Another Thought on #TWSWritingPrompt

January 12, 2016 / Marcia Meara / Leave a comment

I forgot to mention in my last post, those who are already set up to post on this blog may post their #TWSWritingPrompt exercise for the month whenever they wish. I hope a lot of them will take part! 🙂 Those of you who would like to take part, but aren’t set up to post directly, please email me for more instructions. EVERYONE who would like to do this is invited to participate, and I will make sure you are able to! Contact me at mmeara@cfl.rr.com

Thanks! As you were, folks! 😀

#TWSWritingPrompt for January #amwriting

January 12, 2016 / Marcia Meara / Leave a comment

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Yep, I know we’ve missed the first 12 days, and I apologize for being behind, but I’d still like to have a writing challenge for January, if anyone else is up for it. I have a very simple prompt in mind. Since January is a month of new beginnings, resolutions, and hope for a better year, I think one word will do for our prompt this time.

Promises.

Feel free to interpret that in positive ways, or in negative ones. (After all, in a thriller, for instance, promises are often centered on revenge.) So I can see this as going either way, in any genre or style that suits your fancy. Your submissions can be as long or as short as you like (or have time for). You won’t be graded on them. Just think of it as an exercise , much like doing the scales on a piano. We’ll be waiting to see what the word “promises,” makes YOU think of.

And remember, most of all, have fun!

#New at #TheWriteStuff

January 11, 2016 / Marcia Meara / 19 Comments

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I promised you guys some new ideas would becoming this month, and I’m finally ready to roll out a couple of them. Hope you’ll find them fun, and will participate wherever you can, especially by sharing with the Immediate World. 🙂

First, I’d like to bring back our #TWSWritingPrompt. I will try to post a prompt on the first (or very close to it) of each month, and you have the entire month to contribute something fun. It can be interpreted in any way you like, in any genre you enjoy. The point is just to have a fun writing exercise each month, with no restrictions on length or subject matter (other than the ones that always apply on this site–no religion or politics). As soon as I finish with this post, I’m going to put up the prompt for January, even though we’ve lost the first 11 days. I think most of you can still write a paragraph or two, if you’d like to participate, and I hope you will.

Secondly, it’s time to get going again with our #FabulousFridayGuestBlogger feature, so you folks who would like to be spotlighted this week, email me please at mmeara@cfl.rr.com and let me know. I’ll fill you in on the details. If this week’s spot is taken by the time I hear from you, we’ll pick another Friday. So give a holler! We’ll ask everyone to share your guest post, including your Buy Links, Bio, and Cover photos.

Third, I’m planning to start a new feature next week called #MondayMeme. Just what it sounds like. Memes, humorous or not, but mostly book, writing, or reading related. Just to get your week off to a good start.

#WodinsDaySmile is moving to Thor’s Day. Why? Because I like Thor better than Wodin. 😀 So starting in two days, keep an eye out for #ThorsDaySmile. This doesn’t mean you can’t share jokes, cartoons, memes or other fun things on other days. Just that I’ll be sharing one for sure on Thor’s Day.

On the other hand, Wednesday will now become My #MidWeekPOV. This is something I’ve wanted to do for a while, and it will be my chance to chat about things on my mind. Most will be book or reading related, though I can’t guarantee that all will. Hope you’ll enjoy my ramblings and will share them, as well.

I haven’t made up my mind about the remaining days of the week, yet. I thought maybe I’d try these things out, and see if I had the energy to throw in any more or not. 😉 And of course, we will continue to schedule regular #ExcerptWeek events, and anything else fun that comes to my mind.

Recapping:

(Weekly)
Monday: #MondayMeme
Wednesday: My #MidWeekPOV
Thursday: #ThorsDaySmile
Friday: #FabulousFridayGuestBlogger

(Monthly)
#TWSWritingPrompt

(Whenever)
#ExcerptWeek

So there you have at least the start of some new things. I hope you’ll enjoy taking part when you can, and sharing with others. Now stay tuned for this month’s writing prompt. And happy Moon’s Day night. Hope all is well in your part of the world.