Fiction Prompt

Hello All:

I wanted to provide the fiction writers with a prompt this week, so here it is.

Think back to either one of the worst or best moments in your life and write about it from the point of view of the opposite sex. How would they react differently; what would they say that you didn’t; what emotions would they express or keep inside that you wouldn’t have?

Try to explore what you think are the different ways in which men or women cope with the same situation. You can feel free to embellish and change facts to make it less like your life if you prefer. Additionally, you could write a piece from a woman’s point of view and then use the same situation to write another piece from a man’s point of view.

Anyone who feels free to post their attempt (even if it is in rough draft form), feel free. I think it would be great to see what everyone comes up with.

Most of all, Have fun and keep writing.

Serena

Writing Rooms and a Note

I wanted to share this site with you.  There are pictures of writers’ rooms, along with their descriptions of them.

Also, I leave tomorrow for a ten-day trip to New Mexico.  I’ll be visiting friends on the weekends, and I’m taking a novel class in Taos during the week.  I haven’t decided if I’ll bring my computer or not, but in any case, I’ll catch up with you on July 21st.

In the meantime, how about a half-way point check in post from each of you?  Or some writing prompts?  Or…what have you?

Happy Writing!

xx,

Beverly

Music

In keeping with the last, fantastic post about sharing where we write, I thought I’d pose the question–do you listen to music when you write?  If so, what?

I often don’t unless I have an emotional scene or a difficult scene.  Then I try to find something with the right mood to really help me get into it.  I usually try to make the music I listen to something sans words, or in Spanish (I don’t understand too much Spanish), so that the words don’t influence me, but I still get the mood.

How about you?

Food for Thought

Amy sent me a link to this article to encourage me in my writing, and I thought it was so good that you should all have the chance to read it.  Feel free to discuss!