Writing Prompt and Blog 9/9/21

(Image from Google Maps 2019) For those of you new to these writing prompt blogs, for the next couple months, I will be posting blogs that are class assignments for my college course: Creative Writing Nonfiction. We are going through the book Writing True by Perl and Schwartz, and if you’ve been along for the

Writing Prompt and Blog 8/29/21

Hello again, (you just got a prompt from me and Writing True by Perl and Schwartz about an hour ago)… But that’s what happens when you forget to post! I apologize for two writing prompts in a row, but this is day 3 of the 3 prompts I have due for my Creative Writing: Nonfiction

Writing Prompt and Blog 8/28/21

We are at day 2 (which didn’t get posted until day 3… So I apologize for the double post which will happen today) on our writing exercises from Writing True by Perl and Schwartz. I actually did this one in class on Friday and was told I could use it for my blog post! Without

Writing Prompt and Blog 8/27/2021

Something I remember reading back in Writing Fiction by Janet Burroway (another great book you should pick up) was that inspiration for writing, can come in all ways, shapes, and forms. Sometimes the inspiration happens right when you wake up in the morning, after a long walk, or even 12:16AM in the morning typing a

Writing Prompt and Blog Post 8/24/2021

(Image from the cover of Writing True the Art and Craft of Creative Nonfiction Second Edition, by Sondra Perl and Mimi Schwartz) Preface: For the people who have been subscribed to my blog, this is for you. As with most things us creative writing people do (especially me), we start something like a blog and