From the monthly archives:

May 2010

Creative Writing Exercise: ‘Gasket’

May 19, 2010

Michael straightened his tie and checked his watch. Diana spotted him and gave him a wife look. The look said ‘your tie is straight and checking your watch won’t help anything, stop fidgeting’. He gave her a husband look back that said ‘you’re right but cut me some slack’. She was right of course he [...]

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creative writing exercise – gasket

May 17, 2010

We sat in rapt attention as the lead scientist continued his demonstration. “At just two millimeters in thickness, the Burgenstar gasket represents the current state of the art in the prevention of dispersed-by-air particles from being transferred across a barrier in either direction.  In short, we can’t smell them, which has a positive effect on [...]

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Six short stories about a “gasket”

May 16, 2010

As part of our tinkering with this blog and the content, we’re next going to be each doing a short piece derived from the word “gasket”.  The word was Finn’s suggestion, so we’re running with it! This exercise is something we do in our writing group to keep us writing when we hit slumps. The [...]

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Sing to me, O muse…

May 14, 2010

Image via Wikipedia If people discover that you write fiction, one of their most common questions is, “Where do your ideas come from?” It’s a difficult question to answer. Unlike Milton’s image of Sin leaping fully formed out of Satan’s mind, my story ideas seldom reveal themselves with any sort of clarity. Instead, they are [...]

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What’s the Big Idea?

May 12, 2010

Image via Wikipedia It seems the trick with finding ideas is a combination of observation and curiosity. E.L. Doctorow said he was searching for a new topic and found himself staring out the window at the building next door. He started to wonder about all the events that had occurred since the bricks in the [...]

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