Today’s blogging prompt was to find a favorite quotation and then to expand on it by giving my take or my thoughts. The quotation that I chose was “All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist when we grow up” (Pablo Picasso). In my blog post from Thursday, January 9th, I […]
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Today’s blogging prompt was to take a headline and revise it, leaving the basic structure intact. One of the examples that was given was _____ tips to _________. The suggestion was to look for magazine headlines. I chose a headline from The New York Times Book Review section to adapt. The headline was “11 new books
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Today’s prompt is to share a video and to make a few comments about that video. So I decided that I would like to share a music video with you. Music is happiness. It’s good for the soul, whether you produce music or listen to it. It encourages creativity and good health. Music with a
Today’s blogging prompt is to share photographs. So today, I will share some of the pictures of things that I have decorated, painted, and designed. My life as a visual artist has been quite an adventure. It almost didn’t happen. At the age of fifteen, I decided that I was incapable of doing art so
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Today’s blogging prompt is to run a contest! And I have decided to run a creative writing contest that I am hoping will be loads of fun for you. Below is a list of words that were once very commonly used but have become archaic. Your challenge is to write something in which you use
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Today’s prompt was for me to offer you a resource list of information that could help you. Here is a list of writerly types of things that could help you out. They fall into several categories, which include internet resources, books, and resources available in your community. Books Here are a few books that I’ve
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In today’s blog post, I am going to demonstrate one of the pieces of advice that I offered in yesterday’s post, titled A few random words of advice. Yesterday, I had suggested doing timed writings, with a prompt to get you started. Writing without stopping and without the pressure of feeling that your first draft has
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Today’s blogging prompt was to offer some words of advice. So, I’m making up a list of random words of advice about writing. I hope that you enjoy my advice and, if so inclined, you might want to follow one or two of these suggestions. Write about what you know. Your stories will be much
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Today’s blogging challenge is the number four. It could be about anything that comes in groups of four. So the group of four that I chose was the four seasons. There are many images and stories that are associated with the seasons. Place, too, is what the seasons are about. I live near Niagara Falls,
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Yesterday, I recounted my journey as a writer. I talked about all of the bumps and detours that I took to follow the literary (and journalistic) dream. Today’s prompt continues my story as a journalist. The challenge is to write about someone who inspires me and to share why that person gives me inspiration. Because
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