Formula
Day 130 prompt: Five (a haiku) Start with five Then add seven syllables Then five again That’s haiku
Tag Archives: writing
Brenda Ueland
I learned that you should feel when writing, not like Lord Byron on a mountain top, but like a child stringing beads in kindergarten—happy, absorbed and quietly putting one bead […]
Action Shot
Day 118 prompt: Action Shot Drowsy at my desk Heavy head tilts right Words blur illegible Eyes lose their fight Roused by whiff of deadline And nearby coffee pot I gather […]
W
Day 74 prompt: the letter W wise, witty words will wash away my worries whether I wander another writer’s work or wrangle and whip my own
Tumbling Free
Day 60 prompt: door a breath of an idea whispers its way in and quietly starts inflating balloons in my imagination one after another until their colors and fullness […]
Best Letter Ever
Day 42 prompt: the letter L third grade eight years old learning to write like grown-ups Cursive! some letters are hard usually my W doesn’t slant in all the right […]
(Un)finished Work
Day 41 prompt: unfinished Mom’s voice nags As I hit play: Write your paper! It’s due Friday! I’m working on it Wrote the outline, Found the facts. […]
People’s Passions
Day 32 prompt: passion The banker is a tattoo artist My gynecologist figure skates Our pastor does gymnastics The nurse hordes license plates The plumber practices yoga The […]
Ray Bradbury
My stories run up and bite me in the leg — I respond by writing them down — everything that goes on during the bite. When I finish, the idea […]
William Thackery
There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write. William Makepeace Thackeray, novelist (1811-1863)
Tug-of-War
My ambition to write is playing tug-of-war with a small army of anti-writers. They are strong, crafty opponents. I wake early, intending to spend 30 minutes with my journal before […]
Beth Nyland 