I was thinking that when I reached a grand number I would do a sort of “best of”. Instead of waiting for the distant future, let’s do it today!
I have chosen a few of my favorite images from the past 56 for you to choose from, and hopefully you will be inspired to write something and share it here, or use it towards your own work.
Happy Writing!
Wednesday flew by before I had a chance to catch my breath and post an image…better late than never, right?!
Here is this week’s Writing Prompt – an image that stirs the imagination in a variety of ways. Are you inspired?
I look forward to your creations.
Happy Writing!
This one’s not so much a quote, but a way of looking at the life of a creative.
Have a wonderful week everyone!
In addition to finally doing some writing, I’m also celebrating an anniversary, according to WordPress. I’ve been blogging (on and off) for two years! I can’t believe I got off my buttocks and started this blog two years ago…?!?! Wow. How the time has flown. Thank you so much for your support, my friends!
And now on to the WPC…
I had a very specific idea when I posted the image of Venice on Wednesday. Honestly, I don’t know where it came from. Actually, I could probably guess – smutty fanfiction and one of my favorite films, Dangerous Beauty. I decided to go a different route, as it was a bit NSFW and not generally what I write. Venice was once known for its courtesans, and I planned to write something in regards to that. Maybe I still will. As for the angel, I sort of had an idea for that too right off the bat, but this one I didn’t fight. I hope you like them, and if you’d like to share how you were inspired, please link your work in the comments, and I’ll be sure to share it on my page as well.
Honeymoon
She woke up to the golden dawn gently rolling through the window, setting everything on fire in its warm glow. With the morning came the realization, the reminder of the previous night. The faintest hint of a satisfied smile crept to the corners of her mouth that she tried to bite back. She stretched languidly, her bare flesh exposed to the golden glow; her peaks and valleys casting shadows on the figure beside her.
Sliding from the inviting warmth of the bed, her impression lingering, she moves silently to the window to take in the view. It’s almost as if she’s seeing it for the first time, it’s slightly different. Maybe it’s the early morning light…maybe it’s her frame of mind. She’d never thought to be satisfied with one person, to find happiness by saying two little words and gaining the world with a new one. She turned to take in the full form of her lover tangled in the sheets, a blush spreading from head to toe, and not from the warmth of the rising sun.
The Fall
I had fallen hard. Through a roof of a suburban house. Four bedrooms, two and a half baths. It was sort of charming except for the fact that it looked just like every other one on the street. Everything hurt. I hadn’t experienced pain like this in a millennia. Not since the Great Battle of ’02, B.C. The light flicked on behind a closed door at the end of the hall, and the sliver of light grew wider with its opening. A small child holding her cat appeared in the doorway with large eyes. On a second look, no, not a cat.
I walked towards her, hoping to assuage her fears when I had to catch myself from sliding on the hardwood. Looking down, I discovered what had cushioned my fall. Despite my entire existence as a warrior, a vessel of reckoning, I grimaced at the sight. An involuntary shudder caused the loss of a few feathers, heavy in a blood not my own, nor the demon I had been fighting. Kneeling down, I reassured the small human that all would be well. In an instant, I restored all to right. The young woman had her life returned to her, and the memory of the angel in the hallway would be nothing but a bad dream.
Happy writing and have a great week!
Welcome to Writing Prompt Wednesdays!
I had an idea almost immediately upon looking at this image, so I’m planning on taking up the Writing Prompt Challenge this week. Will you join me?
Happy Writing!
The first week of the month was the crazy, creative/inventive, do-gooding time known as the Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen aka GisHWheS. The Sis and I participated again, our third year, although due to a maddening work schedule, I had very little hand in doing much this year. My only contribution was an item that required we make an evening gown out of construction paper, and a minor role towards the completion of a couple other items. The rest was all The Sis.
She did an amazing job of making Princess Leia out of bread, an Italian landmark out of food on a pizza, a kale hat, Hoover Dam out of cake, a Winter Soldier arm for our cosplay, and my personal favorite, a dog of mass destruction which we based on an episode of Doctor Who, entitled A Town Called Mercy, and a few other things like doing an impression of June Cleaver vacuuming the lawn, making a video called Tai Chi Breakfast, and writing a Yelp review for the hunt.
