Make Something: Horror Story
Hooray! Today’s make something task is a writing assignment. An exercise in brevity, which suits me fine, but in a genre I do not practice. “Write a ten-word horror or […]
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Make Something: Calendar
Business writing students often ask me what it takes to become comfortable and confident as a communicator. My answer may disappoint. But it comes down to one practical action: practice. […]
Make Something: Incongruous
Now this was a fun prompt for a writer and writing instructor: Make something incongruous. Of all the valuable lessons I, an experienced communicator, can teach a hopeful, impressionable writer […]
Make Something: Music for Writers
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 […]
Make Something: Faux Currency
On this 129th day of making things, Noah Scalin’s book instructed me to “make a passport, travel poster, monetary unit, or other item for a fictional country or another planet.” My […]
Make Something: Inspired by a Book
“Flip to a random page in a book at hand and make something inspired by the first sentence you read.” I landed in the perfect place to complete today’s make […]
Make Something: Visual Pun
I could probably do an entire year of visual puns … especially with some creative help from my children. We had so much fun brainstorming for today’s make something activity. […]
Make Something: Path
“Make a path for people to follow and invite people to try it out.” I invite you to try this path … not just to read my meandering message, but […]
Editing
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 […]
A poet’s confession
Forgive me, Muse, for I have slumbered. It has been nine days since my last poem. After writing 366 poems in 366 days, I took a breather. I wondered if […]
It’s Simple
Day 287 prompt: Simple/Minimalism The simple life I’d like to lead Would give me ample time to read From written works of every sort: Books, blogs, labels, signs, reports, Newsy papers, […]
Roald Models
Day 203 prompt: Literature Seuss stirs silliness Carroll cultivates creativity Fitzgerald fully fascinates Dickinson deftly describes Nash narrates nuttiness Orwell observes offenses White wields wonder Poe positively petrifies
Beth Nyland 