writing prompt
This writing prompt invites you to create something from what might be a dull subject–liven it up with humor, insight,…
writing prompt
When you live in the Northern Marianas, you know what the boonies are like. In this writing prompt, you get…
Write-In
Join us for our next monthly write-in at the Joeten-Kiyu Public Library, last Saturday of the month March 28, 2026…
Writing prompt
Pick a season. Choose your location. Select your favorite (or least favorite, or random) fruit-bearing tree. Go for a walk…
Vocabulary: Fortune (Beware the Ides of March)
“Fortune” is a word from old French and started as meaning chance as a divinity, or chance as a power…
Creating cookie fortunes
You might think that writing fortune cookie fortunes isn’t really “writing,” but it is. There is an art to creating…
Author birthday
We celebrate the author birthday of Virginia Hamilton on March 12. Winner of the National Book Award and many others,…
writing prompt
Style faux pas! Whatever your fashion sense, write about a style faux pas. Contemporary or historical? Clothing? Dialogue? Interior decor?…
A Writer’s Playground
My experience: Most writing advice is editing advice. In my experience, it’s rarely helpful in writing a novel-first-draft. If you…