Special Interest Groups and Mailing Lists
Response writing is an wonderful way to get yourself writing, and can have an immediacy about it that other types of writing do not. However the most common way to […]
Hurdles
Writing of any sort can seem to be an activity full of hurdles that are not just simply too hard to jump over, but may take a pole vault or, […]
Day Twelve – Collage
Look through the magazines or old catalogs you have laying around the house – newspapers, old travel guides, anything that you don’t mind destroying but has pretty pictures in! Now […]
Day Eleven – First Time
Events in life often leave lasting memories and these can be a continual source of material for writers and poets. So today we are giving you the two words First […]
Peter Wyton – Guest Poetry Blogger
I don’t remember when I began writing poetry, but when I’m asked why I write it, I generally say that it’s an itch I feel periodically obliged to scratch. Certainly […]
Day Ten – Companionship
Companionship (or the lack of it) effects all our lives – be it from friends, family, animals or even plants or the landscape. Imagine the astronaut lost in space, forever […]
Day Nine – Inspiring Weather
Take an old tissue box or basket and if you want decorate it – this is your inspiration deposit box. Write down all the types or weather and sky phenomena […]
One Week Down!
Well there is one week down and hopefully you have started amassing poems! What? “No”? Well go back and do the exercises, even if you run them all as response […]
Day Eight – A Fairy Tale
The world of our childhood is often filled with fairy tale castles and princesses in peril; this world of fable and myth is a rich source to be mined for […]
Day Seven – Clothed
Clothing is important in modern society; it has become more than just added protection against the elements, it is an outer expression of our personalities and allegiances (think emo; think […]
Write-Ins and Meet-Ups
We cannot sanction or really encourage meet-ups with people in your areas that you don’t already know, as we do not have ML’s and the like that NaNoWriMo have and […]