We haven't done one of these in a long time. Our Haiku, Horror Story, and 2 Sentence Stories are doing so well, we thought we'd add one more, Continue the Story...This is not a contest, but if we publish the story, which I hope it turns out that we do, then you will get full credit for a publication with us.The way you play this little game is simple. You just continue … [Read more...] about Continue the Story
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Exquisite Corpse for Writers 2
Welcome to our game for writers. It is an Exquisite Corpse. An Exquisite Corpse is a writing or art game where you complete the story, poem or drawing in parts. Each author or artist cannot see the previous artists/writers work. In this case we are writing a poem together. It is a poem about anything. This is our second EC. Please try it. Others have had great fun doing this. … [Read more...] about Exquisite Corpse for Writers 2
2 Lines of Poetry to Honor National Poetry Month
The soggy, sometimes hot, sometimes cold, always schizoid month of April is also National Poetry Month, of course, and we are having a little fun here to honor this month. We are asking for 2 lines of poetry to honor National Poetry month.Here is what I’m looking for: 1. 2 lines of poetry that you have written 2. The poems can be anything 3. The lines should be … [Read more...] about 2 Lines of Poetry to Honor National Poetry Month
50 Writing Exercises
50 Writing Exercises 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. If you can't get things going, force yourself to write. Sitting down with few ideas and a blank page never helps. So here are some writing exercises to help you overcome your writer's … [Read more...] about 50 Writing Exercises
Exquisite Corpse Poem 20 of Us Wrote Together
Here is the result of our first Exquisite Corpse. Over 20 writers worked together to create it. It was because of the tears and the pain-that’s why he let her down again. The hard, white Texas light, dappled by the tree limbs The cosmos swirled and swallowed her up, keen to collect its stardust once again And just there, the sun, behind a compassionate cloud that veils us … [Read more...] about Exquisite Corpse Poem 20 of Us Wrote Together
Another Game for Writers
This is the Minister's Cat, another game for writers. The Minister's cat is the game people are playing at Scrooge's nephew Fred's house in many versions of A Christmas Carol. The game is very simple. You get a random generated English or American Idiom and phrases. The idiom is missing a word. You have to come up with the missing word.So here is an example. You come to … [Read more...] about Another Game for Writers
Poetry Discussion: ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
'Twas the Night Before Christmas (A Visit from St. Nicholas) by Clement Clarke Moore Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there.The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of … [Read more...] about Poetry Discussion: ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
Poetry Discussion: My Grandmother’s Love Letters
My Grandmother's Love Letters by Hart Crane There are no stars tonight But those of memory. Yet how much room for memory there is In the loose girdle of soft rain.There is even room enough For the letters of my mother's mother, Elizabeth, That have been pressed so long Into a corner of the roof That they are brown and soft, And liable to melt as snow. Over the … [Read more...] about Poetry Discussion: My Grandmother’s Love Letters
Weekly Writing Exercises
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 to date, and to add one each week.They will be listed from news (at the top) to … [Read more...] about Weekly Writing Exercises
Poetry Discussion: A Valentine by Edgar Allan Poe
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 participation is really all we are hoping for. Read the poem leave your comment … [Read more...] about Poetry Discussion: A Valentine by Edgar Allan Poe
Poetry Discussion: Kubla Khan
Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. So twice five miles of fertile ground With walls and towers were girdled round; And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills, Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree; And … [Read more...] about Poetry Discussion: Kubla Khan
Thanksgiving Flavored 2 Sentence Story Challenge
2 Sentence Story Challenge I like getting at least one poetry and one short story writing challenge going at a time. We've started the Cinquain Challenge for poetry, and now I'm starting the Thanksgiving Flavored 2 Sentence Story Challenge.I would like to get as many 2 sentence short stories for our next issue of Every Writer, as I can. We like to use the stories … [Read more...] about Thanksgiving Flavored 2 Sentence Story Challenge
Poetry Discussions: The World Is Too Much With Us by William Wordsworth
The World Is Too Much With Us by William WordsworthThe world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers; Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon; The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers, For … [Read more...] about Poetry Discussions: The World Is Too Much With Us by William Wordsworth