Sleeplessness
Prompt during my writing group! “Write down bullet-point facts about a room, or setting, or whatnot. This is for you as the writer to know. Then, after you’ve written all the details down, write it from the perspective of a character. This character may not notice everything, so take that…
Chapter 1 (part 2)
WARNING: JADE HAS A POTTY-MOUTH, SORRY EVERYONE WHO KNOWS ME AND DOES NOT LIKE THIS IDEA OF CURSING IN MY STORY, BUT THAT’S THE CHARACTER OKAY OKAY. ALSO, VIOLENCE ENSUES IN THIS STORY, BUT, WELL, THAT SHOULD BE OBVIOUS IF THEY’RE SOLDIERS, SO THANKS. BYE. (Remember to read part 1!)…
Chapter 1 (part 1)
WARNING: INAPPROPRIATE LANGUAGE FOLLOWS DON’T SAY I DIDN’T WARN YOU, JADE HAS A POTTY-MOUTH I’M SORRY EVERYONE I KNOW WHO IS FROWNING DEEPLY AT THIS WARNING, BUT THAT’S THE CHARACTER WHOOPS Never Home Chapter 1 Where am I? Why can’t I feel my arms? Where’s Aris? Where the hell am…
Smashed Together
Bunch of different writing snip-bits that are all smashed together into one post, because none of them would be long enough to be their own post. ;D “Civilians are caught in the crossfire!” Katara yelled over the sound of gunshots. Jerry cursed and ducked behind the broken building wall as…
First Sentences
One of my favorite free writes to do is practice writing first sentences. They’re extremely important for the starting of books, but also for starting chapters. Here’s some I did 🙂 There wasn’t a lot I couldn’t tolerate, but being stabbed was definitely one of them. The face of…