Visual stimulation can be a great way to get your creative gears turning. That’s one reason I love looking through photos when I’m brainstorming new story ideas. Every (well, most) Monday, Wednesday and Friday I’ll be posting an image to help inspire other writers.

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Internet Famous is finally available in print, through Amazon.com. Currently, they’re selling it for full price ($24.99), but I’ve heard through other authors that once it’s also available through other bookstores, Amazon will most likely discount that to compete. Of course, it could take up to five more weeks for other bookstores to start carrying it, so if you don’t want to wait, you’ll have to pay full price. Keep reading »

Visual stimulation can be a great way to get your creative gears turning. That’s one reason I love looking through photos when I’m brainstorming new story ideas. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday I’ll be posting an image to help inspire other writers.

If you’d like to share what the image below inspires you to write, please do so in the comments! Keep reading »

Visual stimulation can be a great way to get your creative gears turning. That’s one reason I love looking through photos when I’m brainstorming new story ideas. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday I’ll be posting an image to help inspire other writers.

If you’d like to share what the image below inspires you to write, please do so in the comments!

Keep reading »

Starting this week, I’ll only be publishing visual writing prompts (still on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday), and am discontinuing the classical writing prompts for the foreseeable future, due to a much busier schedule on my part.

If you’d like to share what the image below inspires you to write, please do so in the comments! Keep reading »

Starting this week, I’ll only be publishing visual writing prompts (still on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday), and am discontinuing the classical writing prompts for the foreseeable future, due to a much busier schedule on my part.

If you’d like to share what the image below inspires you to write, please do so in the comments! Keep reading »

Starting this week, I’ll only be publishing visual writing prompts (still on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday), and am discontinuing the classical writing prompts for the foreseeable future, due to a much busier schedule on my part.

If you’d like to share what the image below inspires you to write, please do so in the comments! Keep reading »

Looking through photos is a great way to get inspired. Each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning a visual writing prompt will be posted.

If you’d like to share whatever you write based on the image below, please include it in the comments. It doesn’t have to be directly related to the image, as long as the image was the inspiration for it. At some point in the future, this may turn into a weekly competition with prizes. So get your practice in now!

A couple of basic ground rules for submitting your work. Please, nothing derogatory or defamatory about any person, living or dead. Also, please keep your writing samples PG-13 rated. I reserve the right to remove comments that I don’t find appropriate for the site or that I deem may be potentially offensive.

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There’s nothing wrong with getting story ideas from the stories and books of others. Inspiration can come from anywhere, and just because something has already been published doesn’t mean everything it contains is immediately off-limits. A word, a line, or a paragraph from someone else’s work can provide great inspiration for your own work. So each Tuesday and Thursday I provide a short excerpt from classic literature or other books in the public domain. All excerpts are taken from Project Gutenberg.

If you’d like to share whatever you write based on these excerpts, please feel free to do so in the comments below. At some point in the future, this may turn into a weekly competition with prizes. So get your practice in now!

A couple of basic ground rules for submitting your work. Please, nothing derogatory or defamatory about any person, living or dead. Also, please keep your writing samples PG-13 rated. I reserve the right to remove comments that I don’t find appropriate for the site or that I deem may be potentially offensive.

Classical Writing Prompt #54

The inhabited part is not more than four miles in length, and varies in breadth from half a mile to less than a quarter. The rocky vine-clad cliffs on one side tower almost perpendicularly from their base to the height of at least fifteen hundred feet; while across the vale—in striking contrast to the scenery opposite—grass-grown elevations rise one above another in blooming terraces.
— Typee, by Herman Melville