This coming weekend, the Stop-Watch Gang will be partaking in their annual writing retreat. From roughly noon Saturday to noon on Sunday, various members will write like fiends.
As is tradition, we provide a few challenge prompts to inspire SWG members and those of you playing along with the home game.
For 2013, inspiration is drawn from the letter "S".
Using the five senses...
Taste – saffron, scallops, spinach
Touch – suede, syrup, steel
Smell – stew, sewage, scotch
Sight – snow, sign, syringe
Sound – sand, saxophone, siren
Using Words...
A quote by Socrates: "The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be."
A quote by Robert Louis Stevenson: "Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences."
A quote by William Shakespeare: "Go to your bosom; Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know"
Using visual prompts, follow the links below...
"Vice Admiral Sir George Anson's Victory off Cape Finisterre" by Samuel Scott
"The Girl" by Emily Shanks
"Pine Pavillion Near a Spring" by Shitao
Using auditory prompts, follow the links below...
The song "Shake Me Down" by Cage the Elephant
The song "Spaceship" by Puddle of Mudd
The song "Scumbag Blues" by Them Crooked Vultures
The song "Something to Remind You" by Staind
The song "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (Alt. Version)" by Marilyn Manson
The song "Sofi Needs a Ladder" by Deadmou5
Feel free to post your word counts in the comments section below.
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Sunday, August 19, 2012
The Numbers are In!
After twenty-four hours of writing at Casa Church, the participating Stop-Watch Gang members' word counts are below.
Costi - 10,203 new words on a novel
Ian - 15,900 words edited on a novel, some of which were new
Mike - 4,850 new words on a short story (he had to leave 3 hours early)
Richard - 7,000 new words on one short story and part of another
Suzanne - 8,425 (mostly on a new short story, and over 1K on TMS novel)
Tony - 8,020 new words on a novelette
Those not participating at Casa Church will post their results later. (we hope)
Definitely a successful writing weekend!
Costi - 10,203 new words on a novel
Ian - 15,900 words edited on a novel, some of which were new
Mike - 4,850 new words on a short story (he had to leave 3 hours early)
Richard - 7,000 new words on one short story and part of another
Suzanne - 8,425 (mostly on a new short story, and over 1K on TMS novel)
Tony - 8,020 new words on a novelette
Those not participating at Casa Church will post their results later. (we hope)
Definitely a successful writing weekend!
Friday, August 17, 2012
Writing Weekend Prompts
Instead of our usual monthly critique session meeting, this month the members of the Stop-Watch Gang are participating in a writing weekend.
To motivate those who might be inspired by writing prompts, I sent along the list below. I was inspired by the letter "W". For all of you writers out there who might wish to spend the weekend writing, feel free to use these prompts.
Using the five senses…
Taste – wasabi, watermelon, waffles
Touch – wool, water, wicker
Smell – wildfire, waste, war
Sight – wilderness, winner, wrench
Sound – waves, wheeze, wreck
Using Words…
A quote by Virginia Woolf: “If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.”
(In other words, speak your truth, fellow writers, and write about what you know.)
A quote by William Wordsworth: “Fear is a cloak which old men huddle about their love, as if to keep it warm.”
A quote by H.G. Wells: “Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature’s inexorable imperative.”
Using visual prompts, follow the links below…
“Wolf Moon” by Andrew Wyeth
“The Wall” by Brett Whitely
“Wild Raspberries” by Andy Warhol
Using auditory prompts, follow the links below…
The song “Waste” by the band Staind
The song “We Don’t Have to Look Back Now” by Puddle of Mudd
The song “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” by The Beatles
The song “Wild Wild West” by Will Smith
Feel free to post your word counts in the comments section below.
To motivate those who might be inspired by writing prompts, I sent along the list below. I was inspired by the letter "W". For all of you writers out there who might wish to spend the weekend writing, feel free to use these prompts.
Using the five senses…
Taste – wasabi, watermelon, waffles
Touch – wool, water, wicker
Smell – wildfire, waste, war
Sight – wilderness, winner, wrench
Sound – waves, wheeze, wreck
Using Words…
A quote by Virginia Woolf: “If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.”
(In other words, speak your truth, fellow writers, and write about what you know.)
A quote by William Wordsworth: “Fear is a cloak which old men huddle about their love, as if to keep it warm.”
A quote by H.G. Wells: “Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature’s inexorable imperative.”
Using visual prompts, follow the links below…
“Wolf Moon” by Andrew Wyeth
“The Wall” by Brett Whitely
“Wild Raspberries” by Andy Warhol
Using auditory prompts, follow the links below…
The song “Waste” by the band Staind
The song “We Don’t Have to Look Back Now” by Puddle of Mudd
The song “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” by The Beatles
The song “Wild Wild West” by Will Smith
Feel free to post your word counts in the comments section below.
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