Long ago and far away, Madison Woods started Friday Fictioneers. She would post a photo prompt on Wednesday and ask people to write a 100 word (or slightly more) story about it. As time passed, the project grew and everyone had fun with it. As newcomers joined, they found a welcoming group of writers from […]
Reading to Write
My Path to Becoming an Author
Category: Creative Writing
Every week Madison Woods posts a new photo prompt on Wednesday. She calls it Friday Fictioneers. Dozens of her fans, like me, search the photo for inspiration and post links to their 100 word offering on her site Friday. Then everyone jumps across the ether to the multiple little vignettes of imagination and comments […]
One of the many gaps in my education was a definition of “Pantsing.” Any pop culture dictionary will tell you it means “pulling someone’s pants down” as a practical joke and that’s the only way I had heard it used until recently. There is, however, another common usage of the word in the writing world. […]