Exercise:
Begin with: He looked into her baby blue eyes.
End with: He looked into her emerald green eyes.
I’m only going to post the first paragraph of this one, because I think with a little polish I may submit this one somewhere. Man, I really use “eyes” a lot in that first paragraph. I’ll have to fix that. Continue reading
Exercise:
Use these three things in your story: An orphanage, a mysterious guest, and a tornado
Way too much going on before we get to the interesting part. That’s what happens when you have an idea rather than a real story. 
About 720 words.
The writing group has officially started its monthly exercise contest up again. Work was slow today, so I whipped this one up this afternoon. It’s mostly exposition. Were I to develop this into a story I’d probably start with a more exciting action scene and gradually work all this information in. I like the idea of the setting, though I imagine the basic concept has probably been done quite a bit.
Writing exercise: Use this sentence somewhere in your story: After killing your first zombie minion, it is best to celebrate with a nice warm shower, because you will smell like death.
(And no, I didn’t come up with exercise. Just because I’ve been obsessing over zombies lately. World War Z rocks, by the way.) About 670 words. Continue reading
Haven’t gotten to do much this past week, but a return to my regular schedule should get my writing back on track a bit. I’m still working on my ghost town story. The hero has been evolving quite a bit in my mind, I just need to get it all down. I think it’ll turn into a pretty interesting tale.
So here’s another old bit of text I found lurking in the hard drive. I don’t even know how to describe this one. I remember coming up with the first couple lines, but have no clue where I intended to go from there. Most likely, I didn’t know back then, either. It’s pretty ridiculous. Maybe there’s a market out there for stories under a hundred words I can send it to, as is.
There’s a second paragraph, but it’s not nearly as fun as the first. Continue reading
