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Make Something: Passage of Time

April 3, 2014by bethnyland Leave a comment

Today’s make something prompt was to create something that suggests the passage of time. I chose to sketch a writing process. Although this is not how every writing project progresses, it is […]

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Make Something: Wallpaper

March 21, 2014by bethnyland Leave a comment

I suspect I’ve used this quote before, somewhere in this year of making something every day. That’s because it really resonates: “Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.” Pablo Picasso […]

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Make Something: Edited Advertisement

March 1, 2014by bethnyland Leave a comment

“Transform a piece of advertising so that it has a new message.” I knew exactly what I wanted to do with this prompt, yet found it harder than expected to […]

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Make Something: Glasses

November 17, 2013by bethnyland Leave a comment

The year was probably 1994 or 1995. I’d been out of journalism school and writing professionally (for pay) for a few years. An outstanding boss/writing mentor had taught me even […]

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Make Something: Traffic Sign

October 20, 2013by bethnyland Leave a comment

“Create a new traffic sign.” That’s the instruction for this day of making something. I conceived a yield-like sign to remind writers to slow down and take time for a critical part […]

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Make Something: On a T-Shirt

September 9, 2013by bethnyland Leave a comment

I’m going halfway on today’s make something project. Today, like most days, I didn’t even start on the making until after 8:30 p.m. It’s just easier to focus after the […]

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Make Something: Music for Writers

September 7, 2013by bethnyland Leave a comment

What’s a song you hate? I mean really. You hate it. Detest it. Can’t stand it for a second. I’m a music lover, so this is a tough one for […]

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Make Something: Red

August 21, 2013by bethnyland Leave a comment

scrapes of red sully marked-up draft ’til revisions heal text with edits Today, in response to the make something challenge to work with red, I wrote the red haiku above. A teacher […]

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Editing

April 30, 2013by bethnyland 1 Comment

you give it all you’ve got until you gave it all you had you put in all the words until there’s nothing left to add then you work with the […]

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Pablo Picasso

April 27, 2012by bethnyland Leave a comment

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary. Pablo Picasso, painter, and sculptor (1881-1973) 

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