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Happy Tears and Sad Laughter: Displaying Emotions In A Human Way
Posted by jarviswrites in Emotions, Jennie, Responding to Writing Prompts, The Craft Of Writing, Truth in Writing, Writing About Death, Writing about Death, Writing Advice on February 23, 2016
by Jennie Jarvis In 2011, my father died of cancer. I had a great relationships with my dad, so, as you can imagine, this really sucked. When it came time to plan his funeral, however, I refused to let the event be depressing. My dad hated when things got too serious, always preferring campy action […]
Special Edition – Horror Writing: Playing an Insidious Game by Sidney Williams.
Posted by jarviswrites in Guest Bloggers, Responding to Writing Prompts, Special Editions, The Craft Of Writing, What's Not On the Page, Working Within Constraints, Writing about Death, Writing Advice on October 31, 2014
This month, 5writers.com is delighted to welcome guest blogger Sidney Williams. Sidney Williams is the author of numerous traditionally horror and thriller novels and short stories. His work has been released in e-book editions from Crossroad Press. Horror Writing: Playing An Insidious Game by Sidney Williams Writing horror is an insidious game, though it’s not […]
5Writers Group Story Writing Experience: What We Learned Working from a Writing Prompt
Posted by virgowriter in Brad, Darlene, Group Story, Jennie, Responding to Writing Prompts, Ron on May 31, 2014
5Writers Group Story Writing Experience: What We Learned Working from a Writing Prompt Brad: I have often waited for inspiration to strike, relying on this phenomena to generate story ideas. Once in a while, however, I have to remind myself that you can goose the system if you prod it properly. For me, this means […]
5 Writers Group Story – Part Four by Jennie Jarvis
Posted by jarviswrites in Group Story, Jennie, Responding to Writing Prompts on May 23, 2014
Need to catch up on the 5writers Group Story, here are Part One, Part Two and Part Three. For this section, please forgive any formatting errors since WordPress is not set up to easily accommodate screenplay formatting. 5 Writers Group Story – Part Four by Jennie Jarvis EXT. SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD – DAY Charred ashes and […]
5 writers Group Story – Part Two by Emilia Fuentes Grant
Posted by jarviswrites in Group Story, Guest Bloggers, Responding to Writing Prompts on May 13, 2014
5 writers Group Story – Part Two by Emilia Fuentes Grant For part one, please click here Two hundred miles away, Rachel stares out the window of a Greyhound bus, wishing she could shut her eyes, if only for a few moments. But it’s too dangerous for her to sleep in public, and absolutely out […]
5 writers Group Story – The Opening Scene by Brad Windhauser
Posted by virgowriter in Brad, Group Story, Responding to Writing Prompts on May 8, 2014
5 writers Group Story – The Opening Scene by Brad Windhauser Gavin listens for neighbors on the sidewalk in the fall leaves, strains his ears for a car turning onto their street. A cricket chirps, and as he takes a deep breath, he can make out the rush of distant freeway traffic. The neighbor’s front […]
Generating Story and Character Ideas from Writing Prompts: The 5Writers’ Group Story
Posted by virgowriter in Brad, Darlene, Group Story, Jennie, Responding to Writing Prompts, Ron on May 3, 2014
Generating Story and Character Ideas from Writing Prompts: The 5Writers’ Group Story Where do story and character ideas come from? The oldest and most clichéd piece of writing advice is to write what you know. But writing what you know doesn’t always have to mean write about things that happened to you or about the […]
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