Posts Tagged writing prompts

Big Happenings in Spartanburg, SC: The 2015 Hub City Writing in Place Conference

Posted by wordimprovisor177 in Darlene, Special Editions on July 19, 2015

By Darlene Cah I’ve been going to The Hub City Writing in Place workshop, held at Wofford College every July, for a good ten years. Honestly, I lost count after year five! But every year, I can guarantee, whether the instructor is well-known, like Wiley Cash, George Singleton or Tommy Hays, is a rising star, […]

character development, Darlene Cah, Elements of fiction, fiction, Hub City Writers Project, playwriting, writing conference, writing prompts, Writing Workshops

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Waiting for Inspiration

Posted by wordimprovisor177 in Darlene, Staying Inspired on July 26, 2014

by Darlene Cah I’ve heard it said that writers can’t wait for inspiration. We have to start writing even without that grand idea, the magical spark that spurs us forward into that time-suspended state of mind where words spew onto our computer screens, seemingly on their own. While those brilliant moments happen (and what gifts […]

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5 writers Group Story – Part Three by Darlene Cah

Posted by wordimprovisor177 in Darlene, Group Story, Responding to Writing Prompts on May 19, 2014

5 writers Group Story – Part Three by Darlene Cah. Need to catch up? Read Part One and Part Two Experts say serial arsonists hang around to watch their masterpieces of smoke and fire, the flames lapping at wood, bubbling, blistering vinyl, reducing paper to black flakes in seconds. They get a thrill, a rush. Gavin […]

Darlene Cah, Group Story, group writing, Responding to Writing Prompts, short stories, team writing, writing prompts

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Think Inside the Box

Posted by wordimprovisor177 in Darlene, Working Within Constraints on September 23, 2013

by Darlene Cah I’ve posted, many times, about the connection between improvisational theater and writing. This month, our blog topic is “writing in constraints.” How could that possibly relate to improv theater? True, when you go to a live improv show or watch “Who’s Line is it Anyway?” (is that still on TV?), it appears […]

Darlene Cah, flash fiction, flash memoir, flash plays, flash stories, improv, prose poetry, six-word memoirs, writing and rules, writing prompts

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Unexpected Inspiration

Posted by wordimprovisor177 in Darlene, What inspires me on April 25, 2012

We live in a crazy world. With all the demands for a nanosecond of our attention spans, it’s easy to tune out, shut down or narrow our focus. As writers, however, we have to open up. Open our eyes. Our ears. Our noses. Our hearts (Okay, not literally, please!). Stories are everywhere—from a walk in […]

fiction, story starters, writing, writing prompts

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