Tag: short story
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Fall
“The Time Is Now” Prompt: This week… begin by writing an autumnal scene that takes inspiration from an especially seasonal image or sensation. Include contradictory elements in your scene, such as light and dark, soft and sharp, silence and noise, warmth and coldness, that are often a part of fickle fall feelings. Does the specification…
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The Eleventh Hour
In an effort to get my writing mojo back, I recently subscribed to “The Time is Now” newsletter from Poets & Writers which sends out weekly writing prompts. I’m not guaranteeing weekly posts, but I’m gonna see what comes out of it each week. I’m expecting a lot of roughly written pieces as I’m just…
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Book 2 is Drafted, and I Missed a Deadline (kind of)
I finished working with my Beta Reader a couple of months ago, and it was such a great experience to have someone who didn’t know me personally or as a writer read my second book and totally get what I was going for. Actually, she found themes I hadn’t noticed or intentionally set. Maybe I…
Christine
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Tips for a Productive Writing Session and Why I Still Don’t Have a Writing Routine
I’ve tried. Really, I have. I’ve tried getting up early, staying up late, blocking out a day during the week; but no matter what I try, I cannot maintain a consistent writing routine. But who says I need one? There are a lot of voices in the world telling us what we need to be…
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Book 2 Update
Just a note: I’ve decided to try something different with this book, and I’ll let you know what it is later. Update: I am going into self-edits. It feels exciting and also overwhelming. The main story in Book 2 is one I started as a novel with parallel storylines that intersect at the end but…
Christine
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I Got Unstuck!
It took a few weeks of prayer, sending myself voice-to-text notes, and wandering through the possibilities, but Grace and Mercy have finally let me free! I spent most of Friday breaking through the wall and telling their story. I like it, even though it’s just a first draft. Everything is a first draft this time…
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December Writing Cave – Day 27
I finished my journal interiors and cover designs! I didn’t realize Canva had a max page count of 250, so I ended up redoing both journals and formatting in Word. Technically, it was easier than doing it in Canva to begin with, but I tend to do everything in Canva because I love it so…
Christine
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December Writing Cave – Day 26
I’m stuck in a story. The underlying theme is clear, my reason for writing it is clear, but the actual story eludes me, and I’m trying not to stop writing and turn on the TV, so I figured I’d come chat with you for a minute. I was on “vacation” last week. Really, I spent…
Christine
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December Writing Cave – Day 14
Well, hello there! No, I have not written another short story yet. BUT I have laid out the general idea and titles (except for 4 pieces) of the short stories I want to include in Book 2! Right now, there are fifteen stories I want to include in this book. A couple of them have…
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December Writing Cave – Day 1
I wrote a short story today. I know, right, my “writer’s cave month” just started, and now I’m here writing to you as well. When I was thinking about what today would look like, I figured I’d scribble some keywords/topics/ideas into my writing notebook as my way of brainstorming and then end up reading the…
Christine Gabrièlle 