This week’s Red Writing Hood assignment was to write about a time when you took a detour. Where had you intended to go and where did you end up? As always, constructive criticism is welcome and encouraged. If you don’t feel comfortable leaving a public comment or asking a question about writing, shoot me an […]
Original Short Fiction
Pleasure and pain
Red Writing Hood – The World Shifted This week’s Red Dress Club prompt asked for a 600 word-count or less piece that was to begin with the words, “I could never have imagined” and end with “Then the whole world shifted.” Enjoy my take on the prompt. Feel free to leave comments, criticism, or whatever […]
Defusing
This week’s writing prompt from Story Dam asked us to write a descriptive sequence in which your character (whether real or fictional) is facing something that requires a distinct level of determination or about a time when you or your character faced adversity or received an assignment that required you/them to really buckle down and […]
Gluttony (Seven Deadly Sins)
This week’s The Red Dress Club prompt was to write on gluttony, one of the seven deadly sins. Fiction or nonfiction, word count of 600 or less. Constructive criticism is always welcomed. ~ Downgrading to the tiny one bedroom apartment was devastating. The space, of course, was completely unsuitable for a family of three, […]
Warmth of love
This week, we challenged the Story Dam writers community with the following prompt: By now, many of you will have experienced the first frost of the season. Let’s work with that. Dam Burst – Write a piece, non-fiction or fiction, in which your character is experiencing first frost of the year. Wet Feet – Your prompt is […]