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Happy. New. Year.
I am wishing you a satisfying year of writing!
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There are over 800 writing prompts on The Write Spot Blog.
People have asked me where I get ideas for prompts.
My answer: Everywhere.
You can write about:
Something you are wearing right now
Loss
Joy
Oldest Friend
“Oldest Friend” came from sitting next to a friend at a concert who introduced the woman sitting next to her as “my oldest friend.” Voila! A writing prompt.
Workshops
Kate Farrell: Heroine’s Journey for Writers and Creatives
From Kate:
“Do you wonder why the movie Barbie became a runaway box office success?
Is it a coincidence that two much acclaimed movies, Barbie and Poor Things,
depict clear motifs of the Hero’s journey found in fairy tales?
Both films are about female empowerment; featuring innocents who leave their sheltered, restricted lives and through treacherous interactions with the outside world experience self-actualization and become real.”
Kate will lead three workshops exploring these themes.
January 25, February 1 and 8, 2025
Saturdays, 9 am to 11 am Pacific Time
$60 for three two-hour online workshops
Dave Seter: Sonoma County Poet Laureate: A Series of Poetry Challenges.
These challenges are meant to help poets expand the boundaries of what they might normally choose as subjects or poetic styles.
The workshops, hosted by Sebastopol Center for the Arts, are for all levels from the beginning poet to the more experienced poet.
Sign up for one or all three.
Sunday March 2: Abstraction through Form
Sunday March 30: Documentary Poetry
Sunday May 4: Interweaving Text
Dave is donating his time. Fees (sliding scale) go directly to Seb.Arts to support their programs.
Link for details and to register: Sebastopol Center for the Arts
Blogs
The Brevity Blog: Essays Exploring craft and the writing life.
Writing the Hard Scenes
Writing Nonfiction as a Path to Lasting Resolutions, No Champagne Required
The Mystery of Memoir
The Little Things: Exploring Sensory Detail to Bring Characters to Life
Ménage à Trois: How Writing in Three Forms Illuminated One Essay
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