Welcome to our game for writers. Welcome to our Exquisite Corpse. An Exquisite Corpse is a writing or art game where you complete the poem. Each author or artist cannot see the previous artists/writers' work. In this case, we are writing poetry together. It is a poem about anything. If you don't know, The Exquisite Corpse is from the French words cadaver exquis, and was popular … [Read more...] about Exquisite Corpse for Writers 2023
Writing Exercises
Never-Ending Horror Haiku Post
Writing exercise: Can you write a Horror Haiku? The ones we like most from this page will be selected to publish in an upcoming issue of Every Writer, so please use your real email. We will NOT contact you other than to tell you have been selected. We are looking for horror haiku. I love these, and we read everyone of these published on our site. Feel free to post as many as … [Read more...] about Never-Ending Horror Haiku Post
Never Ending 50 Word Horror Stories
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. 3. I want to collected these for a future issue of Every Writer, so please use your real email address. We will … [Read more...] about Never Ending 50 Word Horror Stories
6 Word memoir: Put your life into 6 Words!
6 Word memoir: Put your life into 6 Words! 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, you will see have become kinda popular. This isn't a contest, it's just a place to leave your memoir and a link to your website or book if you have one. The 6 word memoirs on this page need to be … [Read more...] about 6 Word memoir: Put your life into 6 Words!
Continue the Story
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
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