“It’s a very deep experience for so many people to read ‘Wild’ and feel what they feel, because of course they’re not feeling it about my life, but about their own. And that’s what art does. It reminds us that we are more alike than different and that our common humanity connects us really profoundly.” — Cheryl Strayed, author of “Wild.”
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Art connects us.
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We write for a variety of reasons . . .
We write for a variety of reasons:~ To tell a story, or what happened as we remember it
~ To create a fictional story
~ To tell a fiction story, based on truth
~ To journal what happened and our feelings about what happened
~ To write non-fiction: share our knowledge or to tell what happened
All of this involves what we learned, what changed us, what impressed us.
It doesn’t matter why you are writing. It is important that you write.
No matter the motivation for your writing . . . Just Write!
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Pressure. Prompt #115
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” . . . it’s not the most gifted. . .” — Norman Mailer
“In writing, as in so many pursuits, it’s not the most gifted but the most determined who succeed.” — Norman Mailer -
Crazyhorse Prizes in Fiction, Nonfiction, & Poetry
Crazyhorse welcomes general submissions of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from September 1st through May 31st, with the exception of the month of January, during which we accept entries for our annual Prizes in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry, and the month of July, during which we accept entries for our annual short-short fiction contest: Crazyshorts! From January 1st to January 31st, submit short stories and essays of up to 25 pages or a set of 1-3 poems. Winners in each genre will receive $2,000 and publication.
Click here for submission guidelines.
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Shame. Prompt #114
Shame. . .For this prompt, you can write about “shame” as a topic in general.
Or: Write on something you are feeling shameful about. You can fictionalize your personal situation to write about a difficult subject.
Or: You can write about shame as character development . . . a character feature to be overcome.
Photo by Jane Person
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Write about a secret. Prompt #113
Write about a secret. Either a secret you hold, or write from a fictional point of view.You can take your personal experience and write it as fiction.
If you want, change the gender, age, details of the main character.
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Maya Angelou sez . . .
Maya Angelou said, “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”Okay, friends. . . you heard The Lady . . . Write!
From Marlene: Don’t keep your story bottled up inside you. Write it out.
Don’t know what to write about? Check out the prompts on The Write Spot Blog. Choose one. Set your timer for 15 or 20 minutes and Just Write! You can also find writing prompts here.
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A day without consequences. Prompt #112
If you could live one day without consequences, what would you (or your fictional character) do?
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Evening. Prompt #111
Today’s prompt: Evening.
Hmmmm. . . I wonder what you will come up with for this freewrite? I look forward to your writing about “evening.”
