Writing Room: One and Then The Other…
Tuesday 21st June 2016:
Today’s prompt – One and Then The Other…
Find a news article that catches your eye. This news article needs to involve more than one person. It can be from a newspaper or an online site.
Write 500-700 words about the incident from someone involved. Whether you write in the first or third person is up to you.
Once you’ve done that, write 500 – 700 words again but from the point of view of another person mentioned in the article.
Re-read both of the pieces you’ve written. Are there any differences or similarities?
If you like, you could now merge them together with dialogue between the two.
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Author Interview: L.R Garner
L.R Garner is the author of The Golden Princess (which is published by Xlibris,) and I’m pleased to welcome him to Novel Kicks. Hello. Thank you so much for joining me today. Can you tell me about your book, The Golden Princess and how the idea originated?
The idea for the book came from our mother. She was afraid of the family splitting up and losing contact with each other. My contribution was to write to each of us sibling families. As each had a girl and not a son, I decided on a girls story. However, I included a general letter with each chapter I wrote. The best subject I could come up with was the royal family as they were well-known to everyone. I have always has a good imagination.
Alice uses her supernatural powers – which superpower would you like to have?
The power I would like to have would be mind reading.
Can you tell me about your typical writing day?
I do not have a typical writing day. I write when I have an idea to record and the situation allows.
What were the challenges of writing The Golden Princess?
The challengers I had to face were the differences in ages of the girls I was writing for. 6 t0 8 year olds and how to keep both age groups interested.
How do you approach the process? Do you plan a lot, edit as you go? Did the characters come before the plot?
I planned the book to fit the idea of long-term contact. I decided to write a chapter each three months so each chapter had to be complete in itself. Only a few of the chapters had the “more next chapter” final paragraph.
by Novel Kicks Fiction Friday: Turn To Your Right…
Fiction Friday is our weekly writing prompt. The aim is to write for a minimum of five minutes and then keep going for as long as you can. Once you’ve finished, don’t edit, just post in the comments box below.
Today’s Prompt: Turn to the Right.
Write about the thing you see when you turn immediately to the right. Write down as much detail as you can.
Is it a person or an object? What happens if this object suddenly begins to start moving by itself?
Give this object an actual name.
by Courses and Competitions: Creative Writing For Beginners
Have you always wanted to write a novel but haven’t known where to start? (Yes. I have.)
The Writers’ Academy (Penguin Random House) is running a Creative Writing Course for Beginners.
Through this course you will gain insight into writing techniques employed by best-selling authors, Contributors include Audrey Niffenegger (author of The Time Traveller’s Wife,) SJ Watson (Before I Go To Sleep) and Rowan Coleman (The Memory Book.) You will also benefit from the knowledge of the Random House editors.
Rowan Coleman
Whatever genre you’d like to write, this course can help equip you with the literary tools to start writing.
In this course there will be weekly activities that will guide you through topics like character, plot, point of view and description.
There are various start dates throughout the rest of the year. The next course begins on 27th June 2016 so there is still time to enrol. The next available start date after this current run is September.
by Writing Room: Getting Down To Detail
Tuesday 14th June 2016: Getting Down To Detail.
Today’s exercise: Write about five hundred words about yourself, a friend or someone you don’t like. It can also be about a character in progress. Write about physical appearance, likes, dislikes, hobbies etc.
If you can, once you’re done, try to then leave your writing for twenty-four hours.
Once you’ve returned to it, re-read it. Edit it down. Cut it in half to two hundred and fifty words. Only leave in what is necessary.
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