Here are Friday’s Whispered Words writing prompts: Bitch! I mouth and flip her the single-finger salute. “Has anything like that ever happened to you, Gran?” “I’ll tell you, if you promise never to repeat it.” She rocks the baby to sleep with a quiet lullaby. A tear drops on his head. The fireworks hiss into [...]
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Writing prompts to tickle your penWord count revisited
28 Sep 11
I wrote about word count on September 23, but a couple of questions have popped up today. Does my entry need to be exactly 1000 words? No. It looks like our contest tagline is misleading you. Your entry can be up to or including 1000 words, excluding the title. How have shorter stories (500-750 words) [...] Get writing…
26 Sep 11
WCDR’s Whispered Words prose competition closes November 30. Haven’t entered yet? We’d like to help. Check in regularly for contest tips like this one: When entering a contest, print off the rules and check your entry point by point before submitting it. In most contests, you only get one chance to get it right. We’ll [...] Listen to the whispers…Whispered Words
23 Sep 11
WCDR’s Whispered Words prose competition closes November 30. Haven’t entered yet? We’d like to help. Follow our tips to make your contest entry shine. Like this advice on word count: A few words over (or under) the contest word count? Think no one will notice? Think again. Most contest administrators do a word count on [...] Something to get you writing
18 Sep 11
Writing prompts. They’re a little tickle, a tease a place to put your pencil tip on the page. From now until November 30, check in regularly for new prompts. Why November 30? That’s the deadline for the Whispered Words prose competition. I’m one of a trio of contest administrators trying to coax out your best [...] Shhhh–it’s Whispered Words
31 Aug 11
What comes out in whispers? Murmured words that tickle your sweetheart’s ear? Guilty secrets? Gossip? Or a prayer. A promise. A confession. Whispered Words is the theme of the Writers’ Circle of Durham Region‘s 3rd annual prose competition. As one of the contest administrators, I’ll be posting regular writing prompts. Use one to spark your [...] |
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