A Writing Prompt

This is Author Amanda McCormick's weekly writing prompt: Using a photo from Garett Photography, write whatever inspires you. I'm going to use these two, which are really lovely. (This is a scene which may go into my new book) The sun had almost set on the longest day of the year. The garden was bursting …

Writing Prompt Wednesday

So, I am going to try to start doing a Writing Prompt post every Wednesday. Wish me luck. This week's prompt: We all have trouble writing villains.  The one thing I have heard authors say the most often, and readers, about their favorite villains, or how they write them is that they must understand their …

Random Writing Prompt

Write about your early memories of faith, religion, or spirituality; yours or someone else’s. His hand slammed down on the bible, the echoing thumb bouncing around my brain.  The migraine I had had since this morning suddenly flared to the point where I felt that two hammers were slamming into the sides of my skull.  …

My Writing Prompt Results

I had always been drawn to ruins.  They seemed to speak to me, in the beginning.  As I researched, and visited more and more of them, I realized that perhaps I had not been wrong.  I began to see things, always out of the corner of my eye. I pondered if I was going crazy, …

A Writing Prompt

There are many pieces to building a good story.  The setting is one of those.  If a reader cannot imagine the world you are creating, then they will feel disconnected from the story. If they cannot believe what you are describing, then something is wrong. Tolkien was a master of settings. Now, many people believe …

Writing Prompt: Buried Alive

I screamed until I was hoarse. My fingernails were torn and bloody from where I had tried to scratch the top of the coffin to pieces.  At this point I was trying to calm myself down.  I no longer could hear hammering, or dirt pounding the coffin. That meant either I was too buried to …

Horror Writing Prompt – Graveyards

So Amanda wants us to write about graveyards. I'm not feeling any of the sentence prompts I have, so I'm going to do the graveyard thing.  Cue some spooky music... ~~~~~ Fog drifted in between the headstones, creating that creepy feeling I was so eager to find.  The night was alive with noises, animals chirping, cheeping, …

Horror Story Prompt #3

The picture I used before with the prompts refuses to load on my computer - but its still on Amanda's post... So I'm looking there. Going with number 8, and it will start out my story. So here it goes! I awoke to the sound of the baby monitor crackling with a voice comforting my …

The Horror Writing Challenge

So, I've been trying to write more. I'm working more on my pirate story. I plan on starting to outline two different plots for my Nanowrimo. To finish my current novel or start a new one? However, my sister-in-law has challenged me to write some horror and work on my villain. Ah well. Here it …

Writing Prompt

I almost forgot to write! Not cool, then again, I had a migraine today and I can barely breathe. Also not cool.  So, I'll cut my some slack since I really want to sleep but am going to write this first. Nanowrimo prep! Prompt: A seafaring fantasy where your protagonist is not a pirate. Bonus …