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50 Free Writing Exercises to Inspire Your Next Story

50 Free Writing Exercises to Inspire Your Next Story

Posted on February 19, 2025 by Richard

50 Free Writing Exercises to Inspire Your Next Story Free writing is one of the most powerful tools for improving creativity, breaking through writer’s block, and developing strong writing habits. Whether you’re a seasoned author or just starting your writing journey, freewriting allows you to explore new ideas without the pressure of perfection. By letting…

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2025 Poetry Feedback Forum 2025: Get Feedback from the Editor and Community

2025 Poetry Feedback Forum: Get Feedback from the Editor and Community

Posted on February 6, 2025April 18, 2025 by Scott Monroe

All comments should aim to help poets develop their craft. While critique can be direct and honest, it must remain constructive

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Word Association Game – A Word Journey with Example

Posted on October 17, 2023 by Richard

  Word Association Game – A Word Journey with Example Word Association is a word game where participants take turns sharing words or phrases that are related in some way to the word or phrase mentioned before them. These connections can be based on similarities in meaning, associations, or personal experiences. Let’s walk through an…

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Never Ending 50 Word Horror Stories

Posted on January 19, 2022January 19, 2022 by Richard

This is not a contest. This is the post where we are asking you to post your 50 word horror stories. There are few reasons for this post. 1. I love 50 word horror stories. 2. I want place to collect them for our readers without our readers feeling judged by rankings.

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6 Word memoir: Put your life into 6 Words!

Posted on January 19, 2022January 19, 2022 by Richard

Ok, this is not a contest. We are making a home for some 6 Word memoirs on our site. This is something that if you look around the web,

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2 Lines of Poetry to Honor National Poetry Month

Posted on April 8, 2017April 8, 2017 by Richard

This will act as our prompt for this week. Noticed how I slipped this week in there instead of today’s prompt. Yes, I had to make some changes due to time constraints.

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50 Writing Exercises

Posted on March 4, 2017August 13, 2017 by Richard

Here are 50 writing exercises to help you get the juices flowing. Writing sometimes seems to dry up. It is always hard to say why, but inspiration usually comes from writing.

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Exquisite Corpse Poem 20 of Us Wrote Together

Posted on February 5, 2017 by Richard

Here is the result of our first Exquisite Corpse. Over 20 writers worked together to create it.

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Poetry Discussion: ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas

Posted on December 13, 2016January 30, 2023 by Richard

Ok, I really enjoyed discussion on poetry here at EWR. I’m always looking to talk about poetry anyway. You probably know, if you talk about poems at all, not a lot of people are crazy about having this discussion.

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Poetry Discussion: My Grandmother’s Love Letters

Posted on February 20, 2016March 4, 2017 by Richard

This poems is one of my favs. I’m wondering what you think of it. I really want people to address the stanza that starts “Are your fingers long enough to play…”

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Weekly Writing Exercises

Posted on February 17, 2016June 7, 2017 by Richard

Welcome to our weekly writing exercises page. We were publishing these as single posts, but we’ve found putting them all on one page is beneficial and easier for everyone. So each week you can stop by this page for new writing exercises and prompts. We are going to do out best to keep these up…

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Poetry Discussion: A Valentine by Edgar Allan Poe

Posted on February 10, 2016March 4, 2017 by Richard

Every week we are doing a poetry discussion. Right now we are only getting about one response a week, but lots of people are lookin’ at the page. Jump in guys. Let’s talk about this poem! Just say what you think, or make an observation. We are not looking for anything spectacular, but a little…

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Poetry Discussion: Kubla Khan

Posted on February 3, 2016March 4, 2017 by Richard

Discussion is simple on this one. What the heck does this poem mean?

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Thanksgiving Flavored 2 Sentence Story Challenge

Posted on November 12, 2014June 30, 2017 by Richard

So here’s what we want. You can make these as many words as you like, but it must be no longer than 2 sentences. I would like them flavored Thanksgiving, about food or family is fine. Light on the horror stories please

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