the EiC exclaim: Good Gracious! This is Excellent! Obviously, these are ones litmags get very little of and could do with some more.
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Because story-telling is both art & science, a writer may strive to use the right blend of history, culture, language, and colors of a place to enrich the narrative, and thus mold a piece in the best of what’s available and unique to the writer’s sensibilities. This fertile ground is made use of by many…
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My 8yo son and I watch YouTube recipe videos a lot. It’s baffling how the same dish is prepared in a wide variety of styles, the host of one often sharing a process that might be diametrically opposite to the next video! Like ‘Wash basmati rice and soak for 30 minutes’, and the other says…
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5 Schemas to Potential Circular Stories Have you ever wondered why moral stories and Fairy tales were such favorites? We can hardly say, if at all, anything comes close to that joy as we remember it, and sense of satiation of those tales. Recall the mythical stories our mothers told us and the fables we…
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For a lazy Sunday, bring the notebooks out and write with abandon, using six unique story prompts!