If you’re interested in finding your creative side and discovering how far you can push yourself in a week to go out side your comfort zone and do things you thought impossible, visit the website to learn how you can become a part of the madness. The teams consist of 15 people, but if you don’t have 14 friends who are willing to be as crazy as you are, you will be matched with a team, or you can create one with those you do know, and by the end of the registration period, the empty slots will be filled with those other abnosome people around the world who want to be a part of it.
It’s a great time that is really hard to explain. Here’s my Yelp review for a little insight. 😉 I wrote it with about 15 mins to spare.
You don’t need to wait for this one time of year to be creative or do nice things for others, but you’ll find yourself more inspired to continue to do such for quite sometime afterward. The event sort of changes your perspective and you’ll make great friends with people you may never meet, but find you have a lot in common with. You’ll look at mundane objects differently, wondering if you should save them for next year’s hunt, just in case. You’ll consider buying a stormtrooper costume, want to learn how to sew, and begin stockpiling random information that may prove useful in the future. Seriously, so much fun and so exhausting.
As next year’s hunt starts registration, I’ll send out the word again, and maybe, we can work together!
Have a great weekend everyone!
Time to get back to back to writing! It’s Writing Prompt Wednesday, and here’s this week’s image.
Something about this image really struck me, and there’s a ton of possible story ideas…let’s see what you’re inspired to write. Remember to share!
Happy Writing!
Apologies, once again, the day disappeared before I had a chance to post. Here is this week’s Writing Prompt, an interesting image just waiting for a story!
I took the Writing Prompt Challenge this week and will post a few flash fic pieces I wrote tomorrow. Ready to join me?
Happy Writing!
Good afternoon, and welcome to Writing Prompt Wednesdays!
Now, I understand that I am not one to talk about accepting writing prompt challenges when I have written so few of them myself – so far only 21/51…eek! But, the reason I continue to post them is in the hopes that you will find a little inspiration for your own creations.
If you’re interested in seeking out other images, I am a pin-happy fool over on Pinterest – feel free to browse my boards. 🙂
I found the following image intriguing, as it combined history, lost worlds, adventure, and mystery…what do you think? What does it say to you?
If you’re inspired, don’t forget to share! I look forward to seeing your creations!
Happy Writing!
*I believe this image was created by Theresa Thraen
Hello, fellow creatives!
I’ve enjoyed my time off, but now it’s time to get back on track. Yesterday sort of passed me by before I even knew it, so Quote Monday has been bumped.
I’m pining away for news about the screenwriting contest, fellowship, and lab I entered and it’s at least another month before I hear anything, and the internal struggle is real. I cannot help but check my email, Facebook, and Twitter fairly often for a status update or hint of any kind.
The Nicholl Fellowship posts top scoring script comments from readers nearly every day on Facebook, and I read each one hoping it might sound like mine, or I try to twist and turn the vague positive comment into some form that could resemble a review of my own script. This is what too much time on one’s hands will do. 
I decided to look up quotes on patience, and for the most part, they’re kind of lame. That “patience is a virtue” or “patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting” stuff is not what I want to hear. And you’ve probably heard it a thousand times too at this point. It’s hard to wait for action on the part of others, but having a little understanding of how things work in Hollywood, having patience, or practicing having patience, is a good thing, because it’s something that will have to be mastered.
It may seem as if things move quickly in Tinsel Town, but in reality, it takes sometimes years to make something happen. There’s a phrase, “the 10 year overnight success” which is used in regards to screenwriters who seem to find success out of nowhere. They’ve been working, for a long, long time. Everything takes time, and waiting for news about the advancement of my career is just one such test of my endurance.
If you’re in a similar boat, I suppose there is some comfort in the knowledge that there are others who are feeling the same. My advice, which I am taking to heart, work on something new. Pour yourself into a new project. As an aspiring screenwriter, we can absolutely not have only one story in our arsenal, because of the question we are all supposed to be prepared for…”What else have you got?”
That story you’ve always got at the back of your mind, that one where you randomly see or hear something and tuck it away as part of that world, start to develop it. We only become better writers the more we write – we are better able to develop our style and voice.
I’m working on my space odyssey pilot and rewriting my second script. I love the development aspect of a story, thinking about characters and scenes. I had an idea this morning, a fun scene between two characters that I haven’t even created yet, and it’s created an eagerness to get them into action to start exploring this relationship. Squee! (Yep, I’m giddy.)
I wish you all the best of luck as you continue forward! And if you need a chuckle, there’s always this:
How do you handle the waiting game? Advice and tips welcome!
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