Prompt–Sunday, May 27
If you could hang out with your inner child for two hours, what would you do? Make a list of activities you’ve always wanted to do. Some can be free or for the price of some supplies. Inspired by Julia Cameron’s “The Artist’s Way.”
My list of what I would like to do with my inner child:
1. Spray paint cardboard.
2. Play in the mud.
3. Go to the zoo.
4. Run barefoot in the rain.
5. Make something out of duct tape.
6. Make a tent out of sheets and tell scary stories.
Prompt-Monday, May 21
This past week I started participating in a flash fiction contest with fellow writers. Given a prompt, we have one hour to write a complete story from the length of a sentence to a 1,000 words. Then we post it and comment, so it’s a workshop too. Take an hour and write. See what magic happens.
The Letter Project–Letter from Whitney
Look at what I received in the mail from Whitney:
http://theletterproject.wordpress.com/2012/05/17/special-delivery-280/
Prompt–Sunday, May 13
Since I’ve discovered the Lizzie Bennet Diaries, I’ve thought about the process of adapting a novel into a vlog. What story would you adapt? What would change?
For this exercise, I would adapt “A Confederacy of Dunces” by John Kennedy Toole. Ignatius writes letters to Myrna and writes his histories and the working boy stories. What if he addressed the camera instead of paper and pen? Instead of filming the rally against Levy Pants, what if Ignatius shared his plans on the vlog and then the results? I could keep the story in New Orleans, but update it to modern-day like the Lizzie Bennet Diaries.
Feel free to share the story you would adapt in the comments.
Post-graduation
I am officially an undergraduate graduate. Since the ceremony, I have slept, ate, and rested like a normal person, and watched several films I’ve never seen before. I have also become addicted to the Lizzie Bennet Diaries on YouTube, an adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice.” Check out the first episode.
Prompt–Monday, April 30
NPR has Three Minute Fiction, which you can check out here: http://www.npr.org/2012/04/29/151647902/three-minute-fiction-update-judges-favorites
What line would you be tired of after reading it 6,000 times? Write a sentence to begin a three-minute fiction, which is about 600 words. Then write the story.
Some sentences to get you started if you’re stuck.
The city is burning.
She knew it was the last time she would see his face when he closed the door.
Blue had never been Julie’s favorite color.
The window opened and the wind fluttered the curtains.
Running at 6:30 a.m. for the first time in three years wasn’t such a great idea after all.
The Letter Project–Letter to Whitney
In New Orleans I found one blue mailbox on the sidewalk, but I couldn’t remember where it was to send more letters. So fun fact: this is the only letter I postmarked from New Orleans, at least on this trip.
http://theletterproject.wordpress.com/2012/04/24/special-delivery-253/
Prompt–Monday, April 23
Who is the owner? What’s his/her story? Why do does he/she only have one mug, a spoon, and two knives?
Write.
Four and Twenty Publication
Check out my poem “Venn Diagram” in Four and Twenty.
http://4and20poetry.com/2012/04/17/april-2012-%e2%80%a2-volume-5-%e2%80%a2-issue-4-double-issue/
