Prompt: Waking up elsewhere Something tickles my toes. As I slowly become aware of my senses, I realise that inhaling feels wrong. Or maybe it's the air. Or both... I almost doze off again, but then something touches my toes again. It's wet. I'm instantly awake, throwing off covers that aren't there, knowing for certain … Continue reading A Startling Revelation
Author: E.J. Robison
Reblog: 6 Ways To Improve Your Writing by Douglas W.T. Smith
Are your sentences overly long and confusing? In this post, I’m going to share 6 ways to improve your writing. Long sentences can be dangerous. When our sentences are too long, we tend to lapse into the passive voice and we risk making tense and punctuation mistakes. Run-on sentences also distract the writer and the reader. We tend to veer off course and […]6 … Continue reading Reblog: 6 Ways To Improve Your Writing by Douglas W.T. Smith
3 Tips to Keep You on Schedule
I'll never cease to find it hilarious that writers - the ones who produce giant books, keep up with blogs, and/ or draft article after article - get distracted so easily. We start researching for our work and go down a rabbit trail. We get a notification from our writing group and start responding to … Continue reading 3 Tips to Keep You on Schedule
Lost
No. 8/100 100-word short stories for my 100 follower celebration! It sat there, crumpled and tattered, all that was left of Sean’s childhood. The sight of the plush dinosaur, once vibrant blue but now faded with time, made Sean’s senses experience history anew: the smell of fresh cinnamon rolls in the morning, the sunset over the … Continue reading Lost
Reblog: 3 Tips For Writing When Overcome By Writer’s Block by A Writer’s Path
When Maya Angelou spoke about her daily writing routines, she described how she rented a hotel downtown and arrived there at 6:30 in the morning. She would write, stay until about two in the afternoon, then go home and look over what she had written that morning. My question when I read that here was: […]3 … Continue reading Reblog: 3 Tips For Writing When Overcome By Writer’s Block by A Writer’s Path
Nowhere
Ishmael paused on the boundary of everything there had ever been. His ship smoothly slowed to a standstill. Through the viewport shone stars of all different colours, shapes, and sizes. Goosebumps ran up Ishmael’s arm as he realised that he could be the first being to ever lay eyes upon some of them. As he … Continue reading Nowhere
Human Kindness – As Told by Toilet Paper
When I travel, I get to see incredible sights. I get to experience history and breathe the air of brand new places. But I've found that some of the things I remember the most are the interactions I have with complete strangers. Why is this important? And why am I talking about it on a … Continue reading Human Kindness – As Told by Toilet Paper
Return
No. 7/100 100-word short stories for my 100 follower celebration! Barren. The wasteland before Hassanah was devoid of life, and yet, the land seem to mimic life, as if searching for what it had once possessed. The wind shaped the sand dunes, bending their shapes to its will. Sand flew, carried on the wind, searching for … Continue reading Return
Review: Search for the Astral Dragon by Bryan Davis
Introduction If you haven’t ever heard me ramble on about Bryan Davis, the author who wrote one of my favourite book series of all time, go read my posts and/or take my word for it now that he’s an amazing author. His writing workshops and his books are mainly what inspired me to become the … Continue reading Review: Search for the Astral Dragon by Bryan Davis
Do you really have to follow “writing rules?”
Show, don't tell. Grammar. POV consistency. Don't make the first scene a dream sequence. Make your main character likeable. Sometimes, writing can feel like it's all about the rules. But are these rules that we can break? As many of you know, I'm working on a YA novel right now. I've been working on it … Continue reading Do you really have to follow “writing rules?”
The Story Canvas 