October 8, 2009 at 9:48 pm (Fiction, National Novel Writing Month, Weekly prompt, Writing Challenges)
Tags: four words, NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, preparation, theme, writing prompt
On time this week! Don’t forget to sign up for NaNoWriMo if you haven’t already. Only 23 days to go…
In November, along with the usual Saturday Scribes prompts there will be special novel-development prompts and exercises, for those working on their 50k-novel-in-30-days. Participants are welcome to post links to their NaNo novel excerpts during the month of November.
Theme: Preparation
Words:
scramble
brag
human
factory
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October 5, 2009 at 5:48 pm (Fiction, Weekly prompt)
Tags: all hallow's eve, graveyard, halloween, Neil Gaiman, scary, spooky, theme, words, writing prompt
Away again over the weekend, once again finding myself without internet access. I keep thinking we’re living in a Bruner/Gibson future where everything is connected, and then finding out my computer isn’t compatible with the hotel’s “plug ‘n’ play” internet access, and that my phone has mysteriously run out of minutes when it should be topping up automatically. Sigh. So here they are, a bit later than expected. Enjoy!
The overall theme for this week’s prompts is by request, in anticipation of All Hallow’s Eve (some of our writers wanted to try their hand at writing a scary story for Oct. 31st). I’ve included more than the usual amount of words, so for this week don’t feel you need to use all of them, just pick whichever ones get your fingers twitching.
Theme: What goes bump in the night
Words:
darkness
razor
whisps
slithery
circling
black
patter
drainpipes
dripping
prickle
tangled
buried
(All of this week’s words were taken, somewhat randomly, from Neil Gaiman’s Hugo award winning novel “The Graveyard Book“)
As usual, remember comments are semi-moderated, so don’t worry if your comment doesn’t show up right away. Newcomers can learn more about Saturday Scribes here (including how to do a permalink to your post) and read the prompt guidelines here.
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